Today in History

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December 2003
Block 60 F-16 makes first successfull flight.

 

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December 2005
Chile orders 18 second-hand F-16s from the Netherlands.

 

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December 1, 1992
Greece orders 40 F-16s (Peace Xenia II).

 

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December 3, 1975
Loaded first assembly fixture.

 

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December 4, 1991
Thailand orders 18 F-16s (Peace Naresuan III).

December 4, 1996
USAF F-16s pass 5 million flying hours.

 

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December 6, 1990
Portugal orders 20 F-16s (Peace Atlantis I) becoming the 17th customer.

 

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December 7, 1989
2,500th worldwide F-16 is delivered.

 

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December 8, 1976
Maiden flight of the first FSD F-16A (#75-0745).

 

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December 10, 1988
Block 50 development is authorized after first Block 40 F-16 is delivered.

 

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December 11, 1978
First flight of the first Belgian built F-16 (#FB-01) with SABCA test pilot Serge Martin at the controls and GD test pilot Neil Anderson riding in the backseat.

December 11, 1988
Pakistan orders 11 F-16s (Peace Gate III).

 

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December 12, 1987
Thailand orders 12 F-16s (Peace Naresuan I) becoming the 16th customer.

December 12, 1997
A Danish F-16B MLU assigned to the F-16 Combined Test Force successfully launches an AIM-120 AMRAAM.

 

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December 13, 1973
Rollout of prototype YF-16 Number One, #72-1567, at General Dynamics' Fort Worth facility.

December 13, 2005
Greece orders 30 F-16s (Peace Xenia IV).

 

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December 15, 1986
USAF F-16 fleet exceeds one million flight hours.

 

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December 16, 1981
South Korea orders 40 F-16s (Peace Bridge I) becoming the 8th customer.

 

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December 17, 1985
EAF accepts first F-16 from Peace Vector II order.

December 17, 1985
First production F-16C block 32 (#84-1332) is delivered to the EAF.

December 17, 1997
RJAF accepts first F-16 from Peace Falcon I order.

December 17, 1980
First flight of the F-16/101 development aircraft.