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News Archive

July 2007


31 July 2007 Luke F-16s deploy to play 'red air' against F-22s
Six F-16s and approximately 77 Airmen deployed to Tyndall AFB, for two weeks to play "red air" against the F-22 Raptor all in the name of training....
28 July 2007 Lockheed Martin receives contract for 30 Turkish F-16s
The U.S. government has awarded an initial $187 million for long-lead tasks as part of a $1.1 billion contract to Lockheed Martin for the production of 30 new Block 50 F-16 aircraft for Turkey. ...
28 July 2007 Pentagon awards F-35 contract to start LRIP II
The Pentagon awarded Lockheed Martin a $2.4 billion contract Friday to begin work on the second batch (LRIP II) of F-35 Lightning IIs....
27 July 2007 Pilot error blamed for forest fires in New Jersey
USAF officials determined that the cause of the forest fire on the Warren Grove Training Range in New Jersey on May 15 was pilot error, committed when a pilot of an F-16C deployed flares at an altitude that allowed them to contact the range while still burning. ...
26 July 2007 187th FW deploy in support of Noble Eagle
An Alabama Air National Guard fighter squadron out of Montgomery has deployed in support of Operation Noble Eagle. ...
25 July 2007 More funding for F-35 production
A key congressional committee is set to approve the military's request for $6.1 billion to buy 12 Lockheed Martin F-35 jet fighters....
25 July 2007 UK F-35 confidence as MOD orders aircraft carriers
Today the British Ministry of Defence has given approval for construction of two future aircraft carriers (CVF) worth up to 3.9 million pounds....
25 July 2007 South Koreans mourn victims of F-16 crash
South Korean military officials this week were still investigating what caused a KF-16 jet to crash last week in the ocean, killing two South Korean air force pilots....
20 July 2007 South Korean KF-16D crashes in Yellow Sea
According to reports from F-16.net members a KF-16D crashed in the Yellow Sea off South Korea's west coast during a night training exercise and two pilots are presumed dead....
20 July 2007 Lockheed Martin offers F-35 JSF to India
A news report claimed that Lockheed Martin is dangling its next-generation F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in front of India in a bid to win the IAC Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) competition....
20 July 2007 Norwegian F-16s scramble to intercept Russian bombers
Norway scrambled two of its F-16 fighter jets over the North Sea on Tuesday after Russian Tupolev Tu-95 "Bear" bombers got a little too close to their coast for comfort....
18 July 2007 EMS lands contract for F-22 antennas
EMS Technologies Inc.'s Defense & Space Systems Division has won a $12 million contract from Lockheed Martin Corp. to provide antennas for the F-22 Raptor stealth fighter. ...
16 July 2007 Israel to advance F-16 upgrades
The Israeli Air Force (IDF/AF) is to enhance the combat effectiveness of its 125 Lockheed Martin F-16C/D fighters....
15 July 2007 13 EFS F-16 crashes in Iraq - Pilot unhurt
A U.S. F-16C block 50 from the 13th EFS deployed with the 332nd AEW crashed during takeoff at 16.55h from Balad Airbase on Sunday. Officials said the pilot was uninjured after ejecting. ...
13 July 2007 TuAF F-16D Block 50 crashes on landing - Aircrew safe
On July 12th at 22:45h, a Turkish F-16D Block 50 crashed while it was trying to land at Balikesir Air Base (9nci AJÜ). Both crew safely ejected. ...
12 July 2007 F-16 mishap horror
Did the pilot of a RNLAF F-16 that went down over Afghanistan last year encounter a creepy crawly creature in his cockpit? This might seem the only sensible explanation......
12 July 2007 Dutch request participation in Joint Strike Fighter testing
Dutch Deputy Minister of Defence Cees van der Knaap on Tuesday asked his U.S. counterpart Gordon England to include the Netherlands as an equal partner in the testing phase of the JSF....
11 July 2007 UAVs replacing F-16s as fighter-bombers
The U.S. Air Force is sending its new MQ-9 Reaper UAVs to Afghanistan and Iraq. Not as reconnaissance aircraft, but as replacements for F-16 and F-15 fighter-bombers....
11 July 2007 F-16 Peace Onyx III program kicks off at TAI
The Peace Onyx III F-16 modernization program kicked off at TUSAS Aerospace Industries (TAI) with the arrival of the first four F-16s at their facilities on 2 July 2007....
10 July 2007 South Carolina ANG pilot passes 4,000 hrs in F-16
A South Carolina Air National Guard pilot passed an aviation milestone Monday....
10 July 2007 US starts delivery of F-16s to Pakistan
The United States on Tuesday started delivery of F-16 aircraft to Pakistan when two were flown from the US & were handed over to the Pakistani Air Force in a ceremony at PAF Mushaf. ...
09 July 2007 NASA could put F-16XL back into the air
NASA is looking into the possibility of returning one of the two F-16XLs back into flyable status....
09 July 2007 Royal Thai Air Force takes Jatukham amulets on board
The craziness about Jatukham amulets is literally taking new heights as the RTAF is taking some much-sought-after amulets on routine flights on F-16 fighters in the hope of boosting their supernatural powers and market value....
09 July 2007 US has four months to approve F-16 sale to Taiwan
Lockheed Martin has about four months to secure the sale of dozens of F-16 fighter aircraft to Taiwan, but some are predicting the US may not support the sale because of Chinese opposition....
07 July 2007 140th FW Judge at Falcon Air Meet 07
In May 2007, members of the 140th Wing Colorado ANG returned to Jordan as judges for the second annual Falcon Air Meet (FAM) hosted by the Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF). ...
05 July 2007 Hill reservists say last goodbye to their F-16s
The last of the 419th Fighter Wing's F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft left on June 28, signifying an end of an era and a beginning of another for the unit. ...
05 July 2007 35th FS drops ordnance over Japanese bomb range
Pilots assigned to the 35th Fighter Squadron completed a week and a half of dropping live ordnance July 3 on a Japanese bombing range in an effort to refine their war-time skills. ...
03 July 2007 Dutch defense minister proposes F-16 cuts
The Dutch defense minister announced Monday the government plans to reduce the number of its F-16 fighter jets as part of a package of spending cuts...
02 July 2007 Material Command on track to deliver more F-22s
With F-22 Raptor deliveries consistently on or ahead of schedule, Air Force officials received authorization from Congress to pursue multi-year agreements for Lots 7, 8 and 9....
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