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L-3 Link awarded contract option to build fifth F-16 MTC
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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