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Team Target hits QF-16 mark Sep 11, 2014 - The Air Force's newest aerial target took a major step toward preparing warfighters downrange with a realistic 4th generation replication of what they may face on the battlefield. [Read more...]	Oman takes delivery of first F-16 block 50s Jul 22, 2014 - Four F-16 block 50s departed Fort Worth, Texas to begin the first long leg of the trip to the Middle East. [Read more...]

First female F-16 pilot to serve the UAE Jun 11, 2014 - Captain Mariam Hassan Salem Al Mansouri has become the first Emirati female pilot to serve in the UAE Air Force and may very well be the first Gulf woman to enjoy the title. She is 35 and flies the F-16 block 60 aircraft as a squadron commander. [Read more...]	First of 36 F-16s to be handed over to Iraq Jun 05, 2014 - Today Lockheed Martin will deliver the first of 36 F-16s to Iraq, giving Iraq the capability of defending its "3.600km of borders" according to Iraqi Ambassador Lukman Faily. Baghdad's envoy traveled to Fort Worth for the ceremony at which Lockheed and the U.S. government will formally deliver the first F-16 to Iraq. [Read more...]
RNlAF to send four F-16s for Ukraine crisis air support May 26, 2014 - The Netherlands has decided to send four fighters in September in order to strengthen the air police mission in the Baltic states. The Dutch will also take the opportunity to train with colleagues from the Polish Air Force and with the AWACS radar aircraft. [Read more...]	F-16 forced to dump fuel tanks while flying over South Korea May 21, 2014 - A U.S. fighter jet dropped two fuel tanks over Gimje City on Wednesday during an in-flight emergency, according to the 8th Fighter Wing. [Read more...]
Romania welcomed into the F-16 family by Lockheed Martin May 14, 2014 - Romania was officially welcomed into the Lockheed Martin F-16 family at a reception preceding the Black Sea Defense Aerospace tradeshow in Bucharest. The Romanian Air Force is the 28th customer of the F-16 Fighting Falcon. [Read more...]	Crew Training International lands $22M F-16 training contract May 06, 2014 - Defense contractor Crew Training International Inc. said it has landed a $22 million U.S. Air Force contract for weapons systems support on the F-16 jet fighter. [Read more...]
USAF doc preps Romanian air force pilots for F-16 training Apr 23, 2014 - U.S. Air Force Capt. (Dr.) Rocky Jedick, 510th Fighter Squadron flight surgeon, provided a G-force brief to Romanian air force MiG-21 Lancer pilots in preparation for F-16 Fighting Falcon training, at Campia Turzii, Romania, April 11, 2014. [Read more...]	Holloman's AFB receives first 3 F-16s Apr 03, 2014 - Since the beginning of its existence in the 1940s as the Alamogordo Army Air Field, Holloman Air Force Base has housed storied and historic aircraft such as the B-17 Fortress, the F-117 Nighthawk and the F-22 Raptor. [Read more...]

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