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Egyptian officers visit Cannon AFB
Jul 05, 2004 - Four Egyptian F-16 pilots and two maintenance officers visited Cannon AFB last week to observe how the U.S. Air Force runs its business. [Read more...]
Turkish provocation over the Aegean
May 03, 2004 - Over 15 Turkish fighter jets have reportedly violated the Athens FIR (Flight Information Regions) this morning in the north and south Aegean, when Greek Minister of Defense Spilios Spiliotopoulos was on board of an F-16 fighter jet flying over the northeastern Aegean island of Limnos. [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...]
Lockheed may cut jobs in Fort Worth
Apr 06, 2004 - Hundreds of workers who build F16 fighter jets at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. could lose their jobs this year end as the company trims down after a three-year hiring boom. [Read more...]
More progress on F-16 Technical Documentation
Mar 10, 2004 - The following Lockheed Martin press release explains several interesting details of the worldwide potential for all F-16 users getting more and more of their technical documentation that is traditionally paper and moving it toward an electronic format. [Read more...]
First flight of the Block 52+ for Singapore
RSAF F-16D Block 52, #661, part of the latest Peace Carvin IV order rolling just prior to take off on its first flight [<a href="http://www/lmtas.com" target="new">LMTAS</a> photo ]
Feb 27, 2004 - Lockheed Martin completed a successful first flight yesterday of the initial F-16 Advanced Block 52 aircraft produced for Singapore. [Read more...]
Lockheed to cut F-16 workforce
Jan 15, 2004 - Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. will be cutting 700 to 1,000 jobs from the F-16 Fighting Falcon program over the next few months as the Fort Worth-based company moves out of the development and initial production phases for the aircraft. [Read more...]
Egypt obtains Lantirn systems support
Jan 08, 2004 - Egypt has received approval from the Bush administration to support U.S.-origin advanced navigation air pods for Cairo's F-16 fleet. The U.S. Defense Department has awarded Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control a $9.5 million contract to upgrade equipment for the LANTIRN system. [Read more...]
Pratt & Whitney's receives $336 Million support contract
Jan 07, 2004 - Pratt & Whitney's (P&W) Military Aftermarket Services (MAS) group received a follow-on contract from the U.S. Air Force (USAF) to provide overhaul and repair support, including contractor furnished material, for their fleet of F100-PW-229 engines powering F-15E and F-16C/D fighters. [Read more...]
Israeli F-16 pilots describe recent IDF/AF raid into Syria
IDFAF F-16A block 5 (original) #107 and #116 both from tayeset 116 are flying over some magnificant Israeli territory. [IDFAF photo]
Oct 26, 2003 - The Israeli F-16 pilots who carried out the air force raid near Damascus three weeks ago said their bombs caused huge secondary explosions since they scored direct hits on ammunition bunkers. [Read more...]
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