The F-16 first flew in 1974, and the US Air Force is now shopping for a brand-new brain to keep its Vipers relevant into the 2040s.

The F-16 Fighting Falcon has earned its legendary status over five decades of combat operations. But the aircraft rolling out of Eglin Air Force Base today carries a secret co-pilot — one that never ...

The U.S. Air Force is exploring a major expansion of the F-16’s strike reach by moving Castelion’s Blackbeard hypersonic ...

The NGMC programme aims to renew the F-16's computing architecture and pave the way for future upgrades so the type can remain operational over the coming decades.

It was the first time in many years that fighter jets were at Eareckson Air Station in an air defense role, NORAD said.

The U.S. Air Force will hold a two-day industry day October 20-21 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to brief companies on a new mission computer upgrade for its F-16 fighter fleet, according to a not ...

An Air Force Thunderbird F-16 crashed in 2025 when its engine blew up, as did a training jet in New Mexico in 2024. Investigators traced both mishaps to a "blind spot" inside the engine.

U.S. Air Force maintainers carefully stripped every usable part off of a damaged aircraft to help keep the Fighting Falcon flock in the air ...

The $128 million contract adds to a similar order last November aimed at modernising the US Air Force’s fleet of multirole Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters. The US Air Force (USAF) has ordered an ...

Get full access to The Daily Beast for $1 The aircraft had been due to make a high-school flyover on Friday. A U.S. F-16 fighter jet has crashed during a training drill in Michigan, after the Pentagon ...