DefenceTalkThe QF-16 full scale aerial target’s inaugural unmanned flight occurred Sept. 19. The 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron and Boeing Co. conducted the flight, which is the first step in a two year process to phase out the QF-4 full scale aerial target. “The QF-4 did a good job for many years, but it’s time to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/first-unmanned-qf-16-flight-takes-place-49179/

DefenceTalkNorthrop Grumman Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) will help extend the viability of the U.S. Air Force’s F-16 fighter aircraft beyond 2025 and help ensure the F-16 remains a vital component of the nation’s fighter force structure. Skip Wagner, director of International Business Development and Strategy for Northrop Grumman’s ISR and Targeting Systems Division, provided […]https://www.defencetalk.com/scalable-agile-beam-radar-will-extend-viability-of-f-16s-beyond-2025-49147/

DefenceTalkTwo months have passed since the F-16I Division was grounded following the crash last July, and now they have returned to flying. As part of a gradual process, last week, F-16I squadrons held their first training sessions at the Ramon airbase since the grounding. “It’s like an athlete who needs to get back into shape” […]https://www.defencetalk.com/israels-f-16i-fighter-squadrons-return-for-training-49090/

DefenceTalkSingapore Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen has announced the acquisition of MBDA Aster 30 medium-range air-defense missiles in a reply to a question in Parliament. The Aster will eplace the I-Hawks currently in service. The statement also described how the Aster 30s would fit into the island-state’s layered air defense. Ng also said […]https://www.defencetalk.com/singapore-to-buy-aster-30-missiles-upgrade-f-16-fighters-49076/

DefenceTalkGroundbreaking advancements to F-16 Fighting Falcon warfare training here arrived during the week of Aug. 12 through 16 in the form of a Joint Deployable Electronic Warfare Range, or JDEWR. The JDEWR is a weapon system that provides tactical-level training to participants in live training events. It’s implemented as a threat capable of submitting ground […]https://www.defencetalk.com/training-system-brings-fight-to-f-16-pilots-48870/

DefenceTalkThe United States has delayed plans to supply Egypt with an additional four F-16 fighter jets due to unrest gripping the country, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. “Given the current situation in Egypt we do not believe it is appropriate to move forward at this time with the delivery of F-16s,” spokesman George Little told […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-suspends-delivery-of-f-16s-to-egypt-pentagon-48562/

DefenceTalkLess than three months after the last F-4 phantom II departed from the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group for drone conversion, maintainers here are already turning the wrenches on Air Combat Command’s fourth generation of aerial targets, the F-16 Fighting Falcon. With AMARG’s entire F-16 regeneration team gathered to document the event on July […]https://www.defencetalk.com/f-16s-being-regenerated-into-drones-48504/

DefenceTalkThe United States could leave Patriot anti-missile batteries and F-16 fighter jets in Jordan following the end of Exercise Eager Lion, a Pentagon spokesman said here today. Jordan has requested the batteries, but Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has not yet reviewed it, Army Col. Steve Warren told reporters. Hagel is returning from NATO meetings in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/patriots-f-16s-may-remain-in-jordan-after-eager-lion-exercise-48034/

DefenceTalkThe United States will send a Patriot missile battery and F-16 fighters to Jordan for a military drill and may keep the weapons there to counter the threat posed by Syria’s civil war, officials said Monday. The Patriot missile launchers and F-16 warplanes “were approved for deployment to Jordan as part of Exercise Eager Lion,” […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-to-send-patriot-missiles-f-16s-to-jordan-for-drill-48025/

DefenceTalkThe Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress May 17 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Netherlands for the continuation of a Continental United States (CONUS) -based Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) F-16 Formal Training Unit (FTU)and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $191million. The Government of the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/the-netherlands-f-16-pilot-training-and-logistics-support-47835/