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Marine Corps F-35A damaged after emergency landing at Okinawa
A Marine Corps stealth fighter was damaged Thursday following a precautionary landing at an Okinawa air base.

First new-built block 70 F-16 for Bahrain rolled out at Greenville
On November 21st, 2022 the first new-built block 70 F-16 destined for Bahrain has left the factory at Greenville.

South Korean Air Force KF-16C crashes west of Wonju after an engine failure
A South Korean KF-16C crashed due to an engine issue during a flight mission on Sunday. The pilot managed to safely eject.

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F-16 Fleet Status

F-16 fleet - Dec 7, 2022
	Fleet overview: scrapped: 203 write-off: 619 preserved: 156 stored: 581 instructional: 118 on order: 136 active: 2864
	Changes '21/'22: Fleet adds: 129 Fleet drop: 151
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Today in F-16 history

7 Dec 1989
2,500th worldwide F-16 is delivered.

Quote of the Day

Feathers shall raise men even as they do birds, toward heaven;
that is by letter written with their quills.

-- Leonardo da Vinci

F-16 Hall of Fame

Dutch MiG Killer

RNlAF #J-063
F-16A Block 20 MLU

In 1999, Maj. Peter Tankink scored the first post-WWII kill for the Royal Netherlands Air Force, shooting down a Yugoslav MiG-29 with an AIM-120A Amraam. A silhouette of a Fulcrum was painted just below the canopy rail.

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F-22 and F-35 Forum

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Military Aviation Forum

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Callsign of the day

Callsign "Speed Bump"

Annoying object used to impede progress. He didn't like his original call sign.

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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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