Kabul -
A US F-16 was struck by enemy fire in eastern Afghanistan, military officials have confirmed to AFP, in a rare instance of an advanced fighter jet coming under a Taliban-claimed attack.
Following the crash of an Israeli F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Gaza the Israeli Air Force has grounded all of its combat aircraft.
An Israeli F-16 fighter jet has crashed into the Mediterranean Sea, with both it's pilots unhurt, after safely ejecting out of the jet before the crash.
The video, a footage from the 36th Fighter Squadron Flying Fiends, gives the perspective of a fighter pilot flying the F-16 fighter, the "Fighting Falcon." It shows the jet flying, doing stunts, fueling up in the air and even dropping bombs.
An Israeli fighter jet F-16 crashed last night n the Desert of the Negev during a military training in the sky of south Israel. The pilot and the navigator feared dead but it is not clear if the two had managed to eject themselves.
The Dutch are in the market for new fighter jets to replace their aging Lockheed Martin F16s. There are only two candidates: the Swedish Gripen, and the Joint Strike Fighter from the US. And under Dutch law, residents warn, the JSF may be too loud.
U.S. F-16 Fighting Falcon armed with AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM), AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles and an AGM-88 High Speed Antiradiation Missile (HARM).
