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US F-16 crashes in Germany, pilot ejects safely Oct 08, 2019 - A U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashed Tuesday afternoon near the German town of Zemmer-Rodt, Air Force and German officials said. [Read more...]	Belgian F-16B crashes in France - Pilots OK Sep 19, 2019 - A Belgian Air Force F-16B crashed today around 10:30hrs near the French town of Pluvignert in Brittany during a standard training flight. The jet just missed a local house as it went down but both aircrew were able to safely eject. [Read more...]

Lockheed Martin awarded $800 million Slovakia F-16 fighter jet contract Aug 01, 2019 - Lockheed Martin Corp., doing business as Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, Fort Worth, Texas, has been awarded a $799,955,939 firm-fixed-price incentive contract for F-16 aircraft production. [Read more...]	457th EFS continues TSP in Romania Jul 02, 2019 - The 457th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, 301st Fighter Wing, Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas, continues to operate as a rotational presence out of the 71st Air Base, Campia Turzii, Romania, for a Theater Security Package after changing over their operations section last month. [Read more...]
Misawa Block-50 F-16 hits 10K hours, an AF first Jun 19, 2019 - One of Misawa Air Base's most famous flightline assets hit a historic milestone June 10. A 29-year-old Block-50 F-16 Fighting Falcon, tail number 808 (#90-0808) and affectionately known as "BOB," reached 10,000 flight hours during a sortie flown across Japan. [Read more...]	U.S. State Department clears $1.7 billion sale of 8 F-16V Block 70s to Bulgaria Jun 04, 2019 - The US State Department approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Bulgaria of 8 F-16C/D Block 70/72 aircraft with weapons, communications systems and support for an estimated cost of $1.673 billion. [Read more...]
New F-16 Ghost paint scheme brings unique look to 64th AGRS May 23, 2019 - An F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet (#84-1220) made its initial flight after receiving the first U.S. Air Force "Ghost" paint scheme, May 23. [Read more...]	Lockheed Martin to sell 114 exclusive F-21s to India? May 20, 2019 - It seems that Lockheed Martin will not offer its F-21 fighter, customized to suit India, to any other country if the Indian Air Force (IAF) places an order for 114 jets that it currently looking to acquire. [Read more...]
Armed F-16 crashes into a warehouse in California, pilot ok May 17, 2019 - An armed F-16 fighter jet crashed Thursday into a warehouse just off March Air Reserve Base in Perris, California. [Read more...]	Lockheed Martin delivers last of the F-16IQs to Iraq May 09, 2019 - The last 9 of 36 F-16IQ block 52 aircraft arrived in Iraq on May 3. Having ordered its F-16IQs in two batches of 18 aircraft during 2011 and 2012, the Iraqi Air Force received its first one in late 2014. [Read more...]

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