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Thunderbirds perform at Annual Frontier Days Festival Jul 23, 2015 - The United States Air force aerial demonstration squadron (The Thunderbirds) performed this past Wednesday over the Laramie County Community College campus in Cheyenne Wyoming for the 2015 Frontier Days Festival. [Read more...]	Another Swamp Fox first, combined training with Polish Air Force Jul 22, 2015 - The South Carolina Air National Guard's 169th Fighter Wing sent more than 100 Airmen and a contingent of F-16s to Łask Air Base to train with the Polish Air Force's 32nd Tactical Air Wing and the 52nd Fighter Wing's 480th Fighter Squadron from Spangdahlem, Germany in June. [Read more...]

Iraqi F-16s arrive at Balad AB Jul 14, 2015 - The Iraqi Ministry of Defense announced the delivery of the first four of thirty plus F-16s from the USA on Monday, The aircraft arrived at Balad Air Base, 45 miles North of Baghdad. [Read more...]	RedEyes host joint training with Marines and Navy at Buckley AFB Jul 13, 2015 - During the past COANG drill weekend (July 10th- 12th) the Colorado ANG Vipers, better known as the “Redeyes”, hosted an event at Buckley AFB to practice Dissimilar Air Combat Training (DACT). [Read more...]
F-16 collides with Cessna over South Carolina Jul 07, 2015 - An F-16 collided with a Cessna C 150 midair about 11 miles north of Charleston, South Carolina this morning, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. [Read more...]	Singapore to upgrade their F-16 fleet with AESA radars Jul 02, 2015 - The Singapore Air Force (RSAF) plans to upgrade 60 F-16C/D/D+ aircraft with new Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Radar. This radar represents a significant capability upgrade, extending the F-16's detection range and enabling the fighter aircraft to track and engage multiple targets at greater distances. [Read more...]
Ninth AF commander completes final F-16 flight Jul 01, 2015 - Ninth Air Force commander Maj. Gen. H. D. Polumbo Jr., a fighter pilot for 34 years and a combat veteran of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, took his final flight in an F-16 Fighting Falcon last week as he nears the end of a long and distinguished Air Force career. [Read more...]	Northrop to upgrade US F-16s with HD video from LITENING Targeting System Jun 26, 2015 - Northrop Grumman announced that it has won a $74 million production contract to bring digital and high definition video from the AN/AAQ-28(V) LITENING G4 Advanced Targeting System to F-16 fighter jet's cockpit. [Read more...]
Iraqi Air Force F-16 crashed during night training mission Jun 25, 2015 - An Iraqi F-16 assigned to the 162nd Wing, Arizona ANG, crashed sometime around 20.00h today, five miles east of Douglas Municipal Airport, while partaking in a night training mission. The Iraqi pilot, Brig. Gen. Rasid Mohammed Sidq, is believed to have been killed in this mishap. [Read more...]	Thai F-16 skids off taxiway at Korat Jun 24, 2015 - A Thai Air Force F-16 from 102 Squadron skidded off a taxiway and crashed into a drainage ditch at Korat Air Base at 13:00h local time today. The pilot ejected and was slightly hurt. [Read more...]

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