F-16, F-22 and F-35 News
Lockheed Martin awarded contract to build F-16 Block 70s for Bahrain
Lockheed Martin received a $1.12 billion contract from the U.S. government to produce 16 new F-16 Block 70 aircraft for the Royal Bahraini Air Force.
Pentagon and Lockheed Martin deliver 300th F-35
The F-35 Joint Program Office and Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] delivered the 300th production F-35 aircraft, demonstrating the program's continued progress and momentum. The 300th aircraft is a U.S. Air Force F-35A, to be delivered to Hill Air Force Base, Utah.
Taiwanese F-16A crashes, pilot killed
On Monday, a Taiwanese F-16 pilot was killed as his jet crashed the mountains at the start of annual live-fire drills. The single-seat jet disappeared off the radar over mountainous terrain in the northeastern county of Keelung at 13.43h, half an hour after take off from Hualien Air Base.
F-16 Fleet Status
F-16 fleet - Jul 13, 2018
Fleet overview:
scrapped: 105
write-off: 600
preserved: 144
stored: 667
instructional: 105
on order: 0
active: 2954
Changes '17/'18:
Fleet adds: 7
Fleet drop: 24
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13 Jul 1984
First F-16C is delivered to USAF.
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First Block 60
UAEAF #3001
F-16F Block 60
The first of the advanced block 60 F-16s, specifically built for the United Arab Emirates Air Force. The aircraft features Conformal Fuel Tanks (CFTs), and a dorsal spine with a completely different set of avionics than a 'standard' F-16 making it the most advanced F-16 type developed so far. The jet wore civil registration N161LM for the first flight.
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F-22 and F-35 Forum
Can the F-35 match the PAK-FAjuretrn
Screensaver worthy Lightning shotsspazsinbad
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Military Aviation Forum
SU-57 deployed to Syriajuretrn
LCASD - the drone everyone's been clamor...popcorn
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Warner Robins new work load The Navy .wbh
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Callsign "nomax"

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Sierra Hotel
Latest Viper Drivers to reach 1K - 6K flying hours:
6,000 Hours 6,000 Hrs
2008-05-02

  Lt.Col. Mike "Brillo" Brill

| 466 FS | 421 FS  
5,000 Hours 5,000 Hrs
2014-01-04

  Lt.Col. Robert "T. Rex" Carpenter , Jr

| 162 FW | 148 FS | 1 sqn  
4,000 Hours 4,000 Hrs
2018-04-03

  Capt. "Sol"

Esk 727 | Esk 727 | Esk 727 | SAAB T-17 | AT-38  
3,000 Hours 3,000 Hrs
2017-12-08

  Lt.Col. Bryan "Crunch" Carlson

36 FS | 182 FS | 182 FS  
2,000 Hours 2,000 Hrs
2018-01-10

  Maj. David "Switch" Welt

62 FS | 480 FS  
1,000 Hours 1,000 Hrs
2017-07-27
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Crew Chief Profiles

 SMSgt Jerry Shank

 (added: 5 Jul 2018)
311 FS | 308 FS | 526 FS | 80 FS | 26 AS | 310 FS

 TSgt. William Surgeon

 (added: 29 Jun 2018)
4 FS

 A1C. Michael Wilson

 (added: 27 Jun 2018)
421 FS | 421 FS | 421 FS | 421 FS

 SSgt. Jon Sindell

 (added: 27 Sep 2007)
62 FS | 18 AGRS

 SrA. Paul Delgado

 (added: 10 Nov 2015)
36 FS | 36 FS | 480 FS | F-16 Phase
F-16 Unit
313 TFS "Lucky Puppies" (USAFE)