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<title>Thunderbird F-16 makes emergency landing</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description>A USAF Thunderbird F-16 made an emergency landing at Quad-City International Airport, near Moline around 14:22h local time with a minor engine malfunction according to the Quad-City Times.</description>
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<title>Former 388 FW pilot returns to take command</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description>A former 421st Fighter Squadron commander returned to take command of the 388th Fighter Wing in a ceremony Tuesday in Hangar 37. </description>
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<title>14 FS wrap up participation in Northern Edge 2009</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description>Approximately 150 members of the 14th FS together with members of a range of support units drawn from the 35th Fighter Wing prepared to return to Misawa AB today after spending about a month away participating in Northern Edge 2009. </description>
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<title>Belgian F-16s reach 2000 flt hrs over Afghanistan</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description>Since their arrival in Kandahar in September 2008 four Belgian F-16s have jointly flown 2000 flight hours. </description>
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<title>Tusas sign contract to modernise Pakistani F-16s</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description>Turkish Aerospace Industries, Inc. (TAI), has signed a deal with Pakistan&#039;s Defence Production Ministry this Monday to modernise 42 of the countries F-16 aircraft.</description>
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<title>US finally agrees to sell 24 new F-16s to Egypt</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description>The Obama administration finally agreed to Egypt&#039;s longstanding request to purchase 24 new Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter aircraft.</description>
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<title>Top Hats hone lethal skills</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description>As the target approaches, sights are set and AIM 9 and AIM 120 missiles launch from a Luke Air Force Base F-16 Fighting Falcon, engulfing the enemy aircraft in flames.</description>
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<title>Israeli F-16 downs Chinese UAV in training exercise</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description>An Israeli F-16 downed a small Chinese Unmanned Aerial Vehicle in a training exercise on Tuesday.</description>
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<title>F-16 crashes on the Utah Training Range - pilot killed</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description>An F-16 assigned to the 388th FW has crashed in a remote part of the Utah Test And Training Range on Monday night at 22:25h local time. The pilot did not survive.</description>
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<title>Polish F-16s train in Greece</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description>Five Polish Air Force F-16s departed for Greece from the Krzesiny base, near Poznan for a Squadron Exchange exercise.</description>
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<title>Pratt &amp; Whitney begins delivery of next generation F100 engines</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description>Pratt &amp; Whitney has delivered the first 6,000 cycle production hardware for assembly of the F100-PW-229 engine enhancement package (EEP).  </description>
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<title>Pakistani general flies back seat in a F-16</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description>Pakistani Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, flew of over the Swat valley in the North West Frontier Province to see first hand the ongoing fight against the militants who have besieged the region.</description>
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<title>F-16 flight simulator running on 120 PC graphic cards</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description>L-3 Link Simulation is building a new generation of military jet trainers that uses high-definition video and take real-world realism up a couple of notches.</description>
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<title>JDAM drop expands training for Misawa pilots</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description>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.</description>
<link>http://www.f-16.net/news_article3530.html</link>
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<title>Thunderbirds announce 2010 officer selections</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description>The United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, commonly known as the &#039;Thunderbirds,&#039; announced incoming officer selections today for the 2010 demonstration season. </description>
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