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F-16 Fighter Jets for the Vietnamese Air Force?
The Biden administration is reportedly negotiating with Vietnam on the sale of an arms package featuring a fleet of F-16 fighter jets, in a move that could irk China and sideline Russia.

South Korean pilot safe after fighter-jet takeoff crash
A South Korean Air Force KF-16 fighter crashed Thursday morning shortly after takeoff at a base in Seosan City, about 60 miles southwest of Seoul, according to an Air Force spokesman.

F-35B goes missing after pilot ejects following a mishap
Military officials are searching for an F-35 fighter jet in South Carolina after a mishap forced the pilot to eject. The jet was left in autopilot mode so there’s a possibility it was still airborne for a while.

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F-16 Fleet Status

F-16 fleet - Oct 2, 2023
	Fleet overview: scrapped: 204 write-off: 620 preserved: 159 stored: 587 instructional: 119 on order: 134 active: 2790
	Changes '22/'23: Fleet adds: 16 Fleet drop: 114
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Quote of the Day

There's no such thing as a natural-born pilot.

-- Chuck Yeager

F-16 Hall of Fame

First USAF F-16

USAF #80001
F-16A Block 1

This F-16 was the first to roll off the General Dynamics production line at Fort Worth, TX. It was delivered to the USAF in August of 1978 and thus became the very first production F-16 to be delivered worldwide. Initial deliveries went to the 388th TFW at Hill AFB, where initial pilot training on the type was performed.

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F-16 Forum

	313 SQN RNLAF - F-16 with red tailband	Lieven
	Slovakia's interested for F-16V	jbgator
	Vipers over Lake Tahoe - POTUS CAP duty	Boman
	F-16 built-in boarding ladder - Cool Ide...	Corsair1963
	Vietnam to get F-16s?	ricnunes
	Fort Wayne Vipers back	Boman
	MiG-23MLD vs F-16	ljqc
	The comprehensive HG5 colorscheme topic	Boman

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F-22 and F-35 Forum

	USMC F-35Bs on Expeditionary Advanced Ba...	jessmo112
	F-35B UK SRVL info - Updated when new/ol...	noth
	F-22 vs. Rafale dogfight	viperzerof-2
	F-35 GAO report Sept 2023	notam123
	F-35 vs China J-20 (or J-16)	viperzerof-2
	F-35A versus Saab Gripen NG	XanderCrews
	JASDF may be in the market for more F-35...	Gamera
	F-35 orders for Greece, Romania, and Pol...	quicksilver

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Military Aviation Forum

	Russia-Ukraine War 2022	milosh
	65th anniversary of the F-4 Phantom II	sprstdlyscott...
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	F16C block 40	rzr1000xp
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From C-130.net

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Callsign of the day

Callsign "RBFCWK"

Pronounced "Rib Fika Wik". Rejected By Fat Chick With Kids. B-course buddy of mine who thought he could get any girl in the bar, until he found out his beer goggles were still on. He woke up on her couch to find her kids playing with his flightsuit, then she kicked him out.

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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 2023-07-26	Maj. Bambang "Sphinx" Aulia Yudhistira
	2,000 Hrs 2023-01-17	Capt. Konstantinos "Datolo" Diamantopoulos 335 Mira \| 335 Mira \| A-7
	1,000 Hrs 2023-08-24	Capt. Wahyu "Skipper" Aditya Budiarta
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