The F-16 Viper Demonstration Team of the United States Air Force (USAF) was among the highlights of the last month´s Feria Internacional Aeronáutica y Espacial de Colombia (the Colombian International Aeronautical and Space Fair), commonly […]
On Friday, 27th September 2024, the era of the Dutch Vipers will officially come to its end, after forty-five years of service. The Royal Netherland Air Force (Koninklijke Luchtmacht – RNLAF) is going to say […]
Thunder Tigers (a four-ship formation of F-16AM fighters – FA-136, FA-95, FA-102 and FA-126 of the Belgian Air Component), performing a flying display during the Belgian Air Force Days 2023, Kleine-Brogel, September 2023. The Thunder […]
On 29th March 2024, Koninklijke Luchtmacht (the Royal Netherlands Air Force – RNLAF) officially informed about the end of the Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) duties for the country´s F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft. In the […]
On 19th February 2024, the Belgian Air Component (Luchtcomponent / Composante air, still commonly referred to with its former designation, the Belgian Air Force – BAF) officially announced the end of the country´s ´F-16 Solo […]
The F-16 Fighting Falcon, commonly also known as Viper, have already appeared in several reports and articles published on our pages. Nevertheless, that aircraft holds a special place in aviation history, and we are far […]
On 28th March 2023, the first Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon Block 70 landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California, USA. The aircraft, manufactured for the Royal Bahraini Air Force, will be the subject […]
During the first days of March, display pilots of all four Air Combat Command (ACC) single-ship demonstration teams of the United States Air Force met together at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona. There, the […]
The United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron ´Thunderbirds´ has just opened its anniversary season with a winter training trip to New Mexico. Between 9th and 20th January, the team´s pilots practiced their show at […]
On 20th January 1974, during a high-speed taxi test with prototype of YF-16 fighter aircraft, its test pilot Phil Oestricher was forced to take-off to avoid a potential crash. The first, although unofficial, flight of […]
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