Progressive, a Texas-based company, is being awarded a $5,7 million contract to provide High Priority Modification Kits in support of the Falcon STAR program for European Participating Air Forces (EPAF) F-16 Fighting Falcons....

Eielson Air Force Base is sending 70 people including F-16 pilots and support personnel to Singapore for three weeks to participate in an annual air-to-air combat exercise called Commando Sling....

Lockheed Martin Corporation today reported third quarter 2003 net sales of $8.1 billion and net earnings of $217 million. Third quarter 2003 results included an after-tax charge of $83 million associated with the early retirement of approximately $970 million of long-term debt. ...

GE Aircraft Engines has formally completed all qualification testing of its higher-thrust F110 fighter engine, the F110-GE-132, for the Lockheed Martin Block 60 F-16C/D aircraft. ...

Raytheon has received an initial payment of $64.6 million from the Hellenic Ministry of National Defense to begin production of the "Advanced Self-Protection Integrated Suite" of electronic warfare equipment for the Hellenic Air Force (HAF) Block 52+ F-16 aircraft fleet....

The Dutch Ministry of Defence has published the earlier announced defence cuts. In total 29 F-16M's , 6 new AH-64D 'Longbow' Apaches and all P-3 Orion aircraft will be withrawn from service....

The Israeli F-16 pilots who carried out the air force raid near Damascus three weeks ago said their bombs caused huge secondary explosions since they scored direct hits on ammunition bunkers. ...

Bahraini authorities said yesterday that a piece of a missing F-16 has been found floating near Bahrain's north-western shore, more than two weeks after the aircraft disappeared from the radar screens during a night-time training....

The United States has delivered Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) missiles to Thailand to maintain the military balance in the region....

Maj. Edward Linch and Capt. Brian Wolf are the winners of the 2003 Joe Bill Dryden Semper Viper Award. The two Block 30 F-16 pilots won the award for their distinguished service during a mission over western Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom. ...

A Jordanian air force pilot was killed Sunday when his plane crashed as a result of technical failure. It's not sure though whether it concerns an F-16 or not....

The Automatic Air Collision Avoidance System test team recently received the Tony LeVier Flight Test Safety Award for their exceptional contribution to flight test safety during 2003. ...

Rumors that a Bahraini pilot defected to Iran are baseless, a top Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said yesterday. The same denial was highlighted on the front page of Iran's Al Wifaq newspaper in yesterday's edition....

According to a report in the German Magazine 'Der Spiegel', The Israeli government is drawing up plans to attack Iran's nuclear program. The reports says a special purpose force of the secret service Mossad received the order two months ago to prepare appropriate plans of attack. ...

In a bid to win the Czech Republic's new competition for upgraded fighters, the Defense Department last week notified Congress of its offer to sell the new NATO country 12 older model F-16 aircraft in a deal that could be worth as much as $650 million....

Two F-16's were scrambled over Eilat this afternoon after an unidentified civilian aircraft entered Israeli airspace. It appeared that the aircraft, on its way to a neighboring Arab country, strayed from its air lane in Jordanian airspace. ...

Although many Indian and Pakistani newspapers claim that the Pentagon has agreed to refurbish Pakistan's depleted fleet of F-16s and allow Belgium to sell two squadrons of the aircraft to Pakistan, , the head of the Pentagon's foreign military sales (FMS) program recently said that there are still no plans in that direction....

Today, Singapore sent a clear signal to Lockheed Martin that it was not prepared to tie itself to one supplier of fighter aircraft when it excluded the US defence contractor from a key competition....

The five F-16s of the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds team flew for about a half-hour Wednesday at Ellsworth Air Force Base to gain recertification after a Sept. 14 accident....

Israeli Fighting Falcons flew over Lebanon today , as part of the War on Terror, and as an extension to the attack on Syria two days ago. This time noordnance has been deployed....

An F-16 pilot's failure to follow emergency checklist procedures for a failed hydraulic pump caused the F-16CG Fighting Falcon he was taxiing to collide with a parked F-16 at a forward-operating location June 15. ...

Air Force officials have determined a bird strike caused the crash of an F-16 Fighting Falcon on June 13 at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. ...

A lot of rumors have been spread the last weeks about a new round of Belgian defence cuts. Although not officially confirmed by the government yet, the 'Financieel Economische Tijd' published an article on its frontpage today that indicate that the rumors of the past few weeks have been close to the truth....

On 2 October 2003, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Czech Republic of F-16 A/B Block 10/15 Aircraft as well as associated equipment and services. The total value, if all options are exercised, could be as high as $650 million. ...

Leaders of the 21 member countries of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum will meet in the Thai capital on October 20-21, prompting Thailand's biggest ever security operation. ...

Last Sunday, Lt. Col. Greg Brewer took his final flight at Buckley Air Force Base, marking his retirement from the Colorado Air National Guard's 120th Fighter Squadron. After touching down there was a little fun, and celebration for the 1979 Air Force Academy graduate. ...

Israeli F-16s bombed a terrorist training camp on the Syria-Lebanon border in retaliation for the suicide bombing in the northern city of Haifa. ...

Brazil announced this week that it plans to replace at least 12 ageing Mirage fighter jets, in what is believed to be Latin America's largest military hardware purchase since the end of the Cold War....

An F-16 from the 419th Fighter Wing was forced to make an emergency landing after colliding with a large bird on Sept. 19. The incident occurred during an air-to-air combat training mission over the Utah Test and Training Range. ...

Air Force Brig. Gen. Maurice H. Forsyth became 51st Fighter Wing commander in a ceremony Monday at Osan, South Korea's biggest air base....

Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) is again trying to convince the Israeli air force to upgrade its older F-16s with the company's Avionics Capability Enhancement (ACE) package....

Last night the international search for a Bahraini F-16 which vanished during an exercise on Saturday was called off. The massive search had failed to turn up any evidence of the plane or its pilot, said US naval Forces Central Command spokesman Commander Hal Pitman....