The Dubai Airshow 2025 opened with a strong display of American air power featuring the B-52 Stratofortress, F-35 Lightning II, F-16 Fighting Falcon and U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon.
L3Harris Technologies has advanced its Viper Shield electronic warfare suite into low-rate initial production after the system cleared a detailed Production Readiness Review.
The aircraft are being used at the European F-16 Training Centre (EFTC), established in part through a Dutch initiative, to train both Romanian and Ukrainian pilots.
The 48th Fighter Squadron from the 71st “General Emanoil Ionescu” Air Base in Câmpia Turzii, Romania, began NATO-led Air Policing missions on 20 October 2025.
Northrop Grumman has combined two advanced technologies—its Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite (IVEWS) and Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) AESA radar—to enhance the F-16 fighter jet’s survivability and lethality.
One of Ukraine’s top F-16 fighter pilots, call sign “AB,” shared insights into Ukraine’s evolving air war during an appearance at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies on 6 October.
Two additional Lockheed Martin F-16C/D Block 70 multirole combat aircraft landed on 3 October at the Third Air Base near Graf Ignatievo, Bulgaria’s Ministry of Defence has confirmed.
The Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic announced that two additional multirole combat aircraft Lockheed Martin F-16C/D Fighting Falcon Block 70 were welcomed at the 46th Wing Air Base in Kuchyňa-Malacky.
The U.S. Department of War has announced the signing of an agreement with Lockheed Martin to support the operation of Ukraine’s F-16AM/BM Fighting Falcon multi-role combat aircraft.
Türkiye is preparing to finalise multi-billion dollar aircraft agreements with Boeing and Lockheed Martin during President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s White House meeting with President Donald Trump on 25 September.
On 15 September, the US Department of State announced the approval of a request from the Peruvian authorities regarding a potential purchase of Lockheed Martin F-16C/D Fighting Falcon Block 70 multirole fighter aircraft.
Lockheed Martin has announced it will upgrade the Republic of Korea Air Force’s F-16 Block 52 flight simulators to reflect the capabilities of its modernised F-16 Viper (F-16V) aircraft.
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