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Thunderbirds announce 2019 officer selections Jul 23, 2018 - The commander of Air Combat Command, Gen. Mike Holmes, has officially selected the officers who will be joining the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds for the 2019 demonstration season. [Read more...]	Lockheed Martin awarded contract to build F-16 Block 70s for Bahrain Jun 25, 2018 - Lockheed Martin received a $1.12 billion contract from the U.S. government to produce 16 new F-16 Block 70 aircraft for the Royal Bahraini Air Force. [Read more...]

Taiwanese F-16A crashes, pilot killed Jun 04, 2018 - On Monday, a Taiwanese F-16 pilot was killed as his jet crashed the mountains at the start of annual live-fire drills. The single-seat jet disappeared off the radar over mountainous terrain in the northeastern county of Keelung at 13.43h, half an hour after take off from Hualien Air Base. [Read more...]	Pilot reaches 2K hours in F-16 Apr 27, 2018 - Lt. Col Nathan Aysta, 179th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron commander, has known Meek for years and presented him with the 2,000-hour flying patch after landing. [Read more...]
US approves $110 Million equipment to support RNLAF F-16s Apr 27, 2018 - The US State Department has approved a foreign military sales agreement worth approximately $110 million for the Dutch government to defense services and articles in support of its F-16 training unit based in Tucson, AZ. [Read more...]	F-16 crashes in Western Arizona Apr 24, 2018 - The Air Force pilot who ejected from an F-16C fighter jet that crashed in Arizona Tuesday morning has been released from the hospital. [Read more...]
Thunderbird F-16C crash just outside of Nellis AFB killing pilot. Apr 04, 2018 - The USAF official Aerial Demonstration Squadron, called the Thunderbirds were on an aerial demonstration training flight at the time. [Read more...]	Croatia finally settles on Israeli F-16 offer Mar 28, 2018 - Croatia announced it will accept Israel’s offer to supply its air force with F-16s, scheduled to be delivered by late 2020. Croatia asked five countries last year to bid for contracts to supply it with fighter jets: Sweden, Israel, the United States, Greece and South Korea. [Read more...]
Turkish F-16 crashed in central Turkey Mar 26, 2018 - A Turkish F-16 crashed last Thursday in the province of Nevsehir, some 260 kilometers southeast of the capital Ankara, during a training flight. [Read more...]	‘Double Down’ pilot passes 1,000 combat hours Mar 07, 2018 - "Mach" received a "Double Down" congratulations from members of the 77th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron as he surpassed the 1,000 combat-hour milestone in the F-16 Fighting Falcon February 28, 2018 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. [Read more...]

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