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Nose snaps off an F-16 after sliding down a runway at Sioux Falls
An F-16C Block 40C (#88-0480) belonging to the 114th Fighter Wing of the South Dakota Air National Guard went off the runway at Sioux Falls on Wednesday afternoon, landing nose-down in the grass.

Viper takes back to the skies after 1130 days
After 1,130 days, an F-16 Viper with the tail number #88-0166 took to the skies again for a functional check flight on April 19, 2022.

ANG F-16 jet crashes in Louisiana; pilot safely ejects
An Oklahoma Air National Guard F-16 crashed in western Louisiana midday Wednesday. It went down in an uninhabited, wooded area of Beauregard Parish, near the Louisiana-Texas border south of Fort Polk.

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F-16 Fleet Status

F-16 fleet - May 16, 2022
	Fleet overview: scrapped: 203 write-off: 617 preserved: 158 stored: 558 instructional: 115 on order: 129 active: 2889
	Changes '21/'22: Fleet adds: 129 Fleet drop: 110
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Today in F-16 history

16 May 1980
First production F-16A block 10 (#79-0289) is delivered to the USAF.

May 1996
Egypt orders 21 F-16s (Peace Vector V).

Quote of the Day

Why did God invent women when airplanes were so much fun?

-- Unknown

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F-16I Sufa / Storm

IDFAF #401
F-16D Block 52

The first new F-16I 'Sufa' (Storm) for the Israeli Air Force. The F-16I features a dorsal spine, CFTs, and distributed RWR's, along with improved avionics. This aircraft is armed with AMRAAM's, Python 4, and LGB's - the gun is covered with a panel. It's also equipped with two 600gal drop tanks and LANTIRN pods.

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Callsign of the day

Callsign "Creampie"

Was watching a porn clip on his cellphone when taxiing and suddenly his ride got the external tank dropped on the ground, moving to hangar and caused a little explosion.

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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 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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