Jul 1, 2020 · On Jun. 30, 2020, the first F-16CM of the 31st Fighter Wing, the airframe 90-0709, assigned to the 510th Fighter Squadron “Buzzards”, has landed at Aviano Air Base, in northeastern Italy.

Jan 24, 2024 · U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Kylie Robey, 52nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron F-16 avionics apprentice, works to install a new active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar system...

In an air-to-surface role, the F-16 can fly more than 500 miles (860 kilometers), deliver its weapons with superior accuracy, defend itself against enemy aircraft, and return to its starting point. An all-weather capability allows it to accurately deliver ordnance during non …

These aircraft are called F-16C/D Block 52+ Advanced, but are known in the Hellenic Air Force as F-16 Block 52M (due to improved computing power for mission computer MMC).

Dec 6, 2024 · During this week, officials from Japan’s Ministry of Defense announced that plans are already underway to replace the F-16CM deployed by the United States Air Force (USAF) at Misawa Air Base with modern F-35A stealth fighters, which will be established as the long-term successor to the platform in the country.

Apr 27, 2023 · The U.S. Air Force has finally conceded that it cannot acquire stealthy F-35s fast enough, so they’ve now begun a service-life extension program on more than 800 of their approximately 900 F-16s, covering all but the very oldest, Block 25 models that entered service in the early 1980s.

Feb 9, 2016 · The F-16CM Fighting Falcon is a compact, highly-maneuverable fighter aircraft designed for air-to-air and air-to-surface attack. This high-performance weapon system is heavily used in combat operations all over the world today, and the jet's development can be traced back to the early 1970s.

The team's F-16CM Fighting Falcon, affectionately known as the "Viper," is a single-seat, multi-role fighter with the ability to switch between an air-to-ground and an air-to-air role at the touch of a button.

The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is an American single-engine supersonic multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force (USAF). Designed as an air superiority day fighter, it evolved into a successful all-weather multirole aircraft with over 4,600 built since 1976. [4] .

Sep 7, 2022 · The 480th Fighter Squadron is now the first active-duty Air Force F-16CM fighter squadron to bring their fleet of fighter jets into a new era of aerial dominance with the completion of its active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar system upgrades.