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RAFAEL of Haifa, Israel and the Dutch Ministry of Defense have signed a $40-million contract for six RecceLite reconnaissance pods, which will be carried on 311 Squadron's F-16s at Volkel airbase.

On August 10, Italian peace activist Turi Vaccaro smashed two Dutch F-16 jets with a hammer. He climbed over a fence at Woensdrecht AB and created for more than 5 millions Euro damage to two F-16s parked in a hangar.

The U. S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron is looking for professionals to join an elite team known world-wide for precision flying and community involvement.

Should 8th Fighter Wing pilots at Kunsan Air Base have to find and bomb an enemy building, they now have new gear aboard that will show them sharp, detailed video images, right down to the structure's individual windows.

Two upgraded F-16 Fighting Falcons landed in Pakistan on Tuesday. According to Pakistan, the US has provided these aircraft to the PAF for free as a "goodwill gesture".

The governments of Greece and the United States have signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) for the sale of 30 additional F-16 Block 52+ aircraft to Greece, with an option for an additional 10 aircraft.

Turkey is going to provide F-16 fighter pilot training to Italian Air Force pilots, after recently providing similar training to United Arab Emirates Air Force pilots, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported on Monday.

The US Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, also known as the Thunderbirds has released the schedule for their 2006 show season which includes 65 public shows in 29 states.

Exercise Operation Dynamic Weasel begins here today to hone the skills Airmen need for combat deployments.

A news article in The Pakistan Observer stated last Friday a potential sale of 26 F-16A/B's to the Pakistan Air Force from Belgium and Holland.

Lockheed Martin is featuring the most advanced F-16 fighters this week at the Dubai International Air Show - the Block 60 F-16 E/F and the Block 50/52 F-16 C/D.

Jordan's prince Feisal bin AL-Hussein and Dutch secretary of state Van der Knaap signed a letter of intent this morning for the sale of three Dutch F-16s to the Royal Jordanian Air Force.

I used to want to be a fighter pilot. When the movie "Top Gun" came out in 1986, I was in high school, and nearly every teenage male dreamed of flying a fighter jet.

Early in development, critics called the plane too small and slow. The Air Force, at first, didn't want it. But now the U.S. military — and many of its allies around the world — can't live without the F-16.

The United States will comply with a 22-year-old contract to supply replacement parts to F-16 jets owned by Venezuela, U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela William Brownfield said yesterday.