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L-3 Link awarded contract option to build fifth F-16 MTC
A first-hand view from the cockpit of a simulator used during the Air, Space and Information Operation's first Air Combat Command Combat Air Force-wide Distributed Mission Operations Turkey Shoot. A Turkey Shoot is a scenario in which one team is outgunned, to the point of an inevitable loss, but still manages to win. This is the first time a competition like this has gone virtual. [USAF photo]
Sep 20, 2011 - L-3 Link Simulation & Training (L-3 Link) announced that it has received a contract option from the U.S. Air Force to build a fifth F-16 Mission Training Center (MTC). [Read more...]
77th EFS provide full-spectrum support for Unified Protector
USAF F-16C block 50 #91-0372 assigned to the 77th EFS deployed at Aviano AB in support of Operation Unified Protector. The Gambler AMU and the 77th EFS, supported the Operation Unified Protector for more than five months in enforcement of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1970 and 1973. [USAF photo by SSgt. Julius Delos Reyes]
Sep 09, 2011 - This is the motto and creed by which the Airmen with the Gambler Aircraft Maintenance Unit and 77th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron -- collectively called the Gamblers -- live. They deployed from Shaw Air Force Base, and have been supporting Operation Unified Protector for more than five months. [Read more...]
The longest F-16 combat sorties in history
Capt. Alex 'Tuna' Turner and Capt. Owen 'Tatu' Birckett, 480 FS pilots flew what is believed to be the two longest Viper combat missions in history in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn from Aviano AB on March 23rd, 2011 [USAF photo]
Aug 31, 2011 - On the morning of March 23, 2011, two F-16 pilots assigned to the 480 Fighter Squadron "Warhawks" from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, Captain Alex "Tuna" Turner and Captain Owen "Tatu" Birckett, flew what is believe to be the two longest Viper combat missions in history. [Read more...]
MetaVR provides visuals for F-16 Collision Avoidance Simulators
A real-time VRSG scene featuring MetaVR's F-16 ACAT model in flight over virtual Edwards AFB. The model is from MetaVR’s 3D content libraries. [MetaVR photo]
Jun 27, 2011 - MetaVR, Inc. announces it has delivered 24 visual channels for an immersive dome-based F-16 simulator being built for the Automatic Collision Avoidance Technology (ACAT) Fighter Risk Reduction Program (FRRP) program. [Read more...]
Nellis to receive first F-16 MTC flight simulator
One of the 4 cockpit simulators at the new F-16 MTC, located at the VT ANG facilities, Burlington IAP. The multi-channel synchronized view, driven by MetaVR's IG, is rendering the VT virtual terrain built by MetaVR. [USAF photo by SSgt. Dan DiPietro]
Jun 15, 2011 - Delivery is underway for a first-of-a-kind flight simulator, with completion and operational turnover set for October. [Read more...]
HAI delivers last upgraded F-16 Block 40 as part of CCIP/STAR program
USAF F-16C block 40 #89-2039 from the 555th FS seen landing at Aviano AB on May 16th, 2008. [Photo by Mark Young]
Dec 22, 2010 - The last upgraded Block 40 F-16 (#89-2039) was handed over by Hellenic Aerospace Industry (HAI) to the United Start Air Force at Tanagra, Greece on December 15. [Read more...]
Safety chains used at Aviano AB to stop F-16
USAF F-16C block 40 #88-0446 from the 555th FS has plowed into the ground at Aviano AB on December 1st, 2010. [<a href="http://www.ilgazzettino.it">Ilgazetto.it</a> photo]
Dec 02, 2010 - An F-16C block 40 (#88-0446) experienced problems after landing from a training flight yesterday, Wednesday afternoon at Aviano Air Base, Italy. This prompted the base to use safety chains to bring it to a stop about 30 yards from the base perimeter. [Read more...]
USAF to station F-16s in Poland as of 2013
PolAF F-16C block 52 #4061 from 6 elt is coming in for landing at Leeuwarden AB during the Frisian Flag excersice on April 14th, 2010. [Photo by John de Winter]
Nov 18, 2010 - The U.S. Air Force will station F-16 jet fighters and C-130 Hercules transport aircraft in Poland as of 2013, Polish Defense Minister Bogdan Klich announced on Nov. 18th. [Read more...]
F-16 jettisons fuel tanks, inert missile near Aviano
USAF F-16C block 40 #90-0709 from the 510th FS departs on a sortie mission during a surge on December 16th, 2009 at Aviano AB. [USAF photo by SrA. Nadine Y. Barclay]
Nov 18, 2010 - An F-16 based at Aviano dropped two external fuel tanks and an inert missile on an empty field Tuesday night after the pilot declared an in-flight emergency shortly after take-off, according to a 31st Fighter Wing press release. [Read more...]
555th return from joint exercise in Sweden
Two Aviano F-16s taxi down the runway after conducting an air-to-ground flying mission on August 5th, 2010 at Kallax AB, Sweden. More than 250 Airmen from the 555th FS and 31st AMXS travelled to the Swedish air base on July 30th for a two week exercise conducting air-to-air and air-to-ground flying missions alongside the Swedish air force members assigned to Norrbotten Wing. [USAF photo by TSgt. Lindsey Maurice]
Aug 13, 2010 - Members of the 555th Fighter Squadron, known as the "Triple Nickel," and 31st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron pack up their tool boxes and set their jets on a return course to Aviano Air Base, Italy, today, after spending two weeks conducting air-to-air and air-to-ground exercises with the Swedish Air Force at Norrbotten Wing, or "F 21 Wing." [Read more...]
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