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First flight of a Belgian Air Force F-35A
On May 14, 2024, the third F-35A destined for the Belgian Air Force completed its maiden flight. The aircraft took off from Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth facility in Texas around 15:00h and flew for approximately one hour.

RSAF F-16 crashes at Tengah Air Base
On 8 May 2024, at 12.35h, a Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) F-16 experienced an issue during take-off. The pilot safely ejected and the plane crashed thereafter within the confines of Tengah Air Base.

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.

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F-16 Fleet Status

F-16 fleet - May 21, 2024
	Fleet overview: scrapped: 204 write-off: 621 preserved: 162 stored: 582 instructional: 120 on order: 125 active: 2861
	Changes '23/'24: Fleet adds: 20 Fleet drop: 60
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Quote of the Day

There's a big difference between a pilot and an aviator. One is a technician, the other is an artist in love with flight.

-- E. Jeppesen

F-16 Hall of Fame

First USAF F-16

USAF #80001
F-16A Block 1

This F-16 was the first to roll off the General Dynamics production line at Fort Worth, TX. It was delivered to the USAF in August of 1978 and thus became the very first production F-16 to be delivered worldwide. Initial deliveries went to the 388th TFW at Hill AFB, where initial pilot training on the type was performed.

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F-16 Forum

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F-22 and F-35 Forum

	F-35 Lightning II vs Dassault Rafale	notam123
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	F-35 internal fuel, range	disconnectedr...
	F-35 for Canada not needed?	Corsair1963
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	Raptors at Kadena	Gamera
	Screensaver worthy F-35 Lightning II sho...	quicksilver
	Portugal Air Force Chief of Staff confir...	ricnunes

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Military Aviation Forum

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From C-130.net

	What am I seeing on this HC-130B??	jennings
	LM-100J	villaman
	C-130 Video from Lockheed	edpop
	NO laser weapons for the AC-130J	daswp

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Callsign of the day

Callsign "Emu"

I heard this one whilst at TLP...one of the first RAF Tornado pilots "earned" the monicker as another "ugly bird who can't fly"

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Sierra Hotel

Latest Viper Drivers to reach 1K - 6K flying hours:

	6,000 Hrs 2008-05-02	Lt.Col. Mike "Brillo" Brill \| 466 FS \| 421 FS
	5,000 Hrs 2021-09-21	Lt.Col. David "Grits" Gritsavage \| 134 FS \| 134 FS \| 125 FS
	4,000 Hrs 2023-11-21	Lt.Col. Emre Mert \| 151 Filo \| 132 Filo \| 132 Filo
	3,000 Hrs 2023-07-26	Maj. Bambang "Sphinx" Aulia Yudhistira
	2,000 Hrs 2023-11-15	Lt.Col. Michal "Bongo" Zloch 6 ELT \| 3 ELT
	1,000 Hrs 2023-08-24	Capt. Wahyu "Skipper" Aditya Budiarta
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