UAE Block 60s Leave Tucson
3 November 2010
After a decade of F-16 training with Arizona Air Guardsmen, the UAE Air Force and the 162nd Fighter Wing celebrate the successful conclusion of their formal relationship.
Conformal Air Refueling Tank System
19 October 2010
The continuing evolution of the F-16 took another step forward in the fall of 2009 when a Fighting Falcon was aerial refueled from a probe-and-drogue refueling system for the first time.
FWIT 2010
20 August 2010
Pilots from the Netherlands, Norway, Belgium, Denmark, and Portugal sharpened their F-16 knowledge at Fighter Weapons Instructor Training. FWIT turns experienced F-16 pilots into weapons officers.
Peace Xenia IV
27 June 2010
This most recent Peace Xenia program involves the fourth purchase of F-16s by Greece.
Falcon Air Meet 2009
25 April 2010
The Royal Jordanian Air Force hosted its fourth annual Falcon Air Meet, or FAM, for two weeks last October at Mwaffaq Salti AB in Jordan.
In Memoriam—Harry Hillaker
1 July 2009
Lockheed Martin aerospace engineer and designer Harry James Hillaker died on 8 February at his home in Fort Worth, Texas. He was eighty-nine.
Peace Puma
15 November 2007
The Block 50 F-16s are the latest additions to the base and the most modern fighters in the Chilean Air Force. The first of ten aircraft arrived in January 2006.
Viper U At NAS Fallon
15 November 2006
The US Navy has been flying F-16s at NAS Fallon since early 2002 when the first of fourteen F-16s arrived (ten single-seat and four two-seat versions).
Block 60 F-16 Arrives In UAE
15 August 2005
The first ten Block 60 F-16s arrived in the United Arab Emirates in grand style on 3 May 2005 to a waiting crowd of government leaders, military officers, and distinguished guests.