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Osan and Kunsan Air Bases Join Forces To Create "Super Squadron" With 31 F-16s
The 8th FW at Kunsan Air Base received last year its first upgraded F-16, as the aircraft is expected to fly well into the ...
Ukraine's F-16 Fleet Gets a Boost as NATO Ally Prepares New Batch of Jets
F-16s are expected to enhance Kyiv's ability to intercept Russian drones and helicopters, which back up Moscow's ground ...
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5 days and 2,000 flights: South Korea and US fighters in around-the-clock rehearsal
FA-50 Golden Eagles and KF-16s from the South Korean air force and A-10 Thunderbolt IIs and F-16 Fighting Falcons from the Air Force’s 8th and 51st fighter wings at Kunsan and Osan, respectively ...
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Ukraine’s F-16 jets intercept Russian missiles in apparent first
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia fired dozens of missiles and drones across Ukraine for a second day on Tuesday, including some that Ukraine’s president said were shot down by Western-supplied F-16 ...
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Ukrainian pilots fly F-16 warplanes in combat for first time in fight against Russia
WASHINGTON – Ukraine has begun using F-16 warplanes in combat as Russia has mounted a massive aerial assault on civilian infrastructure, according to a U.S. official. F-16s are the most ...
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3 Airmen Died at Kunsan Air Base Within Weeks of One Another, But the Service Is Mum on the Causes
Capt. Alvin Nelson, a spokesperson for the base, told Military.com in an emailed statement that "summer has been difficult ...
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Exclusive: Top Ukrainian pilot killed when US-made F-16 fighter jet crashed
A top Ukrainian pilot was killed when a US-made F-16 fighter jet crashed on Monday, just weeks after the long-awaited planes arrived in the country, a Ukrainian military source told CNN.
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U.S.-Made F-16 Crashed in Ukraine, Killing Pilot
Photo: Oleksii Samsonov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images A Ukrainian pilot was killed when his F-16 jet fighter crashed as he was helping to repel a massive Russian missile attack ...
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F-16 Fighter Barely Dodged 6 Surface-to-Air Missiles
On January 19, 1991, the U.S. Air Force executed the largest F-16 strike in history, targeting heavily defended Baghdad. Summary and Key Points: Desert Storm was a complex and logistically ...
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A-16: The U.S. Air Force 'Merged' the A-10 Warthog and F-16 Fighting Falcon
I learned something new about the F-16 recently. In the 1980s, the U.S. Air Force began setting aside F-16s that they would modify to provide Close Air Support (CAS) to troops on the ground. The ...
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L3Harris and Northrop Grumman Moving Ahead on F-16 Electronic Warfare Suites
L3Harris Technologies said that its site in Clifton, N.J., several weeks ago began the build of 166 AN/ALQ-254(V)1 Viper Shield ...
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Italian F-16 in details
The F-16 in the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force, ItAF). In order to answer to the many questions about the Italian F-16s people always ask me through the site, I’ve teamed up with ...