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28 May 2004
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F-16 technology links allied nations' aircraft
Warriors in future conflicts will see United States and coalition nations sharing more of the battlefield load thanks to U.S. and allied countries' F-16 Fighting Falcons getting an upgraded software program....
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27 May 2004
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F-35 production facilities near completion at Lockheed Martin
An array of advanced and highly accurate manufacturing machines that will produce major subassemblies for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter are in the final stages of assembly and testing on the factory floor at Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth, Texas....
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27 May 2004
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Wolfpack gets new commander
Col. Robin Rand, commander of the 8th Fighter Wing - the "Wolf Pack" - relinquished command to Col. William W. Uhle Jr. in a 9 a.m. ceremony yesterday at Kunsan Air Base. ...
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27 May 2004
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Northrop Grumman begins range-testing advanced radar for F-35 JSF
Northrop Grumman Corporation has begun rooftop integration range-testing of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter's fire control radar, which features an active electronically scanned array (AESA) that enables near-simultaneous performance of multiple radar functions....
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21 May 2004
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Aerospace giants begin work on F-35 JSF
Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin celebrated on Tuesday the start of assembly of the first center fuselage for the F-35 joint strike fighter....
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20 May 2004
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Singapore F-16 crashes near Arizona training range - pilot did not survive
A Singapore Air Force F-16C fighter jet crashed Wednesday night during a routine training mission south of a military training range in southern Arizona. ...
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18 May 2004
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Indiana Guard pilot killed in mid-air F-16 collision
Two F-16 fighter jets collided at 1:40 PM Monday afternoon over southwestern Indiana. One of the pilots, Maj. William E. Burchett, didn't survive the accident. Whitnesses said his parachute did not open all the way....
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18 May 2004
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Lockheed drafts Siebel for F-35 Fighter Program
Lockheed Martin plans to use commercial software from Siebel Systems Inc. to support the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. Siebel's Service and Analytics solutions will be integrated into the F-35's Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS)....
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17 May 2004
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UK government concerned about F-35 jet weight gain
Britain is concerned about excessive weight on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter foiling its costly plans to deploy the U.S. jet on its aircraft carriers....
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14 May 2004
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Lockheed-Martin to expand reciprocal procurement in Israel
Representatives of 14 Israeli companies attended a homeland security conference hosted by Lockheed-Martin in Washington this week. They met with Lockheed-Martin executives in an effort to expand cooperation and reciprocal procurements....
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12 May 2004
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Thai and Singapore F-16s to participate in "Pitch Black"
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) will host the biennial exercise "Pitch Black" from July 19 to August 6. It is a huge air combat training exercise in which more than 100 aircraft and 1,500 air force personnel from France, the United States, Thailand and Singapore will participate....
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12 May 2004
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Lockheed Martin awarded $15 million for ANG Sniper XR Targeting Pods
Lockheed Martin received a $15 million contract delivery order from the Air National Guard (ANG) for more Sniper XR (eXtended Range) advanced targeting pods. ...
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11 May 2004
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Denmark prepares for an unusual wedding celebration
In a fairy-tale romance which had its beginnings in the heady days of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, Australian-born Mary Donaldson becomes Crown Princess of Denmark at her wedding on May 14th to Danish Crown Prince Frederik. To commemorate this wedding, the tail of the Danish F16 ET-198 is decorated with their official monograph.... |
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05 May 2004
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Viper pilot helps troubled plane to land
A Michigan ANG F-16 pilot on a training mission Saturday helped a passenger plane that had lost its instruments and radio find clear airspace for landing....
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03 May 2004
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F-16 scrambles after Airbus hijack alert
A signal aboard an inbound Singapore Airlines Airbus A340-500 indicated a possible hijacking. An F-16 Fighting Falcon escorted the passenger plane to a remote section of Los Angeles International Airport where it landed around 17.30h Monday....
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03 May 2004
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Turkish provocation over the Aegean
Over 15 Turkish fighter jets have reportedly violated the Athens FIR (Flight Information Regions) this morning in the north and south Aegean, when Greek Minister of Defense Spilios Spiliotopoulos was on board of an F-16 fighter jet flying over the northeastern Aegean island of Limnos....
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02 May 2004
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Dutch F-16's intercept airliner
Two F-16's of the RNLAF took off from Leeuwarden AB on May 1st at 2 pm to intercept a Boeing 737 entering Dutch airspace. The airplane was flying from north to south, but didn't comply with air traffic rules. ...
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