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Israel's new F-16 squadron Oct 04, 2005 - 115 Squadron known as 'Flying Dragon Squadron' is now operational with the F-16A/B as a dedicated aggressor squadron. [Read more...]	Israeli F-16s to participate at Maple Flag XXXVIII May 13, 2005 - For the first time, the IDF/AF is dispatching fighter jets to Canada to participate in the Maple Flag exercises which will take place May 15-June 24. They will have 10 F-16s and about 150 air crew in Alberta. [Read more...]

Red Flag wargames pit pilots Apr 07, 2005 - The F-16s flown by 64th Aggressor Squadron pilots, replicate the air-combat tactics of potential threats at Red Flag. This realistic combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies, is conducted on Nevada's vast bombing and gunnery ranges. [Read more...]	U.S. agrees to sell new F-16s to Pakistan Mar 26, 2005 - Fifteen years after blocking sales of F-16s to Pakistan due to its nuclear weapons program, the U.S. government approved the sale of 24 new F-16s to Pakistan. The aircraft are rumored to be Block 52 models. [Read more...]
555th Fighter Squadron participates in SAR exercises Oct 08, 2004 - Airmen from Aviano Air Base, Italy, joined forces with troops from one of NATO's newest member nations Oct. 4-7 to improve the way they rescue downed pilots. The training was part of Adriatic Rescue 04, a U.S.-Slovenian combat search-and-rescue (SAR) exercise. [Read more...]	Thai and Singapore F-16s to participate in "Pitch Black" May 12, 2004 - The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) will host the biennial exercise "Pitch Black" from July 19 to August 6. It is a huge air combat training exercise in which more than 100 aircraft and 1,500 air force personnel from France, the United States, Thailand and Singapore will participate. [Read more...]
F-16 fitted with Navy jet's fuselage Apr 22, 2004 - Parts from two jets - one Navy and one Air Force - were joined together through the ingenuity of the 649th Combat Logistics Support Squadron and Ogden ALC engineers. The front-end fuselage of a Navy combat trainer F-16C was fitted on to an Air Force F-16C here April 14. [Read more...]	New F-16 sim game from Virgin Interactive May 05, 1998 - Virgin Interactive announces the release of F-16 Aggressor -- a new combat flight sim that, according to them, raises the standards of PC-based sims to a level of realism found only in the most advanced military and airline training simulations. [Read more...]
USAF to replace F-16's with MiG-29's Nov 29, 1997 - The USAF recently purchased 21 MiG-29's from Moldova, in order to prevent their acquisition by Iran. It is believed the aircraft will be put to good use in DACT (Dissimilar Air Combat Training) exercises. Most airframes are Fulcrum-Cs, although some -Bs and -As were also purchased. The -C models are capable of nuclear delivery and will be thoroughly examined at Wright-Patterson before beginning operations late next year. It is expected that the MiG-29s will replace some of the F-16s currently used in the aggressor role. [Read more...]

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