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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.

South Korean Air Force KF-16C crashes west of Wonju after an engine failure
A South Korean KF-16C crashed due to an engine issue during a flight mission on Sunday. The pilot managed to safely eject.

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F-16 Fleet Status

F-16 fleet - Dec 6, 2022
	Fleet overview: scrapped: 203 write-off: 619 preserved: 156 stored: 579 instructional: 118 on order: 136 active: 2865
	Changes '21/'22: Fleet adds: 129 Fleet drop: 149
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Today in F-16 history

6 Dec 1990
Portugal orders 20 F-16s (Peace Atlantis I) becoming the 17th customer.

Dec 2003
block 60 F-16 makes first successfull flight.
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Quote of the Day

Forget all that stuff about thrust and drag, lift and gravity; an airplane flies because of money.

-- Unknown

F-16 Hall of Fame

F-16I Sufa / Storm

IDFAF #401
F-16D Block 52

The first new F-16I 'Sufa' (Storm) for the Israeli Air Force. The F-16I features a dorsal spine, CFTs, and distributed RWR's, along with improved avionics. This aircraft is armed with AMRAAM's, Python 4, and LGB's - the gun is covered with a panel. It's also equipped with two 600gal drop tanks and LANTIRN pods.

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F-16 Forum

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F-22 and F-35 Forum

	XQ-58 valkyrie F-35 combo	jessmo112
	F-22 RAM Coatings/Limits on speed?	charlielima223
	UK MOD in a muddle over F-35C	spazsinbad
	F-35B crashes after mid-air collision wi...	Gamera
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	F22 top speed @ sea level	disconnectedr...
	F-35 Users huddle in Italy to tout joint...	daswp

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Military Aviation Forum

	B-21 (LRS-B) Thread	Gums
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From C-130.net

	How C-130 pilots/crew saved their plane ...	c130kcf
	Air Force grounds older C-130's	daswp
	(4K) Lockheed C-130K Hercules flight tra...	muc-spotter
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Callsign of the day

Callsign "Eeyore"

Reminded CO of A.A. Milne's suicidal blue-grey stuffed donkey. Monotone on radios. Dour facial expressions. Sunny outlook in life.

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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 2021-09-21	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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