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USAF F-16 crashes into Yellow Sea; pilot rescued after ejecting safely
Two USAF F-16s from the 35th FW conduct Suppression of Enemy Air Defense training over Misawa AB on February 14th, 2013. Pilots at Misawa received a Joint Deployable Electronic Warfare Range to be placed at Draughon Range, an area located only 10 nautical miles north of the base where pilots are authorized to drop live ordnance during training. [Photo by Jake Melampy]
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
Norwegian AF Colonel Eivind Åsmund Sørdal and Romanian AF Major Lurgo Bildigau sign transfer papers in connection with Romania's purchase of Norwegian F-16s. Dismantled Norwegian roundels are in the foreground with #1632 featuring in the background. [RNoAF photo]
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
FACh F-16BM #734 from Grupo 8 is taking off with full afterburner at Santiago IAP on September 19th, 2012. [Photo by Lukas Kinneswenger]
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
Three F-16s from the RNlAF fly in formation during Frisian Flag 2012 on April 19th, 2012. [Courtesy photo]
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...]
Ukrainian pilots learning to fly F-16s in Arizona
USAF F-16C block 25 #83-1155 from the 195th FS departs Tucson IAP, Arizona on August 2nd, 2010. [Photo by James O'Rear]
Oct 24, 2023 - After months of negotiations, a handful of Ukrainian pilots are at long last in Arizona. They're part of the first group of Ukrainians learning how to fly the F-16 fighter jet. [Read more...]
USAF F-16 downs armed Turkish drone over Syria
USAF F-16C block 40 #89-2044 from the 555th EFS returns to mission after being refuelled by a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft from the 340th EARS during an air refuelling mission over Afghanistan in support of OEF on May 12th, 2011. [USAF photo by MSgt. William Greer]
Oct 06, 2023 - In a rare use of force by one NATO member against another a USAF F-16C Block 40 shot down an armed Turkish Anka-S drone on Thursday.as it came too close of American troops and Syrian Democratic Forces at the Tal Baydar base in northeastern Syria. [Read more...]
F-16 Fighting Falcons for the Vietnamese Air Force?
USAF F-16C block 50 #91-0418 from the 480th FS flies away from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft assigned to Detachment 4 of the 340th EARS on April 30th, 2011 in the skies over Iraq while supporting Operation New Dawn. [USAF photo by MSgt. Adrian Cadiz]
Sep 25, 2023 - The Biden administration is reportedly negotiating with Vietnam on the sale of an arms package featuring a fleet of F-16 fighter jets, in a move that could irk China and sideline Russia. [Read more...]
South Korean pilot safe after fighter-jet takeoff crash
ROKAF F-16C block 52 #93-067 is one of the Peace II aircraft that were built by Samsun Aerospace, and is seen here carrying 4 Sidewinder missiles. Block 52 aircraft are locally designated 'KF-16' [Samsung Aerospace photo]
Sep 21, 2023 - A South Korean Air Force KF-16 fighter crashed Thursday morning shortly after takeoff at a base in Seosan City, about 60 miles southwest of Seoul, according to an Air Force spokesman. [Read more...]
Singapore equips RSAF F-16s with Israeli-made Python-5
RSAF F-16D block 52 #01-6029 from the 425th FS is landing at Luke AFB on May 11th, 2023 adorned with the tail scheme to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the US-Singapore partnership. [Photo by Thomas Backus]
Sep 14, 2023 - The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) publicly confirmed last week during an open house celebration at the at Paya Lebar Air Base that its upgraded F-16 C/D/D+ fighter aircraft are armed with the Python 5 air-to-air missile. [Read more...]
Lockheed Martin unveils Slovak Republic's first F-16 Block 70
VS OOSR F-16C block 70 #1001 is parked with opened canopy and with pristine paint at the Lockheed plant in Greenville during it's roll-out ceremony. [Lockheed photo]
Sep 07, 2023 - The first F-16 Block 70 aircraft for the Slovak Republic was unveiled at Lockheed Martin's production facility in Greenville, South Carolina, during a visit from the country's Minister of Defence, Martin Sklenár. [Read more...]
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