Cracks on the canopy sill longerons are affecting the U.S. Air Force inventory of F-16s. An interesting article recently published by the 140th Wing Public Affairs exposes an issue affecting the ...
Capt. Taylor “FEMA” Hiester and Capt. Melanie “MACH” Kluesner became the new certified pilots of the F-16 Viper Demo Team and F-35A Lightning II Demo Team, respectively, during the Air Co...
The service decided to cancel the 2024 season and focus on the transition to the F-35. The Belgian Air Force unexpectedly announced on Feb. 19, 2024, that the F-16 Solo Display Team will not be ...
The F-16, assigned to the 8th Fighter Wing, experienced an in-flight emergency near Kunsan Air Base, South Korea. On Jan. 31, 2024, at around 08:41 AM LT, an F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the ...
President Joe Biden has urged U.S. lawmakers to approve the sale of F-16 aircraft to Turkey, after Ankara agreed to allow Sweden’s entry into NATO. U.S. President Joe Biden sent a letter to lea...
The U.S. F-16 fleet is undergoing the largest modification work in history with the Post Block Integration Team. Now that the F-16 is 50, it is fitting to talk about its future and how it The...
Among all videogames featuring the Viper, Falcon BMS and DCS World are the most accurate representations of the F-16, a civilian can get his/her hands on. The F-16 is one of the world’s most po...
Before flying the Viper operationally, pilots have to get through the nine-month B-Course which provides them with the Initial Qualification Training on the F-16. During its 50 years, the F-16 ha...
On Jan. 20, 1974, the YF-16 No.1 flew for the first time, although it wasn’t planned. Here is what happened over the next 50 years. Today, Jan. 20, 2024, marks half a century since the The ...
The two aircraft, together with the rest of the first ferry cell, will arrive in Slovakia by mid-2024. Lockheed Martin announced the formal delivery of the first two newly built F-16s Block 70 fo...
The Turkish Air Force Phantoms joined U.S. F-16s and other Italian assets for Exercise Poggio Dart 23 (PODA 23). On Dec. 15, 2023, the two-week combined NATO exercise Poggio Dart 23 (PODA23), org...
The F-16, belonging to the 8th Fighter Wing, crashed into the Yellow Sea off South Korea, during a routine training mission. On Dec. 11, 2023, at around 08.43AM LT, an F-16 Fighting Falcon jet, a...
F-16 Fighting Falcons of the RNLAF 312th Squadron took part in a readiness exercise at Volkel Air Base. On Dec. 8, 2023, the 312 Squadron of the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) held an impres...
The EFTC’s F-16s, which remain property of the Netherlands, will be used to train Ukrainian and Romanian pilots. The first batch of five F-16s flew to Romania earlier today to be assigned to th...
Two F-16s struck IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) sites in Syria. Early in the morning on Oct. 27, 2023, two U.S. F-16 combat aircraft conducted what the Pentagon called “self-defense s...