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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.
On 23 May 2006, two Greek F-16s intercepted a Turkish RF-4 reconnaissance aircraft and two F-16 escorts off the coast of the Greek island of Karpathos, within the Athens FIR. A mock dogfight ensued between the two sides, resulting in a midair collision [161] between a Turkish F-16 and a Greek F-16. The Turkish pilot ejected safely, but the ...
This is a list of aircraft carriers which are currently in service, under maintenance or refit, in reserve, under construction, or being updated. An aircraft carrier is a warship with a full-length flight deck, hangar and facilities for arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft. [1]
Fayid was then used by the Egyptian Air Force until the 1980s when the airfield was upgraded (with support from the USAF) to accommodate the most recent sale of F-16 aircraft to Egypt by the U.S. Transatlantic Programs Center (TAC). The new Fayid Air Base now accommodates the 86th and 88th Tactical Fighter Squadrons of the 282nd Tactical ...
Belgian Air Component F-16A FA-113, at Beauvechain Air Base, Belgium. The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is an American supersonic multirole fighter aircraft originally developed for the United States Air Force. It has since been adopted by numerous air forces worldwide, and has been in near-continuous production since 1974, totaling ...
The Netherlands and Denmark have led a push to train Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16s and deliver the fighter jets to Ukraine to help counter Russia's air superiority. Denmark will deliver 19 jets in ...
Japan's destroyer-turned-aircraft carrier recently concluded sea trials off California that put Lockheed's F-35B to the test. ... A landing signal officer watches as an F-35B lands on the flight ...
A weird, but promising, European coalition will train Ukrainians to fly American F-16s in the war against Russia. And now, the U.S. is also on board.