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Luke pilot reaches a rare milestone, surpasses 3k flying hours in F-16 Nov 27, 2020 - As of November 23, 2020, only 295 pilots worldwide could claim to have surpassed three thousand flying hours in the F-16 Fighting Falcon. That number is now 296. [Read more...]	Taiwanese F-16 goes missing during training Nov 18, 2020 - On Tuesday night an ROCAF F-16 disappeared during a nighttime training mission. The Taiwanese defense ministry said the single-seater plane fell off radar screens about two minutes after taking off and that the fate of the pilot was unknown. [Read more...]

AI defeats top Viper driver in DARPA’s dogfight contest Aug 21, 2020 - A computer program easily beat a veteran U.S. F-16 pilot in five rounds of simulated F-16 flight combat during a competition intended to spur the development of artificial intelligence that helps pilots during aerial dogfights. [Read more...]	First two F-16s of the Peace Carpathian II program delivered. Aug 14, 2020 - Today the first two F-16s of the Peace Carpathian II program were delivered to the Forţele Aeriene Române (Romanian Air Force) and landed at Feteşti AB. [Read more...]
F-16 crashes at Holloman Air Force Jul 14, 2020 - An F-16C from the 49th Fighter Wing at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico crashed while landing Monday, 13th July, the base said in a press release. [Read more...]	Luke changes F-16 paint scheme to a single color Jul 07, 2020 - A team of nine 56th Equipment Maintenance Squadron Low Observable Aircraft Structural Maintenance personnel painted an F-16C Fighting Falcon assigned to the 310th Fighter Squadron a solid medium-gray color. [Read more...]
Pilot dies after F-16 crash at Shaw Air Force Base Jul 01, 2020 - The pilot of an Air Force F-16CM Fighting Falcon was killed following a crash late Tuesday at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina. [Read more...]	Paint shop at Hill AFB gives F-16 ‘spooky’ paint scheme Jun 11, 2020 - Painters at Hill Air Force Base recently completed an elaborate makeover on an F-16 Fighting Falcon by giving it the now-popular "ghost" paint scheme. [Read more...]
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...]

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