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Indonesian Air Force Debuts Upgraded F-16 Fighter Jet In New Color Scheme

Indonesian Air Force Debuts Upgraded F-16 Fighter Jet In New Color Scheme

The first TNI-AU F-16 A/B airframe that underwent under the Falcon STAR (Structural Augmentation Roadmap) and enhanced mid-life upgrade programme. Source: TNI-AU The Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU) has unveiled its first F-16A enhanced Midlife Upgrade (eMLU) aircraft, with upgrades carried out locally by PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) under Lockheed Martin …

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Cockpit Footage Shows Belgian F-16 Intercepting Russian Jets Buzzing USS Donald Cook Destroyer In The Baltic Sea

Cockpit Footage Shows Belgian F-16 Intercepting Russian Jets Buzzing USS Donald Cook Destroyer In The Baltic Sea

On Apr. 17, 2020, Belgian Air Force F-16s currently deployed to Siauliai, Lithuania, to support NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission intercepted a group of Russian Federation Air Force fighters in the Baltic Sea. Belgian Air Force F-16s have been filmed intercepting armed Russian fighters as they overfly a US Navy …

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Lockheed Martin Has Reported Trained 1,000th Pilot & 9,000th Maintainer For The F-35 Lightning II program

Lockheed Martin Has Reported Trained 1,000th Pilot & 9,000th Maintainer For The F-35 Lightning II program

Gen. Mike Holmes, the commander of Air Combat Command, congratulates Capt. Kristin “BEO” Wolfe, the new F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team pilot (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Kip Sumner). Lockheed Martin has reported that it trained the 1,000th pilot and 9,000th maintainer for the F-35 Lightning II program. More …

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Airbus MRTT Test Aircraft Successfully Completed World’s First Fully Automatic Refuelling Contacts On F-16 Fighter Jets

Airbus MRTT Test Aircraft Successfully Completed World’s First Fully Automatic Refuelling Contacts On F-16 Fighter Jets

Photo caption: The picture shows the first fully automated refuelling contacts between an Airbus tanker test aircraft and a Portuguese Air Force F-16 fighter jet. Credits: airbus Airbus has achieved the first-ever fully automatic air-to-air refueling (A3R) operation with a boom system. The flight test campaign, conducted earlier in the …

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U.S. Air Force Starts 3D Printing Face Shields Amid Protective Equipment Shortages

U.S. Air Force Starts 3D Printing Face Shields Amid Protective Equipment Shortages

U.S. Air Force Staff. Sgt. Maximilion Estrada, Phoenix Spark noncommissioned officer in charge of agile manufacturing, assembles a face shield(U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jonathon Carnell) U.S. Air Force based at the Travis Air Force Base has started producing 3D printed face shields amid protective equipment shortages in …

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