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Sujet: Re: F-16 around the world Mer 8 Juin 2011 - 19:17
quand je disais que j´ai vieilli alle je m´autobannis quelques minutes
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Sujet: Re: F-16 around the world Jeu 4 Aoû 2011 - 14:38
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Lockheed looks for extra F-16 orders
Production of the Lockheed Martin F-16 will begin to shut down or experience "significant gaps", unless the company secures new orders for the fighter by the end of the year.
Chief executive Bob Stevens said Martin is was still waiting on procurement decisions from Iraq and Oman and from the US government, on whether to sell new F-16s to Taiwan.
Although Lockheed has told customers it plans to stop production by the end of 2013, securing additional commitments is vital to the programme, he said.
"We have, at the same time, advised that if we don't receive firm commitments for additional F-16s on or about the end of this year, then the line will certainly begin to shut down, if not have a significant gap.
"I think that's caused a number of our global customers to evaluate their inventory needs," he added.
The company expects to deliver about 40 of the aircraft next year, with a large proportion of them assembled in Turkey by Tusas Aerospace Industries for the Turkish air force, under a 2007 deal for 30 F-16 Block 50+ fighters.
flightglobal.com
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Sujet: remarque Lun 8 Aoû 2011 - 20:34
le F 16 israélien a attiré mon attention puisque c'est celui qui se rapproche le plus du notre en matière de camouflage
ça promet une belle coopération comme d'habitude
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Sujet: Re: F-16 around the world Jeu 11 Aoû 2011 - 14:55
le F16 venge le Chinook
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USAF F-16 kills Talibans responsible for shot down helicopter
August 10, 2011 (by Lieven Dewitte) - An F-16 airstrike has killed the Taliban fighters believed responsible for shooting down a CH-47 helicopter, killing 38 people, NATO-led forces said. They ran but couldn't hide.
General John Allen, US forces commander in Afghanistan, said those responsible for firing at the Chinook helicopter on Saturday had been targeted on Monday by an F-16.
After an exhaustive manhunt, Special Operations forces located Mullah Mohibullah and the shooter after receiving multiple intelligence leads and tips from local citizens. The two men were attempting to flee the country in order to avoid capture.
The NATO statement said that security forces "located and followed the insurgents to a wooded area in Chak district. After ensuring no civilians were in the area, the force called for the airstrike which resulted in the deaths of the Mullah Mohibullah, the gunman, and several of their Taliban associates."
"We dealt with them in a kinetic strike," General John Allen said, which basically means they blew up the place.
Many of those killed in the helicopter crash were members of Seal Team Six, the elite special forces unit whose members undertook the May raid into Pakistan that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden.
The Chinook helicopter was sent to pursue insurgents fleeing a firefight with Army Rangers when in insurgents shot at it with a rocket-propelled grenade launcher.
http://www.f-16.net/news_article4407.html
Two USAF F-16C block 40s lead by #88-0452 from the 421st FS taxi at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan on September 10th, 2009. [USAF photo by MSgt. Jerry Morrison]
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Sujet: Re: F-16 around the world Sam 13 Aoû 2011 - 4:01