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Turkey offers Indonesia F-16 jetfighter maintenance
Apr 24, 2006 - Turkey on Monday offered Indonesia assistance for the maintenance of F-16 jetfighters in an effort to enhance defense ties between the two countries. [Read more...]
Turkey orders JSOW missiles for its F-16s
USAF F-16D block 50, #90836, showing off the new AGM-154B JSOW missile [USAF photo]
Apr 06, 2006 - Turkey has ordered a batch of Raytheon's Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW), the first international sale of the air-launched missile booked by the U.S. defense contractor. [Read more...]
Turkish Air Force F-16s start NATO patrol of Baltic Skies
TuAF F-16C block 40 #89-0039 from 162 Filo is coming for landing after a training sortie. [Photo by <a href="http://eminfindikli.tripod.com" target="new">Emin F&yacute;nd&yacutekl&yacute;</a>]
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...]
Turkish F-16 crashes shortly after take off, pilot safe
TuAF F-16C block 40 #89-0031 is buzzing through the sky at Lechfeld AB on June 1st, 2005 during exercise 'Elite'. [Photo by <a href="http://www.hottail.nl" target="new">Robert Arts</a>]
Jan 30, 2006 - An F-16 fighter of the Turkish Air Force crashed in the south eastern province of Diyarbakir shortly before landing, military authorities reported Monday. The pilot of the plane, who was on a training flight, parachuted to safety. [Read more...]
Turkish Air Force to train Italian Viper drivers
A characteristic fast tacking of an AMI F-16A ADF #MM7264 over the 37th wing Trapani-Birgi Airbase on September 13th, 2004. [Photo by Alessandro Palantrani]
Dec 13, 2005 - Turkey is going to provide F-16 fighter pilot training to Italian Air Force pilots, after recently providing similar training to United Arab Emirates Air Force pilots, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported on Monday. [Read more...]
Most advanced F-16 fighters featured at Dubai Air Show
UAEAF F-16F block 60 #3012 taking off from NAS Fort Worth on October 8th, 2004. [Photo by <a href="http://www.pbase.com/keith1959/f16" target="new">Keith Robinson</a>]
Nov 25, 2005 - Lockheed Martin is featuring the most advanced F-16 fighters this week at the Dubai International Air Show - the Block 60 F-16 E/F and the Block 50/52 F-16 C/D. [Read more...]
U.S. approves advanced upgrade for Turkish F-16s
A Turkish F-16C is thundering down the runway right before take off. Note the visible air in the intake. [Photo by <a href="http://eminfindikli.tripod.com" target="new">Emin F&yacute;nd&yacute;kl&yacute;</a>]
Sep 23, 2005 - The Bush administration has approved a Turkish request for an advanced upgrade package for the F-16 fleet, including the most modern air-to-air missile in the U.S. military inventory. [Read more...]
Turkey wants new air-to-surface missiles for their F-16s
Sep 08, 2005 - The Pentagon late Sept. 6 told Congress of a proposed sale to Turkey of the AGM-154A/C advanced air-to-surface weapons to arm their F-16 fighters. [Read more...]
Belgian Secretary of Defence visits F-16 deployment in Afghanistan
Belgian Secretary of Defence A. Flahaut arriving at Kabul International Airport (Afghanistan) on July 23rd, 2005 for a visit to the ISAF operation "Eastern Eagle 1" with Belgian and Dutch F-16AM's operating together under a EEAW (European Expeditionary Air Wing). [Photo by Dirk A. Geerts]
Aug 03, 2005 - The Belgian Secretary of Defence - A. Flahaut - visited Afghanistan on July 22nd till 24th, where he paid a visit to the Belgian troops, contributing to the "ISAF" (International Security Assistance Force) 'peace force' under NATO command in Kondoz and Kabul. [Read more...]
Lockheed Martin receives contract to start upgrade program for Turkey's F-16s
TuAF F-16C block 50 #93-0658 is turning with a sistership. [<a href="http://www.lmtas.com" target="new">LMTAS</a> photo by Katsuhiko Tokunaga]
Jul 20, 2005 - Lockheed Martin received a long-lead contract, valued at approximately $67.7 million, from the U.S. Air Force to begin development of a major systems upgrade of Turkish Air Force F-16 aircraft. [Read more...]
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