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Thunderbird F-16C crashes near Trona during training; Pilot ejects safely
A Block 52 F-16C from the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds demonstration team crashed late Wednesday morning in a remote desert area near Trona, California, after the pilot safely ejected and sustained only minor injuries.
A Block 52 F-16C from the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds demonstration team crashed late Wednesday morning in a remote desert area near Trona, California, after the pilot safely ejected and sustained only minor injuries.
![FAA F-16AM #M-1020 destined for Grupo Aéreo 6 is coming in for landing with brakes opened at Zaragoza AB on November 28th, 2025. [<a href="https://www.jetphotos.com" target="new">Jetphotos.com</a> photo by Rodrigo Train]](https://www.f-16.net/g3/var/thumbs/f-16-photos/album41/album123/M-1020_001.jpg?m=1764347389)
First ex-Danish F-16s on route to Argentina
Today the first six refurbished former Flyvevåbnet (Royal Danish Air Force, RDAF) F-16s departed from Skrydstrup AB, beginning their long journey to join the Fuerza Aérea Argentina (Argentinian Air Force, FAA).
Today the first six refurbished former Flyvevåbnet (Royal Danish Air Force, RDAF) F-16s departed from Skrydstrup AB, beginning their long journey to join the Fuerza Aérea Argentina (Argentinian Air Force, FAA).
![IqAF F-16C block 52 is parked on a sunny tarmac guarded by an Iraqi military. [IqAF photo]](https://www.f-16.net/g3/var/thumbs/f-16-photos/album07/album252/1610.jpg?m=1639213737)
U.S. awards new contract to sustain Iraqi F-16 fleet through 2026
The United States has awarded Vectrus Systems Corp. a $252 million contract to continue providing maintenance and support services for the Iraqi Air Force’s F-16 fleet.
The United States has awarded Vectrus Systems Corp. a $252 million contract to continue providing maintenance and support services for the Iraqi Air Force’s F-16 fleet.
- Trump administration expected to approve potential F-35 sale to Saudi Arabia
- US accelerates F-16V deliveries to Taiwan amid production delays
- Romania takes ownership of 18 Dutch F-16s for training and operational use
- F-16 Fighting Falcon milestone: 10,000 flight hours and counting
- Belgium welcomes its first F-35 fighters at Florennes Air Base
- Peru cleared for possible purchase of F-16 Block 70 jets
- Polish F-16 Tiger Demo crashes during Radom Air Show training
F-16 Fleet Status
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Fleet overview:
scrapped: 204
write-off: 624
preserved: 166
stored: 571
instructional: 122
on order: 98
active: 2897
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Changes '23/'24:
Fleet adds: 105
Fleet drop: 49
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Dec 2003
block 60 F-16 makes first successfull flight.
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block 60 F-16 makes first successfull flight.
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6 Dec 1990
Portugal orders 20 F-16s (Peace Atlantis I) becoming the 17th customer.
Portugal orders 20 F-16s (Peace Atlantis I) becoming the 17th customer.
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"Let's make a 360 and get the hell out of here!"
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Testing the AGM-119A Penguin
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![An AGM-119A Penguin anti-ship missile is mounted on the pylon of RNoAF F-16A block 15 #685 from 331 skv during testing of the missile in the mid eighties. [USAF photo]](https://www.f-16.net/g3/var/resizes/f-16-photos/album37/album09/685.JPEG?m=1371912947) 
RNoAF #685F-16A Block 15
An AGM-119A Penguin anti-ship missile is mounted on the pylon of RNoAF F-16A block 15 #685 from 331 skv during testing of the missile in the mid eighties. Norway is the only country using the Penguin missile.
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Callsign of the day
Callsign "Cable"
No, not from a carrier landing. It's from when I was off base, pulling out of a bar on my motorcycle and ended up getting clotheslined by the cable of a winch on a wrecker.
The bar was having a car towed, and this tow truck driver hooked up to it and was trying to pull it away from the edge of the lot enough to get in front of it. He just happened to be pulling it across the entrance and exit to the lot, and didn't see me pulling out, and threw tension on the cable...just as I was riding towards the exit. The cable stripped me off the seat of the motorcycle, in full view of two of my squadron mates.
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