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With the evolution of sales under Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contracts, many other air forces have also acquired F-16s. Most nations that have bought F-16s continue to use them as of 2010. The F-16 is still in demand today, and many air forces are looking to replace aging inventories with F-16s.
To make more room for assembly of its newer F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft, Lockheed Martin moved the F-16 production from Fort Worth, Texas to its plant in Greenville, South Carolina. [3] Lockheed delivered the last F-16 from Fort Worth to the Iraqi Air Force on 14 November 2017, ending
81-0686 – On display at the Linear Air Park, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. Previously displayed at Terre Haute Air National Guard Base, Indiana. [98] 81-0687 – Gate guard at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. [99] 81-0721 – MacDill AFB Memorial Park, MacDill AFB, Florida.
Holloman Air Force Base will be the permanent home to 26 F-16 fighter jets that have been housed at the air base since 2017, and potentially more.
An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the District of Columbia Air National Guard’s 121st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron taxis on the flight line on December 15, 2016, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.
The 149th Fighter Wing (149 FW) is a unit of the Texas Air National Guard, stationed at Kelly Field Annex, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas.If activated to federal service, the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command.
Texas’ Operation Lone Star, which began in March 2021, is a state-controlled border mission directed by Gov. Greg Abbott. Because the National Guard members are under gubernatorial control, they ...
Just before the Kosovo war started in March 1999, the first MLU aircraft were sent over to Italy. During that war, twelve F-16s of 349 sqn dropped live GBU-12 weapons. At that time the fighters were based at Amendola AFB in the south of Italy. After the conflict the number of F-16s decreased until the last F-16 returned home in 2001.