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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 22, 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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Today in F-16 history

May 1975
First transatlantic flight by the YF-16, attending the 1975 Paris Air Show.

Quote of the Day

Flying is not dangerous; crashing is dangerous.

-- Unknown

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J-79 Testbed

USAF #75752
F-16B

Modified as F-16/79 with a General Electric J-79 engine. This engine was tested as a low-cost and lower-thrust alternative for non-NATO allies. The project never materialised because the standard Pratt & Whitney F-100 engine was made available to all who could pay for it under the Reagan Administration.

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F-16 Forum

	YF-16 video - Pilot report from 1974 wit...	basher54321
	F-16s for Ukraine	laos
	Singapore Air Force F-16 crashed on 08 M...	viper187
	8th FW F-16 crashes in South Korea (May ...	ruderamronbo
	Viper Demo Team secretly painted jet in ...	jetblast16
	JASDF F-2 Update	viperzerof-2
	The story of the U.S. Navy's F-16N - Vid...	Corsair1963
	Ohio ANG 180th FW mishap	Boman

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F-22 and F-35 Forum

	F-35 Lightning II vs Dassault Rafale	optimist
	F-35 for Canada not needed?	Corsair1963
	F-35 internal fuel, range	Corsair1963
	F-35B UK SRVL info - Updated when new/ol...	noth
	F-35 - The Italian Perspective	hornetfinn
	F-35C ready carriers.	Corsair1963
	Raptors at Kadena	Gamera
	Screensaver worthy F-35 Lightning II sho...	quicksilver

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Military Aviation Forum

	Most agile Eurocanard?	viperzerof-2
	Russia-Ukraine War 2022	Corsair1963
	Aerospace Picture of the Day	jetblast16
	Paging Bill Sweetman	Corsair1963
	Boeing F-15EX Eagle II	mixelflick
	65th anniversary of the F-4 Phantom II	mixelflick
	Main Battle Tanks: East vs West	hornetfinn
	Israel-Hamas war 2023	hkultala

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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 "Apex"

During F-16 FWIC, this guy was supposed to be a docile Red Air target for his fellow studs trying to pass the intercepts phase. However, he insisted on aggressively shooting at his fellow classmates and screwing up their intercepts. Thus "Apex", after the Soviet AA-7 missile.

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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
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	2,000 Hrs 2023-11-15	Lt.Col. Michal "Bongo" Zloch 6 ELT \| 3 ELT
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