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An Israeli F-16 downed a small Chinese Unmanned Aerial Vehicle in a training exercise on Tuesday.

Five Polish Air Force F-16s departed for Greece from the Krzesiny base, near Poznan for a Squadron Exchange exercise.

On May 13 two F-16 Fighting Falcon pilots climbed into their jets and took to the skies over Northern Japan for a first of its kind training mission.

The 944th Fighter Wing commander logged his 3,000th F-16 flying hour May 20 in a basic fighter maneuver mission at Luke AFB.

On May 22, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of the Republic of Korea to support the upgrade of 35 F-16 Block 32 Aircraft.

The first four F-16 Block 52+ from the Peace Xenia IV program have arrived at Araxos AB, Greece around 16:00h local time with a small fanfare.

Hill AFB could loose one-third of its F-16s after the air force announced it plans to remove 250 aircraft from its fleet in a accelerated retirement program according to the Standard Examiner.

Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany would lose 18 F-16s and possibly one of its three fighter squadrons in a plan the Air Force announced Tuesday to eliminate about 250 fighter jets from its inventory.

Flightglobal reports that the Israeli air force plans to upgrade its F-16C/D aircraft to the 'Barak 2020' upgrade package so this portion of fleet can serve till 2020.

U.S. and Republic of Korea Air Force personnel began the second 7th Air Force-designed Max Thunder bi-lateral air training exercise on May 7, 2009.

An Aviano F-16 Fighting Falcon #89-2057 reached a major aerial milestone on May 5 surpassing the 7,000 hours flight mark.

Pilots from the Wisconsin ANG's 115th FW in Madison, honed their air-to-air combat training skills along side their naval counterparts from the Strike Fighter Squadron 2 (VFA-2), NAS Lemoore, during a two-week training mission.

An F-16 Fighting Falcon #89-2092 assigned to the 4th EFS, deployed from Hill AFB, Utah, became the "first block 40" F-16 to surpass the 7,000 hour milestone during a recent combat mission in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

The Museum of Aviation will open to the public a permanent Thunderbirds F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft exhibit May 3, the same day the Air Force Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team will perform at nearby Robins AFB.

Chile's government has reached an agreement to buy 18 second-hand F-16 fighter planes from the Dutch government, Defense Minister Fancisco Vidal said on Tuesday, in a deal valued at $270 million.