Lockheed Martin recently completed 25,000 hours of simulated flight time on an F-16C Block 50 aircraft. Further testing is being conducted to identify a definitive, safe flight hour limit for the aircraft.
France successfully test fired ASMPA from Rafale
France has successfully test-fired the Air-Sol Moyenne Portée-Amélioré (ASMP-A) nuclear air-launched cruise missile from the Rafale.
Photos: French Defense Ministry
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Thales trying to sell Damocles pod to India
Thales is running a sales campaign in India to getter the latter to buy its Damocles targeting pod for the IAF Mirage 2000 fighter as well as for the Rafale.
By Georges Seguin (Okki) (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Video of Hungarian AF pilot ejecting from his Gripen during belly landing
RAF Waddington 2016 airshow in doubt
There are concerns that the RAF Waddington airshow, cancelled in 2015, might not happen next year as well as the Royal Air Force is facing issuing refurbishing the runway.
Ian Simons [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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