Today in History

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November 8, 1977
F-16 prototype launches all-weather AIM-7F Sparrow missiles.

November 8, 1982
The second F-16XL (#75-0747 (double seat)), arrives at Edwards AFB.

November 8, 1999
EAF accepts first F-16 from Peace Vector V order.

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November 9, 1983
PAF accepts first F-16 from Peace Gate II order.

 

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November 10, 1998
TUAF accepts first F-16 from Peace Onyx III order.

 

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November 13, 1980
First production F-16B block 10 (#79-0420) is delivered to the USAF.

November 13, 1999
The 324th and last license-built F-16 rolls of the Turkish Aircraft Industries production line.

 

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November 14, 2003
LMTAS and the Israeli Air Force unveil the new F-16I Sufa at Fort Worth.

 

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November 15, 1988
HAF accepts first F-16 from Peace Xenia I order.

 

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November 16, 2002
USAF pilot Michael J. Brillo Brill is the first to reach 5,000 hours on the F-16.

 

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November 18, 2004
Thailand receives 7 second-hand F-16s from Singapore.

 

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November 21, 1994
USAF and RNlAF F-16s participate in a 30-aircraft strike against Udbina AB in Balkans, marking the largest NATO air strike to date.

November 21, 2005
Jordan orders 3 second-hand F-16s from the Netherlands.

 

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November 22, 2003
Lockheed Martin holds an informal roll out of the F-16 Block 60.

 

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November 25, 1996
USAF F-16 fleet records lowest single-engine fighter mishap rate in U.S. Air Force history, logging a Class A mishap rate of 2.15 accidents per 100,000 flying hours over a total of 377,000 flying hours for FY 1996.

 

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November 27, 1992
An F-16 of the Venezuela air force shoots down an AT-27 during the Air Force coup.

November 27, 2002
CFT testing completed.

 

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November 29, 1999
RSAF accepts first F-16 from Peace Carvin III order.

November 29, 2001
F-16s from the 389th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron use GBU-31 JDAMs in Operation Enduring Freedom, marking the first combat use.

 

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November 30, 1991
PAF accepts first F-16 from Peace Gate III order, but the aircraft are embargoed.

November 30, 1998
Portugal orders 25 F-16s (Peace Atlantis II).

November 30, 1992
First production F-16D block 52 (#90-0839) is delivered to the USAF.

 

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December 1998
Worlwide F-16 fleet exceeds eight million flight hours.