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Norwegian F-16s in the air for 10 hours to track Tu-95s
Oct 14, 2007 - A total of 8 RNoAF F-16s were scrambled to track 13-14 Russian Tupolev-95 "Bears" for about 10 hours. The first F-16s on QRA took off at 03.00h. [Read more...]
Arctic Tiger 2007
Oct 04, 2007 - Between 24 and 30 September 2007, over 70 aircraft and helicopters participated in this year's edition of the NATO Tiger meet. The high tempo operations covering mid and Southern Norway, took place at Main Air Station (MAS) Örland, Norway. [Read more...]
Norwegian F-16s scramble again to monitor Russian bombers
Sep 06, 2007 - Norway says it scrambled F-16 fighter jets twice today to keep an eye on a flight of 8 Russian Tupolev-95 "Bear" bombers. [Read more...]
Norwegian F-16s head to Iceland
Aug 07, 2007 - Norwegian F-16 fighter jets are headed to Iceland this week for a military exercise to practice defence of the island nation. [Read more...]
Norwegian F-16s scramble to intercept Russian bombers
Jul 20, 2007 - Norway scrambled two of its F-16 fighter jets over the North Sea on Tuesday after Russian Tupolev Tu-95 "Bear" bombers got a little too close to their coast for comfort. [Read more...]
Pakistan selects Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod
May 14, 2007 - The U.S. government has awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin for 18 Sniper(R) Advanced Targeting Pods (ATP), a part of the new Advanced Block 52 F-16 aircraft program for Pakistan. [Read more...]
Norwegian Air Force buys MALTS practice bomb trainers for F-16s
Mar 01, 2007 - EDO Corporation has been awarded a $1.5 million contract for delivery of 50 of its new-generation "MALTS" two-station carriers this year for use on Royal Norwegian Air Force F-16s. [Read more...]
Turkish Air Force F-16s start NATO patrol of Baltic Skies
Mar 31, 2006 - Four Turkish F-16s took over NATO patrol missions of the Baltic air space on March 31. Turkey will be the first NATO country to patrol Baltic air space for four months as opposed to three. [Read more...]
Norway signs contract for JDAM
Feb 20, 2006 - The Boeing Company will provide the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) weapon system to the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) under an agreement recently reached with Norway. [Read more...]
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...]
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