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Misawa Air Base F-16 Reaches 10,000 Flying Hours
An F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 13th Fighter Squadron recently hit a major milestone at Misawa Air Base! Aircraft #92-3913 is the second Block-50 F-16 at Misawa AB, and the third in the Air Force, to reach over 10,000 flight hours.

Belgian F-16 makes emergency landing in Ostend after lightning strike
After being hit by a bolt of lightning, Belgian F-16 (#FB-20) from 31 sqn made a successful emergency landing at Ostend-Bruges airport on Wednesday afternoon.

Top Aces wins contract to train USAF with F-16 Advanced Aggressor Fighter fleet
Top Aces Corp. the world's only commercial owner/operator of F-16 fighter aircraft, today announced that it was selected under the USAF Combat Air Force Contracted Air Support program to provide advanced adversary air training to pilots at Eglin and Luke AFBs.

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F-16 Fleet Status

F-16 fleet - Oct 7, 2022
	Fleet overview: scrapped: 203 write-off: 618 preserved: 156 stored: 560 instructional: 118 on order: 137 active: 2884
	Changes '21/'22: Fleet adds: 129 Fleet drop: 128
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Today in F-16 history

7 Oct 2001
Start of Operation Enduring Freedom, in which F-16s participate in air operations against terrorist training camps and infrastructure within Afghanistan

Quote of the Day

Months of preparation, one of those few opportunities, and the judgement of a split second are what makes some pilot an ace, while others think back on what they could have done.

-- Colonel Gregory Pappy Boyington, USMC (28 Victories, WW-II)

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First Block 60

UAEAF #3001
F-16F Block 60

The first of the advanced block 60 F-16s, specifically built for the United Arab Emirates Air Force. The aircraft features Conformal Fuel Tanks (CFTs), and a dorsal spine with a completely different set of avionics than a 'standard' F-16 making it the most advanced F-16 type developed so far. The jet wore civil registration N161LM for the first flight.

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Callsign of the day

Callsign "Lecter"

One of our guys engaged a target in Afghanistan and the frag from the AGM killed a bunch of lambs in a field. Callsign Lecter from Silence of the Lambs.

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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 2021-09-21	Lt.Col. David "Grits" Gritsavage \| 134 FS \| 134 FS \| 125 FS
	4,000 Hrs 2022-07-08	Lt.Col. Kevin "Mongo" Jens
	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 2022-01-26	Sqn.Ldr. Tehseen "Slayer" Tariq , TT 29 sqn \| Mig 21
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