F-16, F-22 and F-35 News
F-16 crashed outside of Holloman Air Force Base, USA
An F-16 crashed outside of Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, on Tuesday around noon. The pilot safely ejected.
Iraqi F-16s to be equipped with the AN/ALQ-211 electronic warfare system
The Iraqi Air Force is to equip all 34 of its F-16C/D Block 52Ms with the AN/ALQ-211 Advanced Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare suite (AIDEWS).
USAF secretary Kendall plans to ride in AI-operated F-16 for a Sneak Peek on CCA Technology
The US Air Force is rapidly scaling up its plans to automate some of its fleet, and the US Air Force secretary says he's planning to fly in one of the autonomously piloted F-16s this spring.
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F-16 Fleet Status
F-16 fleet - May 1, 2024
Fleet overview:
scrapped: 204
write-off: 620
preserved: 162
stored: 584
instructional: 121
on order: 127
active: 2857
Changes '23/'24:
Fleet adds: 20
Fleet drop: 59
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Today in F-16 history
1 May 1993
Lockheed delivers first block 50D F-16C, three months ahead of schedule, enhancing USAF F-16 combat capability.
May 2002
Oman orders 12 F-16s (Peace A'sama A'safiya) becoming the 23rd customer.
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Quote of the Day
With enough thrust, lift is irrelevant.
-- Bumper sticker
F-16 Hall of Fame
7,000 Flying Hours
USAF #83165
F-16C Block 25
Was the first F-16 airframe to break 7,000 flight hours and a small commemorative decal was applied to the tail in 2008. This Viper also wears 15 various bomb markings and three gun strafe markings from a prior OIF deployment and hence was called 'Lethal Lady'. It was retired just a few months after reaching the 7,000 flight hours.
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Callsign of the day

Callsign "Shooter"

The evening I arrived at Kunsan, a Friday night, I got into a late night game of 4-5-6. Since I had a pocketfull of cash for the PCS, I told the guy with the dice to "shoot it" several times. Since I won each time and pocketed a serious amount of $, the story got around and hence the nickname.
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Sierra Hotel
Latest Viper Drivers to reach 1K - 6K flying hours:
6,000 Hours 6,000 Hrs
2008-05-02
Lt.Col. Mike "Brillo" Brill
| 466 FS | 421 FS  
5,000 Hours 5,000 Hrs
2021-09-21
Lt.Col. David "Grits" Gritsavage
| 134 FS | 134 FS | 125 FS  
4,000 Hours 4,000 Hrs
2023-11-21
Lt.Col. Emre Mert
| 151 Filo | 132 Filo | 132 Filo  
3,000 Hours 3,000 Hrs
2023-07-26
2,000 Hours 2,000 Hrs
2023-09-27
1,000 Hours 1,000 Hrs
2023-08-24
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Crew Chief Profiles
SSgt. Rick Samilton (added: 17 Mar 2024)
13 FS | | 36 FS | C-130 | 18 sqn | F-35 | 3 sqn | 331 skv | 57 FW | 82 ATRS
SSgt Anthony Myers (added: 26 Apr 2024)
35 FS | 510 FS | 510 FS | 311 FS
Sgt.1st Clss Rick Verver (added: 15 Apr 2024)
315 sqn | 315 sqn
SSgt. Thomas Quinn (added: 14 Apr 2024)
480 FS | 8 FS | 35 FS
SrA. Steve Jones (added: 18 Apr 2024)
19 FS | 19 FS | 19 FS
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