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F-35B crash-lands in Fort Worth, TX - pilot ejected
A Lockheed Martin-owned F-35B "Lightning II" has ended up nose-down off the side of the runway at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth in Texas after a mishap on Thursday. The pilot ejected safely during the incident, which comes on the anniversary of the F-35's first flight in 2006.

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.

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F-16 Fleet Status

F-16 fleet - Dec 21, 2022
	Fleet overview: scrapped: 203 write-off: 619 preserved: 156 stored: 591 instructional: 118 on order: 136 active: 2855
	Changes '21/'22: Fleet adds: 129 Fleet drop: 161
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Today in F-16 history

21 Dec 2007
522nd Fighter Squadron disbands at Cannon AFB, New Mexico.

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Lost over Serbia

USAF #88550
F-16C Block 40

Lost over Serbia near Nakucani during operation Allied Force due to engine failure, which was caused by a nearby SA-3 explosion. The pilot, Lt. Col. David Goldfein, ejected safely and was rescued by helicopter. The tail is on display in the Museum of Warplanes in Belgrade, Serbia.

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Callsign of the day

Callsign "Jayhawk"

I am cloked at all times in Kansas... I am a die hard fan of anything that has the word Kansas in it... If you don't see me in Kansas gear -out in town-, my socks or underwear probably say Kansas. Therefore, during my AIC Basic class, my instructors (after being annoyed with my bragging on Kansas teams day in and day out) had no choice but to give me the callsign "Jayhawk"...:) ROCK CHALK!

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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 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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