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Royal Danish Air Force to test JDAMs during Red Flag
Aug 17, 2005 - Six F-16s from the Royal Danish Air Force are headed to the Nevada desert in the United States to participate in Red Flag, one of the most realistic training scenarios in the world for combat aircraft. [Read more...]
428th Fighter Squadron at Cannon to be inactivated
Jun 15, 2005 - For seven years, the Republic of Singapore's air force shared the eastern New Mexico skies with Cannon Air Force Base. That relationship is coming to an end next month as the 428th Fighter Squadron at Cannon Air Force Base near Clovis, New Mexico, is being inactivated [Read more...]
Pentagon announces BRAC list - Cannon AFB to close
May 13, 2005 - Today the Pentagon released the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) report which contains the plans for major cutbacks at selected bases around the USA. One of the major F-16 bases to be impacted is Cannon AFB in New Mexico, which will close. [Read more...]
Turkey to upgrade 117 F-16s
Apr 27, 2005 - The governments of the United States and Turkey signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) for the systems upgrade of Turkish F-16s at an estimated total value of $1.1 billion. [Read more...]
$40.3M R&D program to upgrade APG-68 radar for F-16s
Apr 13, 2005 - Northrop Grumman in Linthicum Heights, MD is being awarded a $40.3 million contract for the the F-16 Block 50/52 aircraft's APG-68 (V) 10 Standard 2 Radar Modernization Program (RMP). [Read more...]
U.S. agrees to sell new F-16s to Pakistan
Mar 26, 2005 - Fifteen years after blocking sales of F-16s to Pakistan due to its nuclear weapons program, the U.S. government approved the sale of 24 new F-16s to Pakistan. The aircraft are rumored to be Block 52 models. [Read more...]
JASSM successful in flight test
Mar 05, 2005 - A Lockheed Martin Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM), the world's first stealthy cruise missile, was successfully launched Thursday from an F-16 aircraft and precisely navigated through its first verification flight test at White Sands Missile Range, NM. [Read more...]
USAF and European Air Forces adding new capabilities to their F-16s
Jan 07, 2005 - The U.S. Air Force and five EPAF countries - Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and Portugal - are receiving new technologies for their F-16s that will ensure the latest combat capabilities, along with an unprecedented degree of interoperability and cost savings among these NATO allies. [Read more...]
F-16 continues record as safest single-engine multirole fighter
Dec 15, 2004 - The U.S. Air Force F-16 fleet achieved its safest flying year in history during the 2004 fiscal year, with three F-16 units receiving top safety awards. [Read more...]
USAF Thunderbirds release 2005 schedule
Dec 15, 2004 - The USAF Thunderbirds announced the 2005 air show schedule. The team is scheduled to perform more than 70 public shows in 29 states, Canada and Central America. [Read more...]
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