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First Slovakian F-16 Block 70s arrive in country
Lockheed Martin and the Slovak Republic announced the arrival of the first F-16 Block 70s in Slovakia, marking a new era in European air defence. F-16 Block 70 fighter jets will enable the Slovak Republic to protect its airspace and strengthen European security cooperation across allies.
Morris ANGB receives initial delivery of Slovak F-16 Blk 70s
The Morris ANGB is home to the Air National Guard’s premier F-16 fighter pilot training unit, the 162nd Wing, providing training for coalition war-fighting partners for the United States Air Force and international allies, which is why the Department of the Air Force selected Morris ANGB to receive up to nine Slovak-owned F-16 Block 70s. The first Block 70 aircraft arrived on June 13.
Spangdahlem Air Base F-16 reaches 10,000 flying hours
On Jun. 24, 2024 the F-16C Block 50C, designated as tail number #91-0358, reached 10,000 flying hours during a sortie at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany.
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F-16 fleet - Jul 27, 2024
Fleet overview:
scrapped: 204
write-off: 621
preserved: 163
stored: 583
instructional: 120
on order: 123
active: 2861
Changes '23/'24:
Fleet adds: 22
Fleet drop: 65
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27 Jul 2000
South Korea orders 20 F-16s (Peace Bridge III).
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Airspeed and altitude is like money in the bank... You can always take some out but can't always put it back in.
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War Bird
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F-16A Block 15
The only F-16 from the Thunderbirds ever to be made combat ready. The Tbirds are required to be able to make their F-16s combat ready within 72 hours. In 1988, this was put to the test. The ground crew pulled it off with time to spare, except for the paint scheme. The jet flew a combat training sortie and afterwards received the nickname 'War Bird'.
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A new Marine Lt. after getting to his first Hornet squadron often followed the skipper quite closely. If the skipper stopped too quickly the Lt. would "Bonk" into him.
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Latest Viper Drivers to reach 1K - 6K flying hours:
6,000 Hours 6,000 Hrs
2008-05-02
Lt.Col. Mike "Brillo" Brill
| 466 FS | 421 FS  
5,000 Hours 5,000 Hrs
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| 134 FS | 134 FS | 125 FS  
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| 151 Filo | 132 Filo | 132 Filo  
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306 TFS | 35 FS | 39 FLTS
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