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F-35 test pilot shares what it's like to jump from flying an old F-16 to Lockheed Martin's newest 5th-gen stealth fighter

A test pilot who made the jump from the now fifty-year-old F-16 to the new F-35 stealth fighter told Business Insider that it is a wildly different experience. Think about the informational overload ...
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The F-16 Fighter’s Fountain of Youth: How Upgrades Keep the Falcon Flying

Key Points - The F-16 Fighting Falcon, a mainstay of the US Air Force and over 25 allied nations for nearly five decades, remains in high demand due to its blend of affordability, performance, and ...
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Ukrainian F-16 fighter pilots have had to dramatically change the way they fly after long flying Soviet jets, and it's a lot to overcome

They're being trained to fly a new plane but also to break habits from flying Soviet jets. An air-warfare expert says changing the pilots' muscle memory and reactions to crises is difficult. Ukraine's ...
The National Interest

A Viper Shield Will Keep the F-16 Fighting Falcon Flying High

The basics of the story come to us courtesy of reporter Vince Cockayne in a February 5, 2025, article for The Washington Times titled “Air Force conducts first F-16 flight using anti-electronic ...
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Ukraine said one of its F-16 pilots achieved a feat nobody flying the jet has managed before

Ukraine's air force command said the pilot took out six Russian cruise missiles in a single flight. Col. Yuriy Ihnat said it was the first time this had been recorded in the jet's history. Ukraine ...
The National Interest

Six F-16 Fighting Falcons Are Flying South for the Winter (and Staying There)

The Argentine Air Force has purchased six secondhand F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets from Denmark, following regulatory approval from the United States. The migratory distance from some falcons can ...
The Aviationist

Ukraine Confirms F-16 Pilot Killed In Action

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that Captain Pavlo Ivanov, aged 26, died on Apr. 12, 2025, during a combat mission flying an F-16 Fighting Falcon. In a statement on X/Twitter, President ...
AeroTime

Lockheed Martin completes F-16 Block 70 fleets for Bulgaria and Slovakia

Lockheed Martin has completed production of the initial F-16 Block 70 fleets for Bulgaria and Slovakia, boosting NATO ...
Fast Company

5 life lessons from a F-16 fighter jet pilot

Below, Michelle “MACE” Curran shares five key insights from her new book, The Flipside: How to Invert Your Perspective and Turn Fear into Your Superpower. Michelle spent over a decade as a fighter ...
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Video captures a Russian fighter jet dangerously ripping past a US F-16 during an intercept

A Russian Su-35 aircraft flew dangerously close to a US F-16 last week. It happened during an intercept near Alaska, according to North American Aerospace Defense Command. Footage and photos show the ...
Newsweek

Ukrainian F-16 Fighter Jet Shot Down in Zaporizhzhia, Russians Claim

Russian air defenses have reportedly downed an F-16 flying over southeastern Ukraine, marking a rare victory against Kyiv's NATO-supplied fighter jets. "An F-16 aircraft was shot down in the ...
Business Insider

Ukraine said one of its F-16 pilots achieved a feat nobody flying the jet has managed before

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