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Several factors caused F-16 crash in Italy
Jan 18, 2008 - An Air Force report blames the September 18th, 2007 crash of an F-16CG on a wide range of factors, including weather, plane malfunction and pilot action. [Read more...]
Three minutes of emergency for 77th FS pilot
Aug 21, 2007 - September 21, 2006, started off as a normal day for 77th Fighter Squadron F-16CJ pilots, Capt. Brian "Snake" Crum and Capt. Julie "Disco" Moore, but the three minutes that followed takeoff would be anything but ordinary. [Read more...]
Korean Air awarded US contract for F-16 Upgrades
Aug 20, 2007 - Korean Air’s Aerospace Division has been rewarded by the US Air Force for its depot maintenance capabilities and credibility with a new contract order for F-16s. [Read more...]
14th FS hand over duties in Iraq
May 17, 2007 - In the last of his regularly recorded phone messages from Iraq, 14th EFS Commander Lt. Col. Chuck Toplikar notes that a few new Misawa personnel already are beginning to trickle in to support the next AEF rotation — AEF 7/8. [Read more...]
Post takes command of 20th Fighter Wing
Mar 01, 2007 - Col. James N. "Bull" Post III took command of the Air Force's 20th Fighter Wing during a ceremony yesterday at Shaw AFB. [Read more...]
Another two F-16s block 40 reach 6,000hrs milestone
Jul 30, 2006 - Two F-16s block 40 assigned to the 421st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron passed 6,000 flying hours during two recent Operation Iraqi Freedom combat missions over Iraq. [Read more...]
Block 40 aircraft reaches 6,000 hours
Jun 23, 2006 - A block 40 F-16 with serial number 87-0359 surpassed 6,000 flying hours on 20 June 2006. [Read more...]
First F-16C to break 6,000 flight hours
Oct 27, 2005 - While deployed to Balad AB, Iraq with the 332nd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, an F-16C+ Fighting Falcon of the 111th FS surpassed its 6,000 flying-hour milestone. [Read more...]
Belgian F-16s like "Bambi on ice" during exercise Battle Griffin
Mar 10, 2005 - NATO forces faced a Cold War of their own during exercises in Norway. Battle Griffin is a Norwegian invitational exercise with 14,000 participants from 15 nations. The main objective is to practise the Deployed Forces Concept. [Read more...]
Lockheed hands out layoff notices to F-16 workers
Jan 20, 2005 - About 220 workers on the F-16 production line were handed layoff notices Wednesday by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. in Fort Worth as the defense contractor begins cuts in its F-16 Fighting Falcon program. [Read more...]
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