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Norwegian F-16s for ISAF in Afghanistan
Nov 15, 2005 - Norway is to send 3 to 4 F-16 aircraft to Afghanistan for a period of three months in spring 2006. The aircraft will be under the command of ISAF and will be stationed in Kabul. [Read more...]
Coordination plus cooperation equals success
Oct 30, 2005 - To fly an aircraft in the Montana Air National Guard, it takes many coodinated steps in within the Wing. When aircraft 86-0328 sustained structural damage while in Balad, Iraq last summer, the next mission just became a whole lot difficult. [Read more...]
First F-16C to break 6,000 flight hours
Oct 27, 2005 - While deployed to Balad AB, Iraq with the 332nd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, an F-16C+ Fighting Falcon of the 111th FS surpassed its 6,000 flying-hour milestone. [Read more...]
Selfridge's 107th Squadron named 'best of the best'
Oct 22, 2005 - The way in which the 107th Fighter Squadron at Selfridge Air National Guard Base conducts its overseas missions has been recognized with the Air Force's highest honor. [Read more...]
Luke F-16s receiving modern makeover
Oct 18, 2005 - Some F-16s at Luke Air Force Base are undergoing remodeling that will give the old fighter-bombers renewed vigor and double their life spans. The upgrades are bringing the F-16 to the "leading edge of technology," said Col. Tim Strawther, 44, the 56th Operations Group commander. [Read more...]
USAF F-16C rolls off runway at Balad AB, pilot unharmed
Oct 12, 2005 - An F-16C Fighting Falcon was damaged last Sunday when it rolled off a runway after landing at Balad Air Base in central Iraq, according to an Air Force report. [Read more...]
Texas ANG F-16 pilot passes the 4,000-hour mark
Oct 01, 2005 - Col. Jeffrey S. 'CAG' Smiley, pilot with the 111th Fighter Squadron (part of the ANG 147 FW), passed the 4,000-hour mark in the F-16 during an Operation Iraqi Freedom combat mission. [Read more...]
Utah airmen depart for Iraq
Sep 08, 2005 - The first wave of what will ultimately be more than 200 Utah-based Air Force Reservists in Iraq departed Utah on Tuesday morning.
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Indiana National Guard's 181st FW called to serve
Aug 29, 2005 - An Indiana Air National Guard Fighter Wing based in Terre Haute is headed overseas for the third time. More than 350 members of the 181st Fighter Wing will be stationed somewhere in the region of Iraq, Afghanistan and the western Pacific for up to four months.
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USAF's largest F-16 combat wing to get new commander
Aug 20, 2005 - Yesterday, a new commander took charge of the 20th Fighter Wing at Shaw AFB. Col. William Hyatt assumes command from Col. Philip Ruhlman, who is headed to the Pentagon as vice director of the Air Force Studies and Analyses Agency. [Read more...]
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