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Two Italian AMI F-16s from 5º Stormo scrambled to intercept a Ukrainian Tupolev Tu-134/A which entered Italian airspace on Monday without permission.

332nd Expeditionary Operations Group F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot, will reach two career milestones in a matter of weeks, one of which no other current Air Force fighter pilot has done until now.

Belgium will deploy four F-16AM fighters and 140 more troops in Afghanistan within this year.

Pilots assigned to the 162nd Fighter Wing's Alert Detachment at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., will fly air patrols and air defense deterrence missions in support of the Super Bowl XLII Feb. 3 in Glendale, Ariz.

F-16s had to scramble twice again to intercept and identify Russian bombers.

Two Air Force F-16s destroyed a mobile insurgent mortar team consisting of three al-Qaeda members, a mortar launcher and van Nov. 14 in Adwaniyah using maverick laser-guided missiles.

Capt. Seward "Two Dots" Matwick, 28, an F-16 pilot with the 14th Fighter Squadron earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for his role in a combat mission over Iraq in February.

Denmark scrambled two F-16 fighter jets to identify a Russian bomber detected on radar near the NATO member's airspace, the Danish air force said in a statement.

A pilot from the 510th Fighter Squadron was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross here Oct. 29 for his aerial combat support of friendly forces in the vicinity of An Najaf, Iraq, while supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Turkish F-16s reportedly attacked positions of Kurdish rebels along its rugged border with Iraq on Wednesday, as Turkey's military stepped up its anti-rebel operations.

A total of 8 RNoAF F-16s were scrambled to track 13-14 Russian Tupolev-95 "Bears" for about 10 hours. The first F-16s on QRA took off at 03.00h.

A USAF F-16 dropped precision munitions near Al Nussayyib, Iraq, Sept. 25 killing Abu Nasr al-Tunisi and two other al-Qaida Iraq operatives, according to Air Force officials.

An F-16 pilot assigned to the 35th FS was recently awarded the Distinguish Flying Cross for his extraordinary achievement while flying in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Norway says it scrambled F-16 fighter jets twice today to keep an eye on a flight of 8 Russian Tupolev-95 "Bear" bombers.

In Iraq, U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons destroyed dirt bridges with GBU-38s in Baghdad.