Air Combat Command has released the Aircraft Investigation Report on the May 13 F-16C crash near Ainsworth, Neb. The aircraft was from the 174th Fighter Squadron of the 185th Fighter Wing, Sioux City Air National Guard Base, Iowa....

Six Belgian F-16s from the 10thTactical Wing at Kleine Brogel left for Villafranca (Italy) on October14th. They will join the DATF (Deployable Air Task Force) and participate in Operation Allied Force. ...

The U.S. Air Force has formed four air expeditionary wings should NATO call for air strikes later this week. The units were formed primarily to support the possibility of air operations over Serbia. ...

Norway is expected to officially issue a request for proposal to Eurofighter and Lockheed Martin for new fighter aircraft in February 1999. Deadline will be set at the end of 1999. Norway needs about 30 to 40 new fighters and is considering the Eurofighter Typhoon and the LMTAS F-16 Block 50N. ...

The Belgian AF has received the first of eight ordered recce pods from Per Udsen (Denmark). The first two Modular Recce Pods (MRP) are configured for low-level recce, the six others will be configured for medium-altitude reconnaissance. Interesting to note is that the pods are equipped with the camera's from the retired Mirage aircraft. The pods will be used on Belgian F-16A/Bs and future F-16MLU's. ...

Denmark said on Friday it would contribute four F-16 jet fighters in the event of allied military action against Serbia over the Kosovo crisis. Denmark last sent two F-16 fighters to participate in NATO exercises in June in the Balkans, designed as a show of strength to deter Yugoslav repression in Kosovo. NATO defense ministers may hold a special meeting next week to discuss allied military intervention in the Kosovo crisis, diplomatic sources in Brussels said earlier on Friday. ...