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Pilot fatigue contributed to June 12, Iraq F-16 mishap
Dec 23, 2003 - According to a final USAF report, pilot fatigue contributed to June 12, Iraq mishap where a USAF F-16 flamed out due to a mistake in fuel management. [Read more...]
EFW Inc. awarded a $33 million contract
Dec 23, 2003 - EFW Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $33 million contract to provide for Common Data Entry Electronics Unit, Electronics LRU that acts an interface between pilot entry and cockpits displays. [Read more...]
Exercise Cope Tiger in its planning stage
Dec 15, 2003 - An opening ceremony at Paya Lebar Airbase in Singapore set the stage for Exercise Cope Tiger, a tri-lateral exercise in Thailand in February. Cope Tiger is a joint air exercise between the Royal Thai Air Force, the US Air Force And the Royal Singapore Air Force. [Read more...]
USAF Thunderbirds Release 2004 Schedule
Dec 11, 2003 - The USAF Thunderbirds announced the 2004 air show schedule. The team is scheduled to perform more than 65 shows in 22 states, Canada and Asia. [Read more...]
U.S. Air Force further extends phase maintenance interval on F-16
Dec 05, 2003 - The U.S. Air Force recently further extended the phase maintenance interval for its Block 40/42/50/52 F-16C/Ds to 400 flight hours. The F-16 now ties with the A-10 as the longest phase maintenance interval among all USAF combat aircraft. [Read more...]
First PANTERA targeting pods for Norway's F-16s
Nov 19, 2003 - PANTERA, the export equivalent to the Lockheed Martin Sniper Extended Range (XR) targeting pod was delivered to the RNoAF for use in their F-16s. PANTERA is the international application of Sniper, which the USAF selected as its Advanced Targeting Pod. [Read more...]
Texas ANG pilot ejects to safety as F-16 crashes
Sep 23, 2003 - An F-16C from the Texas Air National Guard's 147th Fighter Wing crashed Monday afternoon in rural western Louisiana. The pilot ejected and was in satisfactory condition at a hospital at the Army's nearby Fort Polk. [Read more...]
Royal Thai Air Force receives final delivery of Lockheed Martin F-16s
Jul 17, 2003 - Last Friday, Thailand's Korat Air Base received the final three of 16 refurbished Lockheed Martin F-16s. The delivery completes the third F-16 squadron for the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF). [Read more...]
RSAF F-16s fly from Arizona to Singapore in six days
Jun 30, 2003 - In an exercise to see how fast the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) can recall its overseas-based assets, last Saturday four of its F-16 Fighting Falcons flew 17,000km from Arizona in the United States to Singapore in six days. [Read more...]
Lockheed Martin flight tests more powerful engine for Block 60 F-16s
Jun 27, 2003 - Lockheed Martin has successfully completed the initial phase of flight testing of a more powerful engine for the latest version of the F-16, the Block 60. The engine is a General Electric F110-GE-132 turbofan engine which is derived form the current F110-GE-100 and F110-GE-129 engines powering the majority of F-16C/Ds world-wide. [Read more...]
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