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From 2004

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A closer look at SNIPER-XR
Oct 04, 2004 - Aviation Week And Space Technology has an excellent article about detailed SNIPER-XR pod use. The SNIPER being one of the latest generation laser designator and sensor pods available for the F-16. [Read more...]
Fargo officials to lobby Defense Department on 119th "Happy Hooligans" FW
Oct 04, 2004 - Mayor Bruce Furness plans a trip to Washington this week, to try to persuade senior Defense Department officials to keep the North Dakota Air National Guard unit in his city. [Read more...]
Base closures shouldn't affect Cannon AFB
Oct 04, 2004 - Half of the U.S. Air Force's F-16 fighter jets are likely slated for retirement by 2010, but the plan is not expected to affect the future of Cannon Air Force Base, an official with U.S Sen. Jeff Bingaman's office said last Thursday. Cannon is home to 80 F-16s, the only aircraft at the base. [Read more...]
Dutch and Belgian F-16s intercept airliners
Sep 30, 2004 - Two Dutch F-16 fighters from Leeuwarden AB, the Netherlands have escorted British Airways flight BA 983. Earlier this week two F-16s from the Belgian Air Force intercepted a Russian airliner over French airspace. [Read more...]
Pakistan sends F-16s to Turkey for exercise
Sep 30, 2004 - Pakistan has sent six of its F-16 fighters to Konya Air Base, Turkey to participate in a joint military exercise codenamed "Anatolian Eagle" which is held from 27 September untill 08 October.
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US F-16s participate in Chilean air exercises
Sep 28, 2004 - USAF F-16s are participating in a joint strategic air exercise codenamed "Salitre". The exercise is held in Chile and involves more thant eighty aircrafts from Argentina, Brazil, Chile and the USA and started last weekend. [Read more...]
F-16 Fighting Falcon may become endangered species at Hill AFB
Sep 27, 2004 - Air Force officals are drafting plans to retire as many as half of the approximately 1,200 F-16s in use by the US. It's too early to speculate, but Hill AFB is virtually a parking lot of aging F-16 that would be among the first to go. [Read more...]
TARS Synthetic Aperture Radar successfully tested on F-16
Sep 25, 2004 - The Theatre Airborne Reconnaissance System (TARS) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) successfully performed, for the first time, aboard an operational F-16 at Edwards Air Force Base in California. TARS SAR is the first all weather, day and night, precision radar capability developed for tactical aircraft. [Read more...]
Happy Hooligans win General J.J. Pesch Flight Safety Trophy
Sep 23, 2004 - The 119th Fighter Wing/178th Fighter Squadron was awarded the 2004 General John J. Pesch Flight Safety Trophy for flying 65,171 accident-free hours on the F-16. [Read more...]
Raytheon Completes JSOW Operational Test and Evaluation firings
Sep 23, 2004 - Raytheon Company's unitary/penetration variant of Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW-C) has completed operational test (OT) firings with nine of 10 shots successful against a wide range of targets. JSOW-C was developed by a team that includes the U.S. Navy, Raytheon, BAE Systems and Thales Missile Electronics. [Read more...]
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