F-16 Fighting Falcon News

From 2014


Jordanian F-16 crashes, pilot captured by Islamic State Dec 24, 2014 - Jordanian state news agency reported the countries armed forces had lost a warplane on Wednesday morning while flying a mission over Syria and one of its pilots had been captured by Islamic State (IS). [Read more...]	D-models return to flight after longeron repair Dec 23, 2014 - Air Force officials removed 82 two-seat F-16D Fighting Falcons from flight earlier this summer after discovering cracks along the canopy sill longeron between the front and rear pilot seats. [Read more...]

AF delivers Iraqi F-16s for training in US Dec 18, 2014 - For more than 65 years the Air Force has embraced the concept of flexibility being the key to airpower. Now Airmen from the Arizona Air National Guard are sharing that capacity to find creative ways to overcome problems with one of the Air Force's newest allies – the Iraqi Air Force. [Read more...]	Greek F-16D from 343 Sqn crashes South of Crete. Dec 04, 2014 - An F-16D block 52+ from 343M crashed during a training flight on December 4th, 2014 at 13.42h local time, 14 nautical miles north of the island of Gavdos. Both crew members, successful ejected. [Read more...]
SCANG helps Navy unit prepare for deployment Dec 03, 2014 - Nearly 200 Airmen and more than a dozen Block 52 F-16 Fighting Falcon jets traveled across the country to train with the U.S. Navy Carrier Air Wing One (CVW 1) who is preparing for an upcoming deployment aboard Aircraft Carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt next spring. [Read more...]	Pilot killed as U.S. F-16 crashes in Jordan Dec 01, 2014 - A U.S. Air Force pilot was killed when the F-16 he was flying suffered a mechanical malfunction and then crashed in Jordan as he attempted to return. The incident occurred at about 23.00h ET Sunday, U.S. Central Command said in a statement today. [Read more...]
Turkish F-16 crashes in central Turkey Dec 01, 2014 - An F-16 fighter jet belonging to the Turkish Air Force has crashed in central Turkey, the Turkish army says. The pilot survived. [Read more...]	Romanian pilots first solo flights on F-16A MLU Nov 27, 2014 - Following the contract signed in October 2013 with Portugal, for the purchase of 12 F-16 MLU aircraft, Romania becomes the 26th country to introduce the F-16 Fighting Falcon in service. [Read more...]
First F-16 students take flight at Holloman Nov 26, 2014 - After years of planning and an overwhelming amount of anticipation, November 13, 2014 had finally arrived for the 54th Fighter Group. The date marked yet another historical moment at Holloman as five of 14 Basic Course students with the 311th Fighter Squadron flew their first-ever flights, as the pilot, in an F-16 Fighting Falcon. [Read more...]	Three locations identified as F-16 aggressor candidate bases Nov 19, 2014 - Air Force officials, on Nov. 19, announced Eielson Air Force Base and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, and Nellis AFB, Nevada, as candidate bases to host the 18th Aggressor Squadron and its assigned 18 F-16 Fighting Falcons. [Read more...]

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