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F-16 repaired, ready to fly
May 10, 2007 - After investing two years of maintenance work and $1.1 million to repair a crash-damaged F-16, maintainers from the 649 CLSS returned the aircraft to its owner, the 388th Fighter Wing, during a ceremony at Hill AFB on Monday. [Read more...]
Bahrain offers up to $150M for F-16 logistics support
Jul 26, 2005 - The DSCA has notified Congress that the Government of Bahrain wishes to contract for logistics support services and equipment for its F-16 aircraft, ALR-69 radar warning receiver, ALQ-131 electric countermeasure pods, radar systems, and engines. The estimated cost if all options are exercised is $150 million. [Read more...]
Parts kit extends service life of F-16 Fighting Falcon
Jan 27, 2005 - Defense Supply Center Richmond officials are working on a billion-dollar, multiyear project that will extend the service life of the Air Force's F-16 Fighting Falcons. [Read more...]
Qatar evaluating the F-16
Mar 23, 2004 - Qatar has been evaluating a range of Western fighter-jets as part of its air force modernization program. The Qatari Air Force has been proposed the F-16, Rafale, Gripen and Eurofighter by respectively the United States, France, Sweden and Germany. [Read more...]
No decision to sell F-16s to Pakistan yet
Mar 18, 2004 - The United States will designate Pakistan a major non-NATO ally in a move that will significantly enhance military co-operation between the two countries and make it easier for the country to acquire U.S. arms. [Read more...]
Piece of Bahraini F-16 wreckage found
Oct 26, 2003 - Bahraini authorities said yesterday that a piece of a missing F-16 has been found floating near Bahrain's north-western shore, more than two weeks after the aircraft disappeared from the radar screens during a night-time training. [Read more...]
Bahraini missing pilot rumors rejected
Oct 15, 2003 - Rumors that a Bahraini pilot defected to Iran are baseless, a top Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said yesterday. The same denial was highlighted on the front page of Iran's Al Wifaq newspaper in yesterday's edition. [Read more...]
Coalition calls off search for Bahraini F-16
Oct 01, 2003 - Last night the international search for a Bahraini F-16 which vanished during an exercise on Saturday was called off. The massive search had failed to turn up any evidence of the plane or its pilot, said US naval Forces Central Command spokesman Commander Hal Pitman. [Read more...]
No trace of Bahraini pilot or F-16 wreckage
Sep 30, 2003 - Teams from the Bahrain army and the US Navy have failed to locate the body of a Bahraini pilot whose F-16 crashed at sea on Saturday. [Read more...]
International search underway for missing Bahraini F-16 pilot
Sep 29, 2003 - An international search and rescue operation was underway yesterday to locate a missing Bahraini jet which disappeared on Saturday night. Its pilot, who has been named by relatives as 38-year-old Abdulaziz Snan Al Dossary, was also still missing yesterday. [Read more...]
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