Two F-16s from Spangdahlem AB assisted a Boeing 747 jumbo jet to a safe landing after it experienced a significant in-flight emergency.

The F-16 is featured on a Portuguese stamp, printed to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the air force.

Pakistani F-16 shot down 1 Indian Seeker-II UAV withan AIM-9L on June 7th. This is perhaps the first air combat engagement of a manned and unmanned aircraft.

The Pentagon has offered to sell F-16 Fighting Falcons to Brazil that would include advanced air-to-air missiles - the first U.S. sale of the weapon in Latin America.

In May 2002 the US and Oman signed a $825 million foreign military sale, following a meeting between the US Defense Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, and Sultan Qaboos of Oman. The deal will include twelve Lockheed Martin F16 fighter aircraft, and air-to-air and air-to-ground weapon systems, support and training. The missiles include the AIM-9M sidewinder and Raytheon's GBU-10 and GBU-12, and Boeing's AGM-65G and JDAM.

Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir, arrived in Washington on Saturday for an official visit at the invitation of his US counterpart, General John Jumper. Air Marshal Mir's visit should be seen in the context of the recently re-established military-to-military contacts between Pakistan and the US. Gen Jumper had visited Pakistan recently.

The U.S. Defense Department plans to sell Oman $1.1 billion worth of arms, including 12 Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Corp. F-16 fighter jets. It would be the first sale of F-16s to Oman, which is located at the entrance of the Persian Gulf and within striking distance of Afghanistan.

The Bahrain Amiri Air Force entered a new era as two of their F-16s were put on alert status with AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles.

The 416th Flight Test Squadron's F-16 Sniper Program at Edwards AFB incorporated new technologies when it began testing an advanced targeting pod here in mid-April. The Sniper XR targeting pod is a multi-purpose targeting and navigation system developed to provide modern tactical aircraft with a 24-hour precision strike capability against both land and sea based targets.

The Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) has selected GE's F110 fighter engine to power its new fleet of 12 Lockheed Martin F-16 aircraft in an engine contract valued at more than $50 million.

Close cooperation between Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force enabled the Ogden Air Logistics Center (ALC) to complete modification of the first U.S. Air Force aircraft in the F-16 Common Configuration Implementation Program (CCIP) ahead of schedule.

The letter of offer and acceptance (LOA) to Chile for the $636 million sale of 10 Lockheed Martin F-16C/D Block 50+ fighters will be extended by one month after the country failed to sign the deal yesterday, according to a Pentagon source.

The ROC [Republic of China] Air Force will commission its second wing of US-made F-16 jet fighters into service 16 January, military spokesman Huang Suey-sheng said Tuesday [8 January].

Israel has formally agreed to purchase another 52 F-16 multi-role fighters from the United States. The Israeli agreement exercises an option to pay Lockheed Martin $1.3 billion for the F-16s. The total sale - which will include engines and subsystems - will amount to $2 billion.

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. said Thursday that Israel has agreed to buy 52 additional F-16 fighter jets, exercising a $1.3 billion option under a contract signed last year.