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• Morocco Completes F-16 Order

  
  Defense Procurement News — Authority: 143
  Two years ago the North African nation of Morocco selected the F-16 Fighting Falcon to be the basis of their new fighter force. They awarded an initial contract in 2008 for the twenty-four aircraft to Lockheed Martin. Now they announced the rest of the money will be paid . The total contract is worth over a ...
  5 days ago

• Lockheed Martin wins $841.9M deal for F-16 jets

  
  The Washington Post — Authority: 952
  WASHINGTON -- Lockheed Martin Corp. was awarded an Air Force contract worth up to $841.9 million to supply 24 F-16 Fighting Falcon jet fighters and related equipment for the government of Morocco, the Defense Department said on Tuesday.
  6 days ago

• Snow keeps Hill fleet grounded - for a while

  
  News — Authority: 165
  HILL AIR FORCE BASE -- In order for pilots to fight the enemy in the air, snow removal crews must fight the elements on the ground. read more
  1 week ago

• Petraeus: UAE Air Force Could Take Out Iran’s

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 154
  Josh Rogin finds this video of Gen. David Petraeus, at a security conference last week in Bahrain, publicly speculating about an airpower confrontation between the United Arab Emirates and Iran. I am not exactly sure why he’s doing this, nor do I know what the context is, so I’ll just pass along the video ...
  1 week ago

• US F-16 performs emergency landing in Rome Fiumicino airport

  
  David Cenciotti's weblog - the most visited Italian Aviation Blog — Authority: 414
  On Dec. 16, 2009, a US F-16CG (88-0444/AV) belonging to the 510 FS of the 31 FW c/s “Buzzard 54″ performed an emergency landing in Rome Fiumicino airport as a consequence of an engine failure experienced while the aircraft was flying within a formation of 4 F-16s abeam Italy’s capital town, above the Tyrrhenian ...
  1 week ago

• What the Health Care Debacle Teaches About the future of US-Taiwan Relations

  
  The View from Taiwan — Authority: 502
  Every great magic trick consists of three parts or acts. The first part is called "The Pledge". The magician shows you something ordinary: a deck of cards, a bird or a man. He shows you this object. Perhaps he asks you to inspect it to see if it is indeed real, unaltered, normal. But of course... it probably isnt. The ...
  1 week ago

• Obama administration will proceed with arms sales to Taiwan despite recent protests from China

  
  Alert 5 - Military Aviation News — Authority: 148
  The de facto American ambassador to Taiwan says the Obama administration will proceed with arms sales to the island despite recent protests from China officials.Raymond Burghardt added that Taiwans request for F-16s was "under study."
  1 week ago

• F-16 Glass

  
  simFlight.COM Flight Simulation News Source — Authority: 141
  Say what !? Flight-Dynamix is selling beer glasses with F-16 ’s on them? Nope. They’re offering a cockpit add-on for F-16 builders. This is an “….. add-on program for MS FSX  that allows you to display a functional, interactive, hi-res bitmapped cockpit display of the F-16C Fighting Falcon. The F-16Glass ...
  2 weeks ago

• Thunderbirds officials announce 2010 Airshow schedule

  
  DefenceTalk | Defense & Military News - Forums - Pictures - Weapons — Authority: 560
  NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE: Officials from the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, "Thunderbirds," here announced its 2010 airshow schedule. The teams 57th show season is scheduled to take them to more than 65 shows in 27 states and Canada. Lt. Col. Case Cunningham will join the team as commander and leader for ...
  2 weeks ago

• F-16 lays golden egg for Dutch farmer?

  
  The DEW Line — Authority: 595
  This story is why blogs were invented. A Dutch farmer last year received a claim for 3,500 Euros ($5,175) from the Ministry of Defense. Why, you may ask? Because the noise from an F-16 so confused the farmers cockatoo that the Malaysian member of the parrot family ate its own egg, the Telegraaf newspaper ...
  2 weeks ago

• Image of the Week: Royal Netherlands F-16

  
  Flight Image of the Day — Authority: 429
  This weeks Image of the Week (featured on page 3 of Flight International ), is taken by AirSpace user Joris van Boven . It depicts a Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16 taking off from Vokel Air Force Base during a demonstration test flight. Start a gallery on AirSpace for your chance at having your ...
  3 weeks ago

• Spun-up

  
  Snakeye's Frag — Authority: 112
  I really don’t have fond memories of going through the centrifuge when I had to do it 7 years ago prior to flying F-16s.  For those that don’t know what the centrifuge is, imagine that circus ride that spins around and sticks you to the wall as the floor drops… now imagine doing that while you’re sitting up ...
  3 weeks ago

• Taiwan leader presses US on fighter jets

  
  DefenceTalk | Defense & Military News - Forums - Pictures - Weapons — Authority: 560
  Taipei: Taiwan Tuesday urged the United States to sell the island F16 fighter jets to ensure its security, as a senior American envoy said a deal could not be ruled out during the Barack Obama administration. Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou made the case for the aircraft in a meeting with Raymond Burghardt, a top US ...
  4 weeks ago

• American official: Taiwan needs to be patient on F-16 deal

  
  Alert 5 - Military Aviation News — Authority: 148
  American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Chairman Raymond F. Burghardt said Taipei should be patient while waiting for Washingtons decision to sell F-16 fighters."No-one has ever rejected the idea of selling F-16s to Taiwan, nor has there ever been a formal decision that yes, we will do so. So we will see, " said Burghardt.
  4 weeks ago

• Miiltary, Congress & F-16s

  
  The View from Taiwan — Authority: 502
  Truth in advertising. FAPA says that another bill on F-16s has been introduced in the US Congress: One day after President Obama concluded his China trip and after the introduction of H.R.4102 in Congress of legislation highlighting the stalled U.S. arms sale to Taiwan, Texas Congressman Joe Barton (Republican) ...
  5 weeks ago

• Prescient commentary on F-35

  
  Sky Talk — Authority: 132
  In a column  posted on Huffington Post, Winslow Wheeler, director of the Straus Military Reform Project at the Center for Defense Information, reprises a long ago commentary on the political finagling that led to the Joint Strike Fighter. The August 2000 commentary  (The JSF: One More Card In The House) by ...
  5 weeks ago

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