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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 19, 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

19 May 2000
WCMD and TARS fielded on the F-16.
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Quote of the Day

If you want to grow old as a pilot, you've got to know when to push it, and when to back off.

-- Chuck Yeager

F-16 Hall of Fame

Color Scheme Champion

BAF #FA-87
F-16A Block 20 MLU

Adorned with 2 sets of tail markings for the 50th anniversary of the Tiger Meet (left side) and 60th anniversary of 31 sqn (Right side). This marks the 4th time this airframe has been adorned with a special color scheme for the NATO Tiger Meet. This makes this airframe the overall 'color scheme champion' of all F-16s worldwide.

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F-16 Forum

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	8th FW F-16 crashes in South Korea (May ...	ruderamronbo
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	The comprehensive HG5 colorscheme topic	alfagolf
	Egyptian Air Force F-16 squadron patches	menno

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F-22 and F-35 Forum

	F-35 Lightning II vs Dassault Rafale	hkultala
	F-35 for Canada not needed?	ricnunes
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	Screensaver worthy F-35 Lightning II sho...	quicksilver
	F-35C ready carriers.	madrat
	Portugal Air Force Chief of Staff confir...	ricnunes
	F-35 vs China J-20 (or J-16)	disconnectedr...

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Military Aviation Forum

	Russia-Ukraine War 2022	aussiebloke
	GPS-denied environment solutions	Gums
	Israel-Hamas war 2023	basher54321
	AI generated airplanes	Lieven
	Aerospace Picture of the Day	jetblast16
	65th anniversary of the F-4 Phantom II	edpop
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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 "BALZ"

Belonged to a Viper driver with a last name of Benoit

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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
	3,000 Hrs 2023-07-26	Maj. Bambang "Sphinx" Aulia Yudhistira
	2,000 Hrs 2023-11-15	Lt.Col. Michal "Bongo" Zloch 6 ELT \| 3 ELT
	1,000 Hrs 2023-08-24	Capt. Wahyu "Skipper" Aditya Budiarta
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