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Lockheed Martin delivers first two F-16 Block 70 aircraft for Slovakia
Feb 29, 2024 - In a ceremony at Lockheed Martin's Greenville facility, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the Slovak Republic, Robert Kaliňák, along with esteemed delegates from the United States and Slovakia, commemorated the delivery of Slovakia's first two F-16 Block 70 aircraft. [Read more...]
Netherlands withdraws F-16s from sale to Draken International, freeing up jets for Ukraine
Feb 08, 2024 - The Netherlands ends negotiations to sell six F-16 fighter planes to Draken International. Both parties have come to the conclusion that sale and delivery of these F-16s is not going to happen anytime soon. [Read more...]
Thirds USAF F-16 crash in South Korea in 9 months
Feb 01, 2024 - An American F-16 fighter jet crashed in waters off South Korea's west coast near Mokdeok island, on Jan 31, with the pilot rescued after ejecting from the aircraft. [Read more...]
U.S. approves F-16 sale to Turkey, F-35s to Greece
Jan 31, 2024 - The United States has approved the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey along with a companion $8.6 billion sale of advanced F-35 fighter jets to Greece. [Read more...]
F-16 production finally ramping up?
Jan 10, 2024 - With the first flight of the second Bahraini dual seater (#1612) on December 19th, 2023 and also the first flight of the second Slovak dual seater (#1101) on December 15th the final month of 2023 was quite productive on the Greenville production line. These firsts were followed by the first flight of the third Bahraini single seater (#1603) on January 5th, 2024. [Read more...]
First Slovak "humpback" F-16D Block 70 took the skies
Dec 16, 2023 - On Friday, December 15, the first of two contracted Slovak F-16D Block 70s was flown from Donaldson Field Airport in Greenville, South Carolina. [Read more...]
USAF F-16 crashes into Yellow Sea; pilot rescued after ejecting safely
Dec 11, 2023 - A U.S. F-16 pilot safely ejected from his jet before it crashed into the Yellow Sea off South Korea's southwestern coast on Monday. [Read more...]
Norway delivered the first three F-16s to Romania
Nov 29, 2023 - This week, three Romanian pilots take off from Rygge air station with newly overhauled F-16 fighters on their way to the aircraft's new home base in Romania. [Read more...]
Chilean F-16 fighter jets will be upgraded to M6.6 standard
Nov 03, 2023 - Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $177m contract to provide support for the Chilean Air Force F-16 M6.6 Operational Flight Programme and Systems Upgrade. [Read more...]
Dutch F-16s heading to Romania to train Ukrainian pilots
Nov 01, 2023 - The first F-16 fighter jets that the Netherlands is donating to Ukraine will arrive at the training center in Romania within two weeks, according to Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte. [Read more...]
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