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Poor maintenance led to Aviano F-16s fuel tank drop
Oct 06, 2009 - Faulty maintenance work is being blamed for a March incident in which an F-16 pilot was forced to drop his fuel tanks over a small northern Italy town before making an emergency landing on base. [Read more...]
Gen. McKinley dedicates F-16 to 125 FW
Oct 04, 2009 - Gen. Craig McKinley, head of all the countries National Guard returned to his hometown of Jacksonville, to dedicate a new F-16 gate guardian to the 125th Fighter Wing at there headquarters at Jacksonville International Airport. [Read more...]
Texas Air Guard and Czechs fly together
Oct 03, 2009 - The unmistakable red, white and blue flag -- the flag with one star, a lone star -- swayed back and forth on the flagpole, wisped by the breeze that floats across the former Soviet territory . [Read more...]
62nd Spikes graduate 10 pilots from CBC
Oct 02, 2009 - Team Thunderbolt has yet another victory to celebrate. October 2, the 62nd Fighter Squadron graduated 10 students from class 09-CBC. [Read more...]
F-16s scramble to unresponsive pilot over Indiana
Oct 02, 2009 - At approximately 10.15h EDT, September 30th, when radio calls to a civilian pilot went unanswered, the Continental U.S. NORAD Region, along with the 601st Air and Space Operations Center, responded by scrambling fighter jets to assist with the unresponsive aircraft. [Read more...]
Utah F-16 crash - accident report released
Sep 28, 2009 - A pilot's failure to recognize his altitude during night, low altitude high-angle strafing training caused the crash of an F-16 at the Utah Test and Training Range June 22, according to an Air Combat Command AIB report released Sept. 28. [Read more...]
Circor Aerospace awarded F-16 NWSA contract
Sep 28, 2009 - Circor International company, has been awarded a contract by the Defense Logistics Agency to supply its newly designed Nose Wheel Steering Actuator (NWSA) for all models of the F-16. [Read more...]
Swamp Foxes return from 'Land of the Midnight Sun'
Sep 26, 2009 - A team of Swamp Foxes sharpened their aerial combat skills in the skies over Alaska during Red Flag 09-03. [Read more...]
RMAF F-16s to get Sniper target pods
Sep 25, 2009 - Lockheed Martin has signed a foreign military sales contract to deliver Sniper® Advanced Targeting Pods (ATPs) to the Royal Moroccan Air Force. [Read more...]
Orbit International supplies COTS power supplies for F-16
Sep 24, 2009 - Orbit International Corp. A Defence manufacturer announced that its Power Group, Behlman Electronics, Inc. has received an initial production order for COTS power supplies in support of the F-16 program [Read more...]
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