News Archive

April 2011


29 April 2011 79th FS 'Tigers' participate in Green Flag exercise
Approximately 200 Airmen from the 79th Fighter Squadron "Tigers" returned Friday from a two-week Green Flag exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev....
29 April 2011 Dutch Air Force tells its story from Tucson
Four months after starting up an F-16 pilot training program at the 162nd Fighter Wing, the Royal Netherlands Air Force is graduating new pilots and showing the international media how it's done....
29 April 2011 RED FLAG-Alaska: Providing Wolf Pack invaluable experience
Pilots from the 8th Fighter Wing are gaining invaluable combat experience while participating in RED FLAG-Alaska now through May 14....
27 April 2011 UAE F-16 veers off runway at Sigonella
A Block 60 F-16 belonging to the UAEAF veered off the runway after landing at Sigonella Air Base on Wednesday at 11:35h local time. The pilot ejected safely....
22 April 2011 MC-130J First Flight
The first Combat Shadow II for the United States Air Force Special Operations Command has completed its first flight at the Lockheed Martin facility in Marietta, Georgia....
19 April 2011 Airmen from 388th FW return from Afghanistan
A dozen F-16s, their pilots and 36 maintainers returned home Friday after a nearly seven month deployment to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. ...
19 April 2011 178 FW upgrades all ANG F-16 block 30 radios
The 178th Fighter Wing has been tasked with upgrading all 160 of the Air National Guard's F-16 Fighting Falcon Block 30 radios....
18 April 2011 Lockheed Martin delivers 1st F-35 Simulator to Eglin AFB
Lockheed Martin marked the delivery of the first F-35 Lightning II Full Mission Simulator (FMS) system to Eglin Air Force Base's 33rd Fighter Wing. Preparation and assembly is underway at the base's F-35 Integrated Training Center (ITC) for training to commence this autumn. ...
08 April 2011 Dutch F-16 belly lands at Charleroi-Gosselies airport
Earlier this morning Dutch F-16 #J-640 from 312 squadron belly landed at Charleroi-Gosselies airport....
07 April 2011 Norway to buy four F-35 training jets
The Norwegian government wants to go forward with its plans to aquire an initial batch of four F-35 jets in 2016. Based on new U.S. cost data the overall cost picture has changed little....
01 April 2011 Luke AFB pilot reaches 5,000 F-16 flying hours
A pilot at Luke Air Force Base reached a feat March 24 that only two other F-16 pilots have accomplished throughout their careers. Col. Robert McCutchen Jr., 56th Fighter Wing special assistant to commander, reached his 5,000th F-16 flying hour. ...
01 April 2011 Greece requests FMS order for F-16 parts
The Greek government has requested a Foreign Military Sales order to provide funds for F-16 spare parts and other equipment. ...