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On Monday, September 4th, six former RNLAF F-16 MLU aircraft took off from Twenthe AB in the Netherlands, on their delivery flight to Chile. The aircraft are part of a batch of 18 MLU aircraft sold to Chile by the Netherlands.

Turkey will purchase 30 F-16 fighter jets as part of its modernization plans, Turkish Air Force Chief General Faruk Cömert stated on Wednesday in Ankara.

Raytheon has successfully demonstrated the improved navigation accuracy capability of a new variant of the HARM (High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile).

With the call "Fox 2", F-16 pilots at Kunsan employed AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on Aug. 16 for the first time in the history of 7th Air Force in Korea, serving as the driving force behind implementing a weapon system evaluation program here.

Exercise Pitch Black 06, the biennial & largest exercise held by Royal Australian Air Force's is near completion, with its end date today 18 August 2006.

Ko-Suen "Bill" Moo of Taiwan was sentenced on charges of being a covert agent of the People's Republic of China and to export defense articles to them, including an F-16 aircraft engine.

The Bush administration plans to extend Singapore F-16 fighter pilots' use of an Arizona training range, munitions, services, and related support in a deal valued at up to $301 million.

As they are a bit cramped for training space, the Royal Netherlands Air Force is looking to establish a Continental United States (CONUS)-based F-16 Formal Training Unit (FTU).

Lockheed Martin is working to define the configuration of a "next-generation" F-16NG to meet the requirements of emerging customers, potentially including India.

US defense magazine, "Defense News," has published an article asserting that Turkey is planning on buying 30 new advanced block 50 F-16s for its air force.

Two F-16s block 40 assigned to the 421st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron passed 6,000 flying hours during two recent Operation Iraqi Freedom combat missions over Iraq.

The United States has agreed to sell Taiwan 66 F-16 fighter jets in a deal worth over US $3 billion stating a report on July 17th, 2006.

Since today, Twenthe AB in the Netherlands is one step further in the process of closing down. The last commander of the base - Colonel Ralph Reefman - passed command to the Dutch Commander in Chief of the Air Force.

Last week U.S. Congress was notified of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Pakistan F-16 aircraft as well as associated equipment and services. Here is a detailed list of this potential sale along with some of the controversies it might create.

The first Danish female F-16 pilot will feel the wind beneath her wings on her first solo flight today. The 27 year-old Line Bonde is the first Danish female-pilot at the controls of an F-16 jet fighter.