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New 'Viper Shield' electronic warfare system has first flight on a Bahraini F-16
The first flight of the AN/ALQ-254(V)1 Viper Shield electronic warfare suite was performed on an F-16C Block 70 of the Royal Bahraini Air Force at Edwards Air Force Base on Jan. 23, 2025.
Bulgaria received first F-16 Block 70 aircraft in handover ceremony
Bulgaria’s Defense Minister, Atanas Zapryanov visited the United States for three days, where he attended the formal handover of Bulgaria’s first F-16 Block 70 fighter jet (311). The event took place on January 31, 2025, at Lockheed Martin’s production facility in Greenville, South Carolina.
F-35 crashes on Eielson AFB flightline in Alaska – Pilot safe
An F-35 fighter jet crashed Tuesday at 12:49PM on a flightline on Eielson Air Force Base. The pilot safely parachuted out after ejecting. The pilot was in the process of landing during a training exercise when his jet suffered an “inflight malfunction,” forcing him to eject.
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F-16 fleet - Feb 8, 2025
Fleet overview:
scrapped: 204
write-off: 623
preserved: 165
stored: 593
instructional: 121
on order: 112
active: 2859
Changes '23/'24:
Fleet adds: 33
Fleet drop: 49
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Belgium orders an additional 44 F-16s.
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RoKAF accepts first F-16 from Peace Bridge II order.
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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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