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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...]
555 EFS commander hits 3,000 flying hour milestone
Apr 06, 2020 - Lt. Col. Beau Diers, 555th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron commander, has experienced more than most over the course of his 17-year career in the U.S. Air Force. [Read more...]
Hours on end: Viper pilot reaches two significant milestones
Nov 28, 2015 - “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Two thousand years after Chinese philosopher Laozi recorded this phrase, Air Force Col. Henry Rogers reached a similar figure as he stepped from his F-16 while deployed to Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. [Read more...]
114th Fighter Wing pilots attain 3,000 flight hours
Mar 24, 2015 - Col. Gregory Lair, 114th Operations Group commander and Lt. Col Eric Knutson, 114th Fighter Wing chief of safety, reached a milestone by netting 3,000 career flight hours during a training sortie at Joe Foss Field, March 11, 2015. [Read more...]
RNoAF F-16 pilot pass 3000hrs
Mar 04, 2015 - Major Egil Angell-Jacobsen passed 3,000 hours in the cockpit of an F-16 fighter while en-route to Exercise Red Flag which will start at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada this week. [Read more...]
Pakistan receives first five F-16s from Jordan
Apr 28, 2014 - The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) received the first 5 of 13 F-16s purchased from Jordan on Sunday at Mushaf Air Base, Pakistan. The ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to Pakistan Nawaf Khalifa Saraieh and senior PAF and army officers also attended the arrival ceremony. [Read more...]
Pakistan acquiring F-16s from Jordan
Feb 19, 2014 - Pakistani press is reporting that the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has acquired one squadron of F-16 multi-role fighter aircraft from Jordan with 13 being inducted into the service next month. [Read more...]
Werewolf hits 3,000 hours in F-16
Mar 29, 2013 - Reaching 3,000 F-16 flying hours is a milestone few pilots reach in their entire career. On the first day of spring, the list of pilots who have reached that milestone added one more name. [Read more...]
Air Force commander hits 3,000 F-16 hours
Mar 28, 2013 - Col. Patrick McKenzie, 51st Fighter Wing commander, joined a small elite group of pilots by reaching 3,000 hours in an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Osan, March 28, 2013. [Read more...]
South Korea selects BAE Systems to perform F-16 Avionics Upgrade
Aug 06, 2012 - The Republic of Korea has selected BAE Systems to upgrade the avionics and electronic systems for its fleet of F-16 aircraft. [Read more...]
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