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It is much smaller and lighter than its predecessors but uses advanced aerodynamics and avionics, including the first use of a relaxed static stability/fly-by-wire (RSS/FBW) flight control system, to achieve enhanced maneuver performance. Highly agile, the F-16 was the first fighter aircraft purpose-built to pull 9-g maneuvers and can reach a ...
Ukraine said on Thursday it had received a first batch of French Mirage 2000 fighter jets as well as U.S.-made F-16 fighters from the Netherlands as European allies seek to strengthen Kyiv's hand ...
The F-16 training coalition is an international coalition formed on 11 July 2023 during the Vilnius Summit with the task of training F-16 pilots, technicians, and support personnel for the Ukrainian Air Force.
Built by Lockheed Martin, the F-16s had been on Ukraine's wish list for a long time because of their destructive power and global availability. They are equipped with a 20mm cannon and can carry ...
F-16s will allow Ukraine’s military to squeeze more performance out of such systems, said Brynn Tannehill, a former U.S. Navy pilot who helped train U.S. Air Force F-16 pilots.
Ukraine needs at least 130 F-16 fighter jets to neutralize Russian air power, Ukrainian officials say. F-16s can fly up to twice the speed of sound and have a maximum range of more than 2,000 ...
A Ukrainian F-16 pilot may have pulled off a feat no one flying the jet has achieved before. Ukraine's Air Force Command said the pilots took out six Russian cruise missiles in a single flight.
The F-16 is a combat-proven American-made fourth-generation fighter that is in use across NATO. A batch of the jets were recently delivered to Ukraine to aid its fight against Russia, but building ...