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Lockheed Martin awarded F-16 Depot Sustainment Program
This is another picture from the January 21st, 1991 emergency refueling of 32 F-16s that did not get pre-strike refueled before going to their targets. They were Pug, Collie, Spaniel and Shepherd flights with Falstaff F-4Gs covering them. [Photo by Sluggo357]
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...]
AI defeats top Viper driver in DARPA’s dogfight contest
Screenshot from the online AlphaDogfight trials competition broadcasted on 20 Aug 2020.
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...]
Lockheed Martin awarded $800 million Slovakia F-16 fighter jet contract
Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 70 concept drawing. This block will be built in Greenville, South Carolina. [Lockheed Martin image]
Aug 01, 2019 - Lockheed Martin Corp., doing business as Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, Fort Worth, Texas, has been awarded a $799,955,939 firm-fixed-price incentive contract for F-16 aircraft production. [Read more...]
Lockheed Martin to sell 114 exclusive F-21s to India?
Lockheed Martin F-21 concept drawing. [Lockheed Martin image]
May 20, 2019 - It seems that Lockheed Martin will not offer its F-21 fighter, customized to suit India, to any other country if the Indian Air Force (IAF) places an order for 114 jets that it currently looking to acquire. [Read more...]
First Lockheed Martin-licensed ‘Falcon Depot’ center planned in Norway
RNoAF F-16AMs #680 & #683 seen at Souda AB during Operation Odyssey Dawn on March 30th, 2011. [RNoAF photo]
Apr 30, 2019 - Lockheed Martin signed an agreement in March with AIM Norway, an Oslo-based MRO services provider, to jointly establish the world’s first Lockheed Martin-licensed F-16 ‘Falcon Depot’ center for the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) and other regional F-16 customers. [Read more...]
Lockheed Martin inaugurates F-16 production line in Greenville
Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 70 concept drawing. This block will be built in Greenville, South Carolina. [Lockheed Martin image]
Apr 23, 2019 - Lockheed Martin hosted a ceremony to celebrate its new F-16 production line in Greenville, South Carolina. F-16 tooling and equipment previously in Fort Worth, Texas, has since been installed in a newly-refurbished hangar in Greenville, where the company will begin manufacturing F-16 Block 70 aircraft later this year. [Read more...]
Morocco approved to buy 25 F-16Vs and upgrade 23 others
RMAF F-16C block 52 #08-8009 is flying over head during the Marrakech airshow in 2016. [Photo by Peter R. Foster]
Mar 26, 2019 - The U.S. State Department has cleared Morocco for a major increase to its F-16 fleet, including both the purchase of 25 F-16C/D Block 72s and upgrades of its existing 23 F‑16s to the more advanced F‑16V Block 52+ configuration. [Read more...]
Greece to upgrade 85 F-16s to Block 70/72 Viper configuration
Side view of HAF F-16D block 52 #602 during a photo shoot above the Adriatic. [Photo by Tokunaga]
Sep 15, 2018 - Lockheed Martin announced that it will launch the upgrade of 85 Greek F-16s to the Block 70/72 Viper configuration on Monday. [Read more...]
Lockheed Martin awarded contract to build F-16 Block 70s for Bahrain
Concept art of the Bahraini F-16 Block 70. [Photo by Lockheed Martin]
Jun 25, 2018 - Lockheed Martin received a $1.12 billion contract from the U.S. government to produce 16 new F-16 Block 70 aircraft for the Royal Bahraini Air Force. [Read more...]
Bahrain to buy 19 new F-16Vs and upgrade 20 current Block 40s
RBAF F-16C block 40 #201 from 2FS is performing a demonstration at Sakhir AB on January 23rd, 2010. [<a href="http://jaffapix.com" target="new">Jaffapix.com</a> photo by Dave Jefferys]
Sep 08, 2017 - The US State Department has approved a Foreign Military Sale to Bahrain for 19 F-16V fighter aircraft estimated to cost US$2.785 billion besides upgrading its 20 existing F-16 Block 40 aircraft to F-16V configuration for US$1.082 billion. [Read more...]
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