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Norwegian Air Force buys MALTS practice bomb trainers for F-16s Mar 01, 2007 - EDO Corporation has been awarded a $1.5 million contract for delivery of 50 of its new-generation "MALTS" two-station carriers this year for use on Royal Norwegian Air Force F-16s. [Read more...]	Small Diameter Bomb integration tests on F-16 started Dec 21, 2006 - Engineers at McDonnell Douglas are starting tests to integrate the GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb on the block 30, 40, and 50 variants of the F-16 jet fighter, as well as on the F-22A fighter bomber. [Read more...]

127th FW scrambled after aircrash Oct 11, 2006 - F-16s from the Michigan Air National Guard scrambled in response to the aircrash of a small plane into a high rise in New York City. [Read more...]	Chile requests support for F-16 MLUs and sale of LAU-129/A Oct 01, 2006 - The Government of Chile has requested program support for their F-16 Mid-Life Update aircraft (MLU) they acquired from the Netherlands and the sale of 28 LAU-129/A launchers. [Read more...]
First six ex-RNLAF F-16 MLUs leave for Chile Sep 04, 2006 - On Monday, September 4th, six former RNLAF F-16 MLU aircraft took off from Twenthe AB in the Netherlands, on their delivery flight to Chile. The aircraft are part of a batch of 18 MLU aircraft sold to Chile by the Netherlands. [Read more...]	IDF/AF F-16I 'Sufa' crashed Jul 20, 2006 - An Israel Defense Forces/Air Force (IDFAF) F-16I 'Sufa' crashed late Wednesday while taking off from an IDF base in the Negev desert as part of operations against targets in Lebanon. [Read more...]
Details of the potential sale to Pakistan Jul 05, 2006 - Last week U.S. Congress was notified of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Pakistan F-16 aircraft as well as associated equipment and services. Here is a detailed list of this potential sale along with some of the controversies it might create. [Read more...]	US to sell 18 new F-16 jets to Pakistan Jun 30, 2006 - The US State Department decided to sell Pakistan 18 new F-16s with an option for 18 more. The US also offers to acquire and upgrade 26 used F-16A/B aircraft from U.S. inventories and to upgrade Pakistan's current fleet of 34 F-16s. [Read more...]
Sniper achieves initial operational capability with NY ANG Apr 22, 2006 - Lockheed Martin and the Air National Guard (ANG) F-16 fighter-jet equipped 174th Fighter Wing in Syracuse, NY, celebrated the Initial Operational Capability (IOC) of Lockheed Martin's Sniper® Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP) last week. [Read more...]	Team tests pod at 'LITENING' speed Apr 18, 2006 - The 416th Flight Test Squadron at Edwards AFB, working together with the 85th Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron from Eglin AFB, and the 422nd Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron from Nellis AFB, began accelerated testing of a LITENING AT targeting pod on March 17. [Read more...]

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