Turkey has succumbed to U.S. pressure and will launch a new tender to install electronic warfare systems on its fleet of F-16s.

The new competition is planned in the wake of Washington's objection to having the Paris-based Thales install electronic countermeasure systems on U.S.-made F-16 aircraft. Thales had won a deal to supply EW systems to 80 F-16s....

Capt. Craig Marion of the 366th Wing, 389th FS of Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, has won the 2001 Semper Viper Award for his actions during an F-16 mission over Afghanistan. ...

Lockheed Martin has pledged to its Middle East customers that the U.S. F-16 multi-role fighter will be delivered on schedule. Lockheed Martin has signed deals for F-16s to Egypt, Israel, Oman and the United Arab Emirates. The number of F-16s exceed 200....

India could also gain from the cancelling of sanctions with the accelerated development of its light combat aircraft.

Political moves are afoot in Washington DC to offer Pakistan the 28 Lockheed Martin F-16A/B fighters originally ordered by the country in 1989, but not delivered because of the U-SA's only recently revoked arms embargo. India is also set to benefit with accelerated development of its Light Combat Aircraft (LCA)....

Air Force investigators have determined that gravity-induced loss of consciousness (G-LOC) led to the July 6 crash of an F-16CJ off the coast of South Carolina....

The Pentagon last night announced it planned to sell 12 F-16 fighter jets, laser-guided bombs and other arms to Oman in a deal worth $1.12bn, as Donald Rumsfeld, the US defence secretary, visited the Gulf state yesterday to discuss how the country could help in the campaign to target those guilty of the attacks on September 11. ...