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Dutch F-16 pilot trains with Gamblers at PSAB Feb 26, 2021 - Maj. Scherders, Royal Netherlands Air Force weapons instructor pilot, has flown the F-16 Fighting Falcon for 12 years, a career in which he was heavily integrated with the U.S. Air Force. Currently, he's a weapons instructor at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, training the next generation of USAF instructor pilots and flight leads through the Foreign Exchange Officer (FEO) program. [Read more...]	Jordan to acquire $60M F-16 Air Combat Training Center Feb 15, 2021 - The U.S. State Department has approved a Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Jordan of an F-16 Air Combat Training Center and related equipment for an estimated cost of $60 million. [Read more...]

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...]

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