Lt. Col. Glen Messner, 115th Fighter Wing, Wisconsin Air National Guard, flies an F-16 Fighting Falcon over the state capitol in Madison, Oct. 18, 2008. – Credits: Photo by Master Sgt. Paul Gorman The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is reported down in the Hiawatha National Forest, Upper Peninsula, Michigan. The …
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U.S. Air Force Col. Jason Hokaj, 52nd Fighter Wing vice commander, prepares to fly in aircraft 343, an F-16 Fighting Falcon, at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, April 23, 2020.(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alex Miller) U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet created history as he …
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Credits: andrew hayes On January 20, 1974, the F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet prototype YF-16 jet accidentally took off and nearly crashed during high-speed ground tests. The accident could have killed the pilot and quite possibly the aircraft program itself. The pilot skillfully prevented disaster by taking the airplane into …
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Egyptian Air Force General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon crashed under unknown circumstances. The pilot died in the crash. A spokesperson for the Egyptian Army said that a fighter jet crashed on a ‘training area’. An Al Quwwat Al Jawwiya Il Misriya (EAF, Egypt Air Force) F-16 crashed in Egypt’s North …
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An F-16C Fighting Falcon assigned to the 85th Test Evaluation Squadron (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua Hoskins) A US fighter pilot gunned down a cruise missile mid-flight during a top-secret World War 3 exercise, it’s been revealed. The Top Gun ace took out the 500mph “nuke” while …
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A U.S. Air Force F-16CM Viper at Shaw Air Force Base(U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Maldonado) U.S. Air Force will see over 350 of its F-16 Fighting Falcon fourth-generation multirole fighters upgraded with new active electronically scanned array (AESA) radars, under a new $1 billion contract granted …
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A U.S. Air Force F-16 from the 149th Fighter Wing, Texas Air National Guard with a new, darker single color paint scheme is on the ramp at the Iowa Air National Guard in Sioux City, Iowa on December 17, 2019. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Vincent …
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According to Lenta.ru report a wide range of renowned experts has expressed their concerns regarding Belarus selected Russian-made combat aircraft to replace the aging Soviet-era MiG-29 fleet instead of the American F-16 fighting falcon. Andrey Porotnikov, BelarusSecurityBlog’s project leader, said that operating and support costs of Russian aircraft are more …
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On Sept. 19, 2019, The first two of an eventual 20 F-35A jets arrived at the Vermont Air National Guard base in South Burlington, the first Guard unit to receive the next-generation fighter. The two stealth jets, AF17-5265 and AF17-5266 will be operated by the 158th Fighter Wing. Seven new …
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As we have reported earlier that Russia Su-57 and Su-35 Fighter Jets landed In Turkey for Technofest. Turkey has expressed an interest in Russian fighter aircraft, including Sukhoi’s 4++ generation Su-35 and the new fifth-gen Su-57 stealth fighter, following Washington’s decision not to follow through with the delivery of F-35s …
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