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Lockheed Martin awarded F-16 Depot Sustainment Program
Dec 11, 2020 - The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a $900 million contract to provide sustainment support and depot-overflow services for F-16 aircraft. [Read more...]
Guard F-16 crashes in Wisconsin
Dec 09, 2020 - A Wisconsin Air National Guard F-16 crashed in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Tuesday night, unfortunately the pilot did not survive. [Read more...]
Luke pilot reaches a rare milestone, surpasses 3k flying hours in F-16
Nov 27, 2020 - As of November 23, 2020, only 295 pilots worldwide could claim to have surpassed three thousand flying hours in the F-16 Fighting Falcon. That number is now 296. [Read more...]
Taiwanese F-16 goes missing during training
Nov 18, 2020 - On Tuesday night an ROCAF F-16 disappeared during a nighttime training mission. The Taiwanese defense ministry said the single-seater plane fell off radar screens about two minutes after taking off and that the fate of the pilot was unknown. [Read more...]
AI defeats top Viper driver in DARPA’s dogfight contest
Aug 21, 2020 - A computer program easily beat a veteran U.S. F-16 pilot in five rounds of simulated F-16 flight combat during a competition intended to spur the development of artificial intelligence that helps pilots during aerial dogfights. [Read more...]
First two F-16s of the Peace Carpathian II program delivered.
Aug 14, 2020 - Today the first two F-16s of the Peace Carpathian II program were delivered to the Forţele Aeriene Române (Romanian Air Force) and landed at Feteşti AB. [Read more...]
F-16 crashes at Holloman Air Force
Jul 14, 2020 - An F-16C from the 49th Fighter Wing at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico crashed while landing Monday, 13th July, the base said in a press release. [Read more...]
Luke changes F-16 paint scheme to a single color
Jul 07, 2020 - A team of nine 56th Equipment Maintenance Squadron Low Observable Aircraft Structural Maintenance personnel painted an F-16C Fighting Falcon assigned to the 310th Fighter Squadron a solid medium-gray color. [Read more...]
Pilot dies after F-16 crash at Shaw Air Force Base
Jul 01, 2020 - The pilot of an Air Force F-16CM Fighting Falcon was killed following a crash late Tuesday at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina. [Read more...]
Paint shop at Hill AFB gives F-16 ‘spooky’ paint scheme
Jun 11, 2020 - Painters at Hill Air Force Base recently completed an elaborate makeover on an F-16 Fighting Falcon by giving it the now-popular "ghost" paint scheme. [Read more...]
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