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The first F-35A Lightning II have officially arrived at the Florennes base on 13 October 2025 [Photo by Adrien Muylaert]
Belgium welcomes its first F-35 fighters at Florennes Air Base
Belgium officially entered the fifth-generation fighter era yesterday as the first three F-35A Lightning II aircraft arrived at Florennes Air Base, marking the nation’s first introduction of a new fighter type in nearly 50 years.
Two F-16s from 34th FS form up with a Peruvian MiG-29 and Mirage 2000 during dissimilar air combat training as part of Falcon and Condor 2007, a joint exercise between the U.S. and Peruvian Air Forces on February 15th, 2007. [USAF photo by TSgt. Eric Kreps]
Peru cleared for possible purchase of F-16 Block 70 jets
The U.S. State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Peru for a fleet of F-16 Block 70 Fighting Falcons and associated systems.
PolAF F-16C block 52 #4056 from 6 elt spotted in a very nice tiger scheme for the Tigermeet held at Konya AB on May 7th, 2015. [Photo by John de Winter]
Polish F-16 Tiger Demo crashes during Radom Air Show training
The aviation world is in mourning after Major Maciej “SLAB” Krakowian, a highly regarded pilot with the Polish Air Force F-16 Tiger Demo Team, was killed in a tragic crash this afternoon during a rehearsal for the Radom International Airshow.
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F-16 fleet - Nov 8, 2025
Fleet overview:
scrapped: 204
write-off: 624
preserved: 166
stored: 572
instructional: 122
on order: 98
active: 2893
Changes '23/'24:
Fleet adds: 105
Fleet drop: 47
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Today in F-16 history
8 Nov 1999
EAF accepts first F-16 from Peace Vector V order.
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8 Nov 1977
F-16 prototype launches all-weather AIM-7F Sparrow missiles.
8 Nov 1982
The second F-16XL (#75-0747 (double seat)), arrives at Edwards AFB.
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Atmospheric shot of F-16XL ship no. 2 (#75747), the two-seater [Photo by Erwin Boone]
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F-16XL/B
One of the original F-16A Full-Scale Development aircraft. The aircraft crash landed on Rogers dry lake bed at Edwards AFB due to a blown nose gear tire on take off during the annual open house air show. The pilot survived unharmed but very shaken. It was shipped to General Dynamics Fort Worth in a C-5 and rebuilt into the first cranked-arrow F-16XL, flying back to Edwards one year later on December 2nd, 1981. It was later converted into a dual-seat F-16XL/B. First flight in its new configuration was on October 29th, 1982.
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Threw up in the back of a Yukon SUV on deployment in El Centro.
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