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F-16 continues record as safest single-engine multirole fighter
Dec 15, 2004 - The U.S. Air Force F-16 fleet achieved its safest flying year in history during the 2004 fiscal year, with three F-16 units receiving top safety awards. [Read more...]
Air Force components to increase combat capability
Dec 13, 2004 - Air Force officials plan to tap into the inherent strength and experience of all three Air Force components to increase overall combat capability.They announced six test initiatives Dec. 1 that fall under the Future Total Force plan. [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...]
419th FW prepares for 20-year anniversary of F-16
Jan 21, 2004 - January 28 marks the twentieth anniversary of the Air Force Reserve Command's formal acceptance of the F-16 into its aircraft inventory. In February 1982, the Air Force announced that the Air Force Reserve would receive F-16s at Hill Air Force Base, Utah in 1984. [Read more...]
F-16 pilot dies in crash
Nov 14, 2002 - An F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot from the Air Force Reserve Command's 419th Fighter Wing here was killed Nov. 13 when his aircraft crashed during a combat training mission. [Read more...]
Northrop Grumman LITENING Pods Successfully Completes OT&E
Feb 21, 2000 - Northrop Grumman Corporation's Electronic Sensors and Systems Sector (ES3) has successfully completed Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) of its LITENING II production pods at the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Test Center in Tucson, Ariz. [Read more...]
LITENING II Targeting Pods demonstrate successful first flights
Oct 04, 1999 - Flight tests of the first Northrop Grumman production LITENING II Precision Attack Targeting Systems began on Sept. 29 at Edwards Air Force Base, under the auspices of the U.S. Air Force Reserve Command and Air National Guard. [Read more...]
Homestead F-16 pilot dies in crash at Avon Park Range
Sep 15, 1998 - An Air Force Reserve Command F-16D crashed Sept. 12 at Avon Park Range, about 50 miles south of Orlando, killing the pilot, Capt. Thomas Carr. [Read more...]
250 AFRES and ANG F-16s to be Equiped with Targeting Pods
Feb 16, 1998 - The US Air Force plans to equip up to almost 250 F-16s of the Air Force Reserve Command and Air National Guard with targeting pods for close support and battlefield air interdiction. Candidate systems must be self-contained and capable of recognizing ground targets at stand-off distances and designate them for attack with laser-guided weapons. The contract is scheduled for award in August. [Read more...]
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