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First Danish F-35 handed over.
Today the first Danish F-35 (#L-001) was handed over to the Danish Flyvevåbnet in a ceremony at Lockheed. This markss the formal start of the Danish F-35 program albeit the jet was already flying in January conducting numerous rigorous tests at NAS Fort Worth.

Two Belgian F-16s intercept Russian bombers over North Sea
Two Belgian F-16s took off on Monday morning from Florennes Air Base to intercept Russian bombers approaching the Dutch airspace over the North Sea. The Russian aircraft were approaching Dutch airspace.

Romania's last F-16 delivered
Today the last Romanian F-16 under the Peace Carpathian II program was delivered. F-16A #1615 left Monte Real AB in the early morning to make a stop-over at Aviano AB for its final destination at Feteşti AB.

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F-16 Fleet Status

F-16 fleet - Apr 21, 2021
	Fleet overview: scrapped: 155 write-off: 617 preserved: 155 stored: 575 instructional: 109 on order: 129 active: 2937
	Changes '20/'21: Fleet adds: 129 Fleet drop: 35
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Today in F-16 history

21 Apr 1994
Major Jacquelyn S. Parker becomes first american female pilot to be combat qualified in the F-16.

Quote of the Day

Takeoff's are optional. Landings are mandatory.

-- Unknown

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Nuclear Reactor Kill

IDFAF #107
F-16A Block 5

This Israeli F-16A aircraft was the second of eight aircraft to drop its bombs on the Osirak reactor in Iraq, during the June 1981 attack. It wore 6.5 Syrian kill markings, and an Operation Opera "nuclear reactor" kill mark.

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Callsign of the day

Callsign "Vinny"

Short for Vince, Vincenzo

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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 2021-03-05	Cdt. Steven "Vrieske" De Vries 23 sqn \| 31 sqn \| 31 sqn \| 31 sqn \| 31 sqn
	4,000 Hrs 2019-01-16	Col. Bradley "Divot" Jackson \| 179 FS \| 179 FS
	3,000 Hrs 2020-11-24	Maj. Sean "Double" Rassas \| 69 FS \| 944 FW
	2,000 Hrs 2020-02-27	Lt.Col. Tse Chao "Ricky Bobby" Ying 17 TFG \| 21 TFG
	1,000 Hrs 2019-10-25	Capt. Ahmed "Cougar" Abou Zeid 68 TFS
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