F-16 Fighting Falcon News

From 1998


U.S. Air Force destroys missiles jettisoned in Turkey Mar 26, 1998 - Three missiles jettisoned in an emergency by a U.S. fighter jet returning from Kurdish-held northern Iraq were destroyed in a controlled explosion in southern Turkey on Friday. [Read more...]	Pilot's body found after U.S. F-16 crashes Mar 25, 1998 - The body of a pilot had been found in the sea, a day after his F-16 crashed off South Korea. A U.S. military statement said search and rescue personnel found the body of the pilot, whom it did not identify, early on Thursday, some 60 miles west of the South Korean city of Osan. [Read more...]

Pilot ejects safely as F-16 crashes at Hill Air Force Base Mar 24, 1998 - An F-16 pilot ejected safely before his plane crashed onto a runway during an attempted landing at Hill Air Force Base. The pilot, Lt. Col. John Burgess, was treated at the base hospital for minor injuries. [Read more...]	51st Fighter Wing pilot missing after F-16 crash Mar 24, 1998 - A pilot assigned to the 51st Fighter Wing, Osan AB (South Korea) is missing following the crash of his F-16 Fighting Falcon, on March 25, over the Yellow Sea, about 60 nautical miles west of Osan. The crash occurred at 8:52 p. m. (5:52 a. m. CST) during a combat training mission. [Read more...]
PAF F-16s Demonstrate on Pakistan Day Mar 23, 1998 - Pakistan Day was celebrated on Monday, 23 March. PAF aircraft including the F-16, Mirage-5, MIG-7P, and MIG A-5 participated in the spectacular fly-by during a joint services parade in the capital city(Islamabad). Two F-16s each from the 9th and 11th Squadrons at Sargodha AB performed flight demonstrations with smokewinders. The Chief of the Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Pervaiz Mehdi Qureshi, in an 11th Squadron F-16participated in the flight demonstrations. [Read more...]	No F-16s for Poland Mar 23, 1998 - Poland has put the purchase of modern multipurpose fighter aircraft on the backburner to save government revenues for costly social reforms and other military needs. A fast purchase of Western aircraft is not required by the NATO alliance, which Poland expects to join next year along with the Czech Republic and Hungary. NATO officials had made clear it did not want Polandto bleed itself dry paying for hefty arms programs in the next few years. [Read more...]
169FW Deploys to Nellis AFB Mar 21, 1998 - The ANG 169 FW, McEntire, SC, deployed eight aircraft and a support team of approximately 100 personnel to Nellis AFB, NV on 21 March for two weeks. All aircraft landed Code I. [Read more...]	148th FW deploys ADF's to Panama Mar 20, 1998 - The ANG 148 FW, Duluth, MN, deployed five F-16 Block 15 ADF aircraft and associated personnel to Panama. [Read more...]
ROKAF Block 32 Fly-by for Graduation Ceremony Mar 20, 1998 - A consortium of aircraft from the two Block 32 Fighter Squadrons performed a fly-by at the ROK Air Force Academy, Friday, 20 March for the 1998graduation ceremony. The graduation was attended by the newly appointed Defense Minister Chun, Yong-Taek and ROKAF Chief-of-Staff, General Lee, Kwang-Hak, as well as many of the Korean dignitaries. [Read more...]	ROCAF Loses an F-16B - Pilots missing Mar 20, 1998 - The ROCAF lost it's first F-16B (#6828) today. It crashed into the ocean near Ma-Kung (Taiwan). [Read more...]

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