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Morris ANGB receives initial delivery of Slovak F-16 Blk 70s
The Morris ANGB is home to the Air National Guard’s premier F-16 fighter pilot training unit, the 162nd Wing, providing training for coalition war-fighting partners for the United States Air Force and international allies, which is why the Department of the Air Force selected Morris ANGB to receive up to nine Slovak-owned F-16 Block 70s. The first Block 70 aircraft arrived on June 13.
Spangdahlem Air Base F-16 reaches 10,000 flying hours
On Jun. 24, 2024 the F-16C Block 50C, designated as tail number #91-0358, reached 10,000 flying hours during a sortie at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany.
Wear and tear in pitch rate gyroscopes caused Singapore F-16 crash
Singapore's Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) has attributed the crash of one of their F-16s on 8 May to “degraded” gyroscopes. The F-16 crashed shortly after take-off from Tengah Air Base.
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F-16 fleet - Jul 15, 2024
Fleet overview:
scrapped: 204
write-off: 621
preserved: 162
stored: 581
instructional: 120
on order: 123
active: 2864
Changes '23/'24:
Fleet adds: 22
Fleet drop: 60
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1983
Delivery is made of 1,000th F-16 manufactured to Hill AFB, Utah.
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F-16A Block 20 MLU
In 1999, Maj. Peter Tankink scored the first post-WWII kill for the Royal Netherlands Air Force, shooting down a Yugoslav MiG-29 with an AIM-120A Amraam. A silhouette of a Fulcrum was painted just below the canopy rail.
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Latest Viper Drivers to reach 1K - 6K flying hours:
6,000 Hours 6,000 Hrs
2008-05-02
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| 466 FS | 421 FS  
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| 134 FS | 134 FS | 125 FS  
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| 151 Filo | 132 Filo | 132 Filo  
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