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Throughout its history, the 50th Space Wing has been at the forefront of American military power, fielding the country's most advanced weapons systems.
An Air Force Reserve pilot deployed here broke his own world record for hours spent flying the F-16 Fighting Falcon when he surpassed the 6,000 hours milestone May 2.
Members of the 8th FW and the Republic of Korea Air Force's 122nd FS from Daegu AB, participated in a three-day Buddy Wing exercise April 30 through May 2, 2008.

85th TES commander passes milestone in air

Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Dusting Arkansas crops from his cousin's plane at five-years-old was all it took for Lt. Col. Sam Shaneyfelt, 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron commander, to know he wanted to be a pilot.

Depot upgrades keep Falcon fighting

Monday, April 28, 2008
Airmen of the active duty 388th FW and Reserve 419th FW received their final Block 40 F-16 to complete the Common Configuration Implementation Program upgrade April 21st.

Bombs on target: Dropping the bomb

Saturday, April 26, 2008
The time has come for the mission to be executed. The pilot advances the F-16 Fighting Falcon to the mission area, soaring across the desert terrain at 500 mph, like the proud and magnificent creature the jet was named after.
Col. Mike Brill, from the 419th Fighter Wing at Hill AFB will set another record next week when he is expected to become the first F-16 pilot to break the 6,000 flying hours mark.

Pakistan reduces order to 18 new F-16s

Wednesday, April 23, 2008
The Dawn newspaper is reporting that Pakistan has decided to halve the number of new F-16C/D block 52 jets it's buying from the US due to financial constraints.
If there was ever a question as to what the US Air Force has contributed to the Global War on Terrorism, it was answered this week.

1 million sorties flown for GWOT

Tuesday, April 22, 2008
At 6 a.m., it's another early Friday morning in Iraq as the two young men deployed from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, get ready to venture into harm's way yet again.

Indus Viper 2008 exercise started

Monday, April 21, 2008
Pakistani & Turkish F-16s are conducting a joint exercise named 'Indus Viper 2008' which began April 21st lasting for 10 days according to a press release from the PAF.
The Dutch air force will dispose of their controversial CBU-87 cluster bombs in accordance with the Oslo Process.
The 162nd Fighter Wing flew country music recording artist Joe Nichols in an F-16 Fighting Falcon from Tucson International Airport Thursday, April 17.

Leahy calls to save longest-flying F-16

Thursday, April 17, 2008
Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy is pushing to have the nation's longest-flying F-16 put on permanent display rather than cut up for scrap when it's retired from service.
A defense ministry official dismissed a report that the United States notified South Korea of a plan to pull an F-16 squadron out of the Korean Peninsula by the end of the year.

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