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F-16 Viper flagship gets a facelift Jun 08, 2020 - Airmen with the 8th Aircraft Maintenance Unit painted their F-16 Viper flagship during late May to early June. [Read more...]	D.C. Jet painted with MLB’s Nats Logo at Iowa paint facility Jun 05, 2020 - “The one constant through all the years Ray, has been baseball.” This line from the 1989 film “Field of Dreams” was spoken by the character of Terence Mann played by actor James Earl Jones. The iconic baseball movie that asked, “Is this heaven?” about an Iowa cornfield, turned baseball field, still speaks to baseball fans throughout America. [Read more...]

F-16 at Spangdahlem first in Europe to hit 10,000 flight hours Apr 24, 2020 - An F-16 combat jet at Spangdahlem Air Base achieved a landmark 10,000 flight hours on Thursday, nearly 27 years after it rolled off the production line and began flying for the 52nd Fighter Wing. [Read more...]	555 EFS commander hits 3,000 flying hour milestone Apr 06, 2020 - Lt. Col. Beau Diers, 555th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron commander, has experienced more than most over the course of his 17-year career in the U.S. Air Force. [Read more...]
Pakistani F-16 crashes during military parade rehearsal Mar 11, 2020 - A Pakistani Air Force F-16 crashed during practice rehearsals for the Pakistan Day military parade over the capital of Islamabad with the loss of the pilot, Wing Commander Noman Akram. [Read more...]	Triple Nickel completes historic deployment to AUAB Feb 29, 2020 - More than 300 Airmen with the 555th Fighter Squadron, also known as the “world-famous, highly-respected” Triple Nickel, completed the first leg of their deployment after departing Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar in late Feb. 2020. [Read more...]
Egyptian F-16 fighter jet crashed during training, pilot killed Jan 16, 2020 - An Egyptian Air Force pilot was killed when his F-16C Block 40 (#9719) crashed during a training mission on January 14th near Rafah, North Sinai. [Read more...]	Fanged forty-niners in Florida Jan 13, 2020 - Temporary deployments are an important part of being in the active-duty military. They provide an opportunity for Airmen to hone in on skills and operate in a location that they are unfamiliar with, much like a deployment. [Read more...]
IDFAF F-16s damaged after flooding at Hatzor airbase Jan 13, 2020 - Eight F-16 jets were damaged last week as heavy rain flooded their under ground 'datak' hangars at Hatzor AB, the military acknowledged Sunday, following attempts to have the information censored initially. [Read more...]	Kunsan pilot ejects from F-16 Dec 02, 2019 - An F-16 pilot suffered minor injuries after ejecting from his aircraft during a routine landing, prompting officials at Kunsan Air Base to close the runway for nearly 24 hours, according to the Air Force. [Read more...]

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