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Israel Aerospace Industries to resume production of F-16 wings
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) will resume the production of F-16 wings for Lockheed Martin, using the assembly line established in the 1980s, following rising demand for the jets.

20 year old NF-16D VISTA redesignated an ‘X’ Plane to test Skyborg
The USAF is currently upgrading a modified version of its F-16 fighters, the NF-16D VISTA, to support autonomy testing for the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Skyborg program. The Air Force Test Pilot School (TPS) redesignated the NF-16D Variable In-flight Simulator Aircraft in June as the X-62A.

First to Fly 2,000 Hours in F-22 Raptor
Lt. Col. Ryan Pelkola, 302d Fighter Squadron director of operations, became the first pilot to reach the 2,000 flight hour achievement in the F-22 Raptor, August 7, 2021.

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F-16 Fleet Status

F-16 fleet - Oct 22, 2021
	Fleet overview: scrapped: 156 write-off: 617 preserved: 155 stored: 571 instructional: 109 on order: 129 active: 2936
	Changes '20/'21: Fleet adds: 129 Fleet drop: 40
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Today in F-16 history

22 Oct 1983
F-16 units place 1st, 2nd and 4th in USAF-wide Gunsmoke '83 bombing and strafing competition.

Quote of the Day

The wish to be able to fly is to be understood as nothing else than a longing to be capable of sexual performance...

-- Sigmund Freud

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First General Electric powered F-16

USAF #75745
F-16A

Modified as F-16/101 with a General Electric F101 engine and first flight with this engine was on May 29th, 1981. This engine later led to the GE F110 engine installed from block 30 onwards.

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Callsign of the day

Callsign "Jeeter"

Last name Bush. [Ed. note: check Urban Dictionary]

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Sierra Hotel

Latest Viper Drivers to reach 1K - 6K flying hours:

	6,000 Hrs 2008-05-02	Lt.Col. Mike "Brillo" Brill \| 466 FS \| 421 FS
	5,000 Hrs 2021-04-20	Lt.Col. Scott "Skinny" Thompson \| 195 FS
	4,000 Hrs 2021-09-23	Cdt. Mario "Mario" Volders \| 31 sqn
	3,000 Hrs 2021-00-00	Wg.Cmd. Umer "Archer" Rasheed 11 sqn \| 11 sqn
	2,000 Hrs 2020-02-27	Lt.Col. Tse Chao "Ricky Bobby" Ying 17 TFG \| 21 TFG
	1,000 Hrs 2020-10-07	Maj. Adam "Sumo" Gazda
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