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Hundreds of physical and mental training hours go into being a part of one of the most advanced careers in the world -- an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot.

The largest ever F-16 modernization program continues to advance, making the aircraft a more lethal, survivable and network-centric weapon system in the Global War on Terrorism.

The Greek government announced Wednesday it had turned down an option to buy 10 additional F-16 aircraft from Lockheed Martin. Instead, they will probably buy another 30 fourth-generation fighter jets in 2006.

The maiden flight of the first Polish F-16 aircraft has been successfully completed. The flight took place in Ft. Worth, Texas and marks a key milestone in the success of the Peace Sky program. Poland will take delivery of the first of 48 F-16s in November.

The United States offered to sell India advanced fighter aircraft and other high-tech arms as the next step in a rapidly expanding military relationship between the two countries.

The Boeing Company will provide the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) weapon system to the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) under an agreement recently reached with Norway.

A Taiwanese citizen was charged Thursday with being a covert agent for Beijing, and accused together with a Frenchmen of trying to illegally export an F-16 jet engine, Blackhawk helicopter engines and cruise missiles to China.

For years the F-16 Fighting Falcon has been the premier multi-role fighter in the Air Force inventory, but recently F-16s at Balad Air Base have been expanding their list of capabilities by performing non-traditional intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, or NTISR.

Chile received the first two of 10 F-16C block 50 Peace Puma aircraft from the U.S. on Tuesday, part of a major military upgrade that has worried some of its South American neighbors despite assurances that the country is only renewing obsolete equipment.

Together with the F-15s, the F-16s make up the backbone of Israel's fighter force. The IDF/AF's main fighter is the F-16 Fighting Falcon, including the aging F-16 A/B Netz ("Falcon"), the F-16C/D Barak ("Lightning") and the new two-seater, the F-16I Block 52+ Soufa ("Storm").

Wiring for pylons on F-16 Fighting Falcons are being upgraded by the 309th Commodities Maintenance Squadron at Ogden Air Logistics Center here, enabling the jets to handle 21st century smart munitions.

The body sat in the hangar - a grotesquely disfigured torso of an F-16 minus the extremities once providing clues to its origin or the history behind its recent demise.

F-16 Fighting Falcon pilots here will soon start using an earpiece that will afford better hearing protection and an improved mission focus.

It's not that unusual to see a restaurant near Aviano Air Base full of people around 11 p.m. Italians, after all, eat late by American standards. The roar of an F-16 flying overhead during that time would, however, be unusual.

The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) is holding a bilateral air exercise with the Indian Air Force from 03 to 20 January. Eight RSAF F-16s flew into Kalaikunda Air Force Station in Eastern India for the exercise.