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Singapore - F-16 Block 52 Upgrade
RSAF F-16D Block 52 #664 from 145 sqn is seen on its way to the training area in Australia on October 11th, 2007. [Photo by LAC David Gibbs]
Jan 14, 2014 - The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress January 13 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Singapore for an upgrade of F-16 Block 52 aircraft and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $2.43 billion. [Read more...]
Brains behind the QF-16 spearhead AF aerial target drone program
USAF QF-16A block 15 #83-1110 Full Scale Aerial Target from the 82nd ATRS takes off on its first unmanned flight at Tyndall AFB on September 19th, 2013. [USAF photo by SSgt. Javier Cruz]
Nov 07, 2013 - Although the Air Force QF-16 flies pilotless in the skies over the Emerald Coast, they are not void of human contact. [Read more...]
RDAF becomes VSI's first international NVCD-ANVIS customer
HAF JHMCS specialists patch (life support equipment shop) from 115 Combat Wing [patchman collection]
Sep 27, 2012 - Vision Systems International (VSI), has been awarded a contract from the Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF) to provide its Night Vision Cueing and Display-Aviator's Night Vision Imaging Systems (NVCD-ANVIS) technology, the night module for the Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS). [Read more...]
DSCA announces further 18 F-16IQ's for Iraq
A USAF F-16C returns to the fight after receiving fuel on June 10th, 2008 during a mission over Iraq. The aircraft is assigned to Balad AB and is deployed from Hill AFB. [USAF photo by MSgt. Andy Dunaway]
Dec 14, 2011 - The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Iraq for a further batch of 18 F-16IQ aircraft and associated equipment, parts, weapons, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $2.3 billion. [Read more...]
510th FS deploys to Afghanistan
USAF F-16C block 40 #88-0510 from the 510th FS is coming in for landing at Aviano AB on June 10th, 2009 sprting the unit's markings on the tail. [Photo by Pascal]
May 21, 2010 - Airmen from the 510th Fighter Squadron, the "Buzzards," deployed to Afghanistan recently in support of overseas contingency operations bringing with them new technological capabilities. [Read more...]
OO-ALC completes 500th F-16 CCIP modification
USAF F-16C block 50 #91-0357 from the 13th FS sits in a hangar at Misawa AB on May 8th, 2008. Misawa's fleet of Block 50 aircraft were recently upgraded as part of the CCIP upgrades. [USAF photo by SrA. Robert Barnett]
Mar 25, 2010 - The Common Configuration Implementation Program, or CCIP (pronounced C-Sip) as it is commonly known, is the largest modification program ever undertaken on the Falcons. A CCIP rollout ceremony Friday, March 26, in the 309th Flight Test Building 233 will be held at 1 p.m. to mark the occasion. [Read more...]
Auto-GCAS approved for block 40 F-16s
USAF F-16D block 25, #83176, used for the combined US-Swedish GCAS trials, held in 1998 [USAF photo]
Oct 15, 2009 - According to Flightglobal, the USAF has finally approved funding for the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (auto-GCAS) to be fitted to F-16 Block 40s, with future additions to the Lockheed F-22 & F-35. [Read more...]
AFRL develops fixes to address JHMCS failures
A fighter pilot wearing a Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System is shown on the left. Helmet repairs developed by Air Force Research Laboratory engineers at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, are shown on the right. [USAF graphic]
Dec 17, 2008 - Air Force and University of Dayton Research Institute engineers together have identified Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS), display unit materials and processing issues and developed a repair capability for damaged systems. [Read more...]
First successful autoland of the F-16 conducted
USAF NF-16D block 30 #86-0048, the VISTA/F-16, was used in a recent autonomous landing demonstration at Edwards AFB. This photo was taken on June 9th, 2008 during Auto Land no.1. [Lockheed Martin photo by Andy Wolfe]
Dec 09, 2008 - Lockheed Martin and the US Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards AFB, have successfully demonstrated an autonomous landing of the F-16 Fighting Falcon, marking the first time an F-16 has landed entirely under computer control. [Read more...]
Depot upgrades keep Falcon fighting
The final 388th FW Block 40, #88-0421 from 421st FS to undergo CCIP upgrades is handed over to Col. Scott Dennis, 388th FW commander, in a ceremony on April 21st, 2008. Beginning in November 2005, depot workers from the 309th Maintenance Wing, led by Brig. Gen. Art Cameron, invested over 5,500 maintenance hours into each of 388th FW's 72 aircraft. CCIP brings upgraded avionics and communications systems to pilots in combat. Hill's 4th FS was the first to fly CCIP F-16s in combat in August of 2007. [USAF photo by Alex Lloyd]
Apr 28, 2008 - Airmen of the active duty 388th FW and Reserve 419th FW received their final Block 40 F-16 to complete the Common Configuration Implementation Program upgrade April 21st. [Read more...]
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