News Archive

October 2009


30 October 2009 Hill named as likely home for F-35 fighter squadrons
The Air Force is proposing to house the next-generation F-35 fighter at Utah's Hill Air Force Base, according to Utah congressional offices....
27 October 2009 Aggressors invade Weasel territory
Misawa Air Base's F-16 Fighting Falcons will fly against enemy aircraft in order to strike targets, protect the base and fly missions during a realistic simulation of war beginning October 28. ...
25 October 2009 Dramatic cuts announced in U.K. F-35 program
The U.K. has decided to sacrifice one of its two new aircraft carriers F-35 flight capability due to that bleeding ulcer called a defence budget....
24 October 2009 Risk still remains for Australia and the F-35
The Australian federal cabinet’s national security committee is set to apporve the F-35 acquisition in late November of this year. ...
23 October 2009 South Carolina represents U.S. at FAM 2009
"Falcon Air Meet 2009", a multi-national F-16 competition hosted by the Royal Jordanian Air Force officially opened October 20....
22 October 2009 F-16D emergency lands at local airport
An F-16D Fighting Falcon assigned to the 56th Fighter Wing made an emergency landing at Wickenburg municipal airport at approximately 10.30h on October 22nd after losing engine power....
22 October 2009 Hill F-16 drops tanks & bombs during an in-flight emergency
A Hill AFB based F-16 dropped its 300 gallon fuel tanks and two 500lb bombs outside the main base on waste land after calling an in-flight emergency around 15.30h local time. ...
15 October 2009 2 Shaw F-16s collide off S. Carolina coast
Two F-16s from the 20th Fighter Wing based at Shaw Air Force Bases have collided in mid-air somewhere over the Atlantic at 20.30h local time. One jet & its pilot are reported to be missing. ...
15 October 2009 Auto-GCAS approved for block 40 F-16s
According to Flightglobal, the USAF has finally approved funding for the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (auto-GCAS) to be fitted to F-16 Block 40s, with future additions to the Lockheed F-22 & F-35....
15 October 2009 Hush House: ensuring F-16 Fighting Falcons are fit for flight
The District of Columbia Air National Guard 113th Maintenance Squadron has a facility that tests F-16 Fighting Falcon F110-GE-100 engines to ensure they are safe for flight before they are installed on the aircraft....
13 October 2009 Peace Drive I - First F-16 unveiled
Lockheed Martin unveiled the first of 18 new F-16s being produced for Pakistan in ceremonies today at its Fort Worth, Texas, facility. Officials including the Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. and Pakistan Air Forces were on hand to witness the event....
11 October 2009 PAF Air Chief to attend Peace Drive I ceremony
Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman will depart for the the United States early this coming week to attend the Pakistan F-16 Peace Drive I inauguration ceremony....
09 October 2009 Thunderbirds perform for Malaysian audience
Malaysia welcomed the Thunderbirds with open arms as they arrived at Subang Air Base Sept. 30 for the third stop on their Far East Tour....
08 October 2009 14th AMU is a cut above
When an F-16 Fighting Falcon lands with a mechanical problem, it cannot fix itself. Repairs can only be completed by a group of trained professionals dedicated to excellence in all they do. ...
06 October 2009 Poor maintenance led to Aviano F-16s fuel tank drop
Faulty maintenance work is being blamed for a March incident in which an F-16 pilot was forced to drop his fuel tanks over a small northern Italy town before making an emergency landing on base....
06 October 2009 79 FS first 20 FW squadron to Afghanistan
Hundreds of Airmen and more than 10 F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to the 79th Fighter Squadron Tigers deployed this week in support of NATO efforts in Afghanistan. ...
05 October 2009 USAF C-130 dedicated to Army's 82nd Airborne in Afghanistan
An Air Force C-130H Hercules was dedicated to the Soldiers of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division stationed in Afghanistan, on October 5, 2009....
04 October 2009 Gen. McKinley dedicates F-16 to 125 FW
Gen. Craig McKinley, head of all the countries National Guard returned to his hometown of Jacksonville, to dedicate a new F-16 gate guardian to the 125th Fighter Wing at there headquarters at Jacksonville International Airport....
03 October 2009 Texas Air Guard and Czechs fly together
The unmistakable red, white and blue flag -- the flag with one star, a lone star -- swayed back and forth on the flagpole, wisped by the breeze that floats across the former Soviet territory . ...
02 October 2009 F-16s scramble to unresponsive pilot over Indiana
At approximately 10.15h EDT, September 30th, when radio calls to a civilian pilot went unanswered, the Continental U.S. NORAD Region, along with the 601st Air and Space Operations Center, responded by scrambling fighter jets to assist with the unresponsive aircraft....
02 October 2009 62nd Spikes graduate 10 pilots from CBC
Team Thunderbolt has yet another victory to celebrate. October 2, the 62nd Fighter Squadron graduated 10 students from class 09-CBC. ...