Pilot safely ejects from crash of Texas Air National Guard F-16 in northern Michigan
An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 149th Fighter Wing of the Texas Air National Guard crashed Thursday near Blair Township, in upper Michigan, the unit confirmed. The pilot ejected safely and has been recovered, the wing said in a statement from its headquarters at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The unit is in Michigan to take part in training at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center.
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The first thing the world saw was a tailfin. Scorched, standing upright in a burnt patch of Marib scrub, with the green and white of the Saudi flag still legible through the soot.
U.S. Air Force F-16s mark 45 years in Europe with AESA radar upgrades, dispersed operations and continued missions on NATO’s eastern flank
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Germany sending fighter jets to Latvia to protect election from drone incidents
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Lockheed Pitches Advanced F-16G To U.S. Air Force
Lockheed Martin is pitching an upgraded variant of the F-16, called the F-16G, to the U.S. Air Force to fill Fighting Falcon units that will age out of their existing fighters. Multiple sources told Aviation Week that the F-16G is an improved version of the latest Block 70 variant of the fighter. A source familiar with the aircraft says it will include conformal fuel tanks, 600-gal. wing tanks, both an infrared search and track and SNIPER targeting pods and a drag chute.
Defense Forces Shot Down a Russian Su-24 Aircraft in Crimea, According to the General Staff
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Poland to convene security meeting amid rising Russia tensions
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MQ-9 Reaper retired? The US Air Force is focusing on new projects
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NATO Is Scrapping Air Policing: Inside Standing Defense Plan 12000
We have transitioned away from air policing, and we have transitioned to air defense for some specific reasons. One is readiness. Air policing is a readiness decrementing mission that the alliance has done for years... Air defense means we have the right kit, multi-domain, to be able to be put in the right place based on indications, warnings, or real threats.
