Test teams from the U.S. Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy came together for a coordinated, multi-service flight test event known as Orange Flag last month.
Category: Air Force
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Misawa’s F-16 clocks 9,500 hours
A F-16C Block 50 assigned to Misawa Air Base, Japan has clocked more than 9,500 flight hours on Nov. 20. The 27 year old jet is older than many lieutenants and captains who fly “him.”
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brittany A. Chase
Israel to offer surplus F-16A/B/C/Ds to Croatia
Flight Global has shed light on how Israel plans to compete in Croatia’s MiG-21 replacement competition using a mix fleet of surplus F-16s.
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By Chris Lofting [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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Russian Su-30 rock USN P-8A with its afterburners
The Pentagon complained that a Russian Su-30 had carried out an unsafe intercept of a U.S. Navy P-8A on Nov. 25 over the Black Sea.
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RoCAF to rename Wings
The Republic of China Air Force (RoCAF) plans to transition from 3-digits to single-digits convention for its Wings next month.
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By 總統府 (01.07 總統專機升空後，空軍派遣4架F－16及2架IDF戰機護航) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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