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Airmen of the active duty 388th FW and Reserve 419th FW received their final Block 40 F-16 to complete the Common Configuration Implementation Program upgrade April 21st.

The time has come for the mission to be executed. The pilot advances the F-16 Fighting Falcon to the mission area, soaring across the desert terrain at 500 mph, like the proud and magnificent creature the jet was named after.

Col. Mike Brill, from the 419th Fighter Wing at Hill AFB will set another record next week when he is expected to become the first F-16 pilot to break the 6,000 flying hours mark.

The Dawn newspaper is reporting that Pakistan has decided to halve the number of new F-16C/D block 52 jets it's buying from the US due to financial constraints.

If there was ever a question as to what the US Air Force has contributed to the Global War on Terrorism, it was answered this week.

At 6 a.m., it's another early Friday morning in Iraq as the two young men deployed from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, get ready to venture into harm's way yet again.

Pakistani & Turkish F-16s are conducting a joint exercise named 'Indus Viper 2008' which began April 21st lasting for 10 days according to a press release from the PAF.

The Dutch air force will dispose of their controversial CBU-87 cluster bombs in accordance with the Oslo Process.

The 162nd Fighter Wing flew country music recording artist Joe Nichols in an F-16 Fighting Falcon from Tucson International Airport Thursday, April 17.

Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy is pushing to have the nation's longest-flying F-16 put on permanent display rather than cut up for scrap when it's retired from service.

A defense ministry official dismissed a report that the United States notified South Korea of a plan to pull an F-16 squadron out of the Korean Peninsula by the end of the year.

Recently both the 8th Fighter Wing and the Republic of Korea's 111th Fighter Squadron received safety awards for having outstanding safety records.

After walking away from one of this year's worst professional racing wrecks, a NASCAR rookie from Glendale tried a different kind of ride.

Aerial dog-fights between 10 or more jets and dodging simulated missiles may sound like a boss-level of a video game, but it's really the daunting experience of a combat pilot during the RED FLAG-Alaska 08-2 training at Eielson AFB.

The call goes out and people begin to scatter. There's a sense of urgency in the air that can almost be felt, like static electricity that makes the hair on your arms stand up.