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Philippines gets approval for F-16 block 70/72 Jun 24, 2021 - The U.S. State Department has paved the way for the Philippines to potentially acquire 12 F-16V fighter jets and associated weapons. [Read more...]	Top Aces announces FAA certification of F-16 fighter aircraft May 19, 2021 - Top Aces Corp., a leading provider of advanced adversary training, today announced a groundbreaking milestone as its newly-acquired F-16 fighter aircraft earned FAA certification and completed its first flight. [Read more...]

Air Force opens new F-16 production line for foreign military sales May 18, 2021 - To support the growing demand for new F-16 Fighting Falcon from partner nations, the U.S. Air Force has teamed with Lockheed Martin Corp. to open a new production line to build the F-16 Block 70/72 fighter aircraft at the company’s facility in Greenville, South Carolina. [Read more...]	Six Taiwanese F-16s return home May 13, 2021 - After a stay of over 20 years in the United States for training purposes Taiwanese jets are returning home to be upgraded to the F-16V configuration. [Read more...]
Two Belgian F-16s intercept Russian bombers over North Sea Mar 30, 2021 - Two Belgian F-16s took off on Monday morning from Florennes Air Base to intercept Russian bombers approaching the Dutch airspace over the North Sea. The Russian aircraft were approaching Dutch airspace. [Read more...]	Romania's last F-16 delivered Mar 25, 2021 - Today the last Romanian F-16 under the Peace Carpathian II program was delivered. F-16A #1615 left Monte Real AB in the early morning to make a stop-over at Aviano AB for its final destination at Feteşti AB. [Read more...]
Belgian Air Force celebrates it's 75th anniversary Mar 23, 2021 - On October 15th, 1946 the Belgian Air Force was reformed a an independent part of the Belgian military. Until that day it was a part of the Belgian Army. Fighting alongside its allies during WWII, it followed the trend in other countries' where this experience led to new understandings in how to use the 'air weapon' in future conflicts and the importance of that weapon as an independent part, separate from army influence. [Read more...]	Belgian Air Force grounds F-16 fleet due to engine problems Mar 09, 2021 - All Belgian F-16s are currently grounded after an incident last month in which an F-16 experienced an engine problem taking off from Florennes They have halted all operations with the fleet to undertake urgent modifications to the engines. [Read more...]
Belgian pilot first European to surpass the 5,000hrs mark in the F-16 Mar 04, 2021 - During a training flight on Friday, March 5, 2021, Captain Steven De Vries, a Belgian Air Force pilot based at Kleine Brogel AB, will reach the milestone of 5,000 flight hours in the F-16. [Read more...]	Female pilot reaches 2,000 hours in F-16 Mar 01, 2021 - Col. Trena "HaK" Savageau is known for breaking barriers and setting high expectations as the first female commander of the 944th Operations Group at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. [Read more...]

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