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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 40 years of F-16 production there.
Ret. Col. John Venable, a 25-year veteran of the US Air Force and a former F-16 pilot, told BI that the pilot's alertness and quick response "says a lot" about "the capabilities of the Ukrainian ...
Ukraine said that an F-16 pilot took out six Russian cruise missiles in a single flight, setting a record for the American-made fighter jet.
The SCAMP design team in late 1977, starting left: Harry Hillaker, Andrew Lewis, Kenny Barnes, Jim Gordon. Shortly after winning the lightweight fighter program, General Dynamics Fort Worth began investigating possible F-16 derivatives with the goal of enhancing both air-to-air and air-to-ground mission capabilities while retaining parts commonality with the F-16A. [1]
A US Air Force F-16 fighter jet lands at an airbase in Ben Guerir, about 58 kilometers (36 miles) north of Marrakesh, during the "African Lion" military exercise on June 14, 2021.
The first F-16 squadron was the 53rd Fighter Squadron at the 86th Airbase in Fetești. [47] In March 2019, the Romanian Ministry of Defence launched the procedure to procure an additional 36 F-16 aircraft. [48] In April 2019, the Romanian Ministry of Defence announced the Romanian Air Force would procure an additional five F-16s from Portugal.
A “small number” of Ukrainian pilots began F-16 training in the US this week, according to an Air Force spokesperson.
On 19 September 2013, an empty F-16 jet tested by Boeing and US Air Force, two US Air Force pilots controlled the plane from the ground as it flew from Tyndall Air Force Base, Panama City, Florida. [165] Boeing suggested that the innovation could ultimately be used to help train pilots, providing an adversary they could practice firing on.