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Common Configuration Implementation Program for 700 US F-16s
Aug 31, 1998 - About 700 US Block 40 and Block 50 F-16s will be modified under the Common Configuration Implementation Program. CCIP will bring the aircraft to production Block 50 standard, which will enhance reliability and increase operational versatility. [Read more...]
NASA F-16XL Goes Digital
Aug 31, 1998 - On of NASA's two F-16XL aircraft has been equipped with the digital Flight Control System of a Block40 F-16. The Digital FCS replaces the aircraft's analog F-16A/B-style system. [Read more...]
Reserve F-16 units to participate in Operation Northern Watch
Aug 31, 1998 - Reserve F-16 fighter units from Luke AFB, Ariz., and Homestead Air Reserve Station, Fla., are set to deploy to Turkey in the spring to take part in Operation Northern Watch, the enforcement of the no-fly zone over northern Iraq. Reserve officials said that deployment should be the last of its kind because the Air Force will transition to the new Expeditionary Aerospace Force late next year. [Read more...]
Dutch to loose two F-16 squadrons?
Aug 26, 1998 - The new Dutch government is considering the first major scaling back of the armed forces since 1993 as it seeks to cut the defense budget by 375 million guilders ($184. 8 million) per year. [Read more...]
Mike Brill Reaches 4,000 Viper Hours
F-16 Fighting Falcon - 4000 Flight Hours patch [Asif Shamim Collection]
Aug 25, 1998 - Another record has been set in the F-16. Major Mike Brill became the first pilot to reach 4, 000 flight hours in the Fighting Falcon. He achieved this milestone on August 21, 1998, in a Block 30 F-16C at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. [Read more...]
The 1998 Semper Viper Award goes to Capt. Erik Pettyjohn
Aug 23, 1998 - Capt. Erik Pettyjohn was selected by Lockheed Martin to receive the 1998 Joe Bill Dryden Semper Viper Award for his heroic actions in operation Northern Watch. [Read more...]
USAF F-16 catches fire at Misawa airport
Jul 25, 1998 - Yesterday, at 9:05, at Misawa Air Port in Japan, an USAF F-16 caugt fire when it aborted a take off. It overran the end of the runway, made a 180 degrees turn and caught fire. [Read more...]
Shaw F-16 crashes, pilot in good condition
Jul 23, 1998 - A 78th Fighter Squadron F-16 crashed July 22 12 miles off the coast of Myrtle Beach, S.C. [Read more...]
Lockheed Martin to develop major F-16C/D upgrade
Jun 30, 1998 - The U.S. Air Force recently awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin to begin Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) of the Common Configuration Implementation Program (CCIP) for the USAF's F-16C/D fleet. [Read more...]
USAF F-16 Fires at Iraqi Air Defences
Jun 29, 1998 - U.S. F-16 warplane fires a missile at Iraqi air defenses after an Iraqi anti-aircraft battery locks its radar onto a British plane patrolling a no-fly-zone, U.S. military officials say. Iraq denies targeting allied planes. [Read more...]
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