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Poland's 'Peace Sky' at home in Arizona

Friday, August 15, 2008
In the transition from Soviet-built MiG-29s and Su-22s to American-built F-16s, Poland takes on one of NATO's most aggressive fighter up-starts known as "Peace Sky".

French airmen train at Luke

Thursday, August 07, 2008
Approximately 20 French air force aircrews, 60 maintainers and support personnel and four Rafale aircraft visited Luke AFB to participate in an exercise July 28 to Aug. 8.
While fighting in the Korean War, a soldier would sometimes look up in the sky and admire the planes flying over head. He would go off into a dream about what it would be like to be a pilot.
The Portuguese Air Force (PoAF) announced the selection of the Northrop Grumman LITENING Advanced Targeting system for their F-16 Advanced Targeting Pod upgrade program.
On July 9, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Morocco of weapons and support equipment for the F-16 Block 52 aircraft.
On a humid Wednesday morning where skin feels sticky and clothes feel icky, the tepid water of Lake Ogawara is almost inviting.
The pilot who achieved 1,000 combat flight hours, and more than 3,000 flight hours overall, returned from war to the numbered Air Force to offer his invaluable experience for the benefit and protection of U.S. citizens.

Taipei ends interest in F-16 deal

Saturday, July 19, 2008
The Financial Times reports Taiwan has abandoned its interest in purchasing 66 block 52 F-16s from the US in an attempt to rescue a larger arms package sale before President Bush leaves the White House.
An F-16 pilot and former wing commander at Aviano Air Base, Italy, will take over the 3rd Air Force at a ceremony on Tuesday at Ramstein Air Base.
Maj. Gen. Burt Field was awarded the Col. Joseph A. Moller Trophy naming him the best wing commander in Air Combat Command for 2008, the day before he relinquished command of the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing.

50,000th ONE mission flown at Shaw

Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Two F-16CJs assigned to the 20th Fighter Wing flew the 50,000th Operation Noble Eagle sortie on June 30th, 2008.
When an American F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot was given the opportunity of applying for an exchange posting, he had no hesitation in selecting a tour to fly the F-2 Typhoon with the Royal Air Force.
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Pakistan of AN/ALQ-211(V)9 AIDEWS Pods as well as associated equipment and services on June 26th.

IDF/AF, USAF to jointly test F-16I

Monday, June 23, 2008
The Jerusalem Post has reported on a joint experiment to take place next month in the US in which the IDF/AF hope to discover what is causing high levels of carcinogenic material to be found in the F-16I.

8th FW partake in Max Thunder exercise

Thursday, June 19, 2008
Airmen and aircraft from units across the Pacific Air Forces descended on Kunsan Air Base June 16 through 20, to participate in Max Thunder.

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