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U.S. Air Force Maj. Taylor “FEMA” Hiester, F-16 Viper Demonstration Team commander and pilot, performs aerial maneuvers in a U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon during an air show at Latrobe, Pennsylvania, June 21, 2025. The F-16, a multi-role fighter aircraft capable of both air-to-air and air-to-ground combat, demonstrates its versatility through dynamic aerial demonstrations at air shows across the globe. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Steven Cardo)

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NATO Is Scrambling Eurofighters and F-16s to Chase Down Cheap Drones, and It Cannot Afford to Keep Doing It

Flying low enough to hide behind terrain and the curve of the Earth, small drones can be deep inside NATO territory before anyone sees...

Jack Buckby2 days ago

Two F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets assigned to the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron “Thunderbirds” perform an aerial demonstration during the Aviation Nation 2022 airshow at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Nov. 4, 2022. The Thunderbirds perform maneuvers that test and showcase what is required from every combat aviator. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Josey Blades)

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‘Shoot the Archer’: There Might Be Only One Way for Ukraine to Stop Putin’s Deadly Missile Attacks and it Involves F-16 Fighters

Reuben F. Johnson relays retired Admiral Mark Montgomery's argument, made in the Washington Post, that Kyiv must move from deflecting Russian missiles to shooting...

Reuben JohnsonAugust 4, 2026

Ukraine War

Russia Fired More Than 70 Missiles at Ukraine in a Single Night — and Kyiv’s Thinning F-16 Shield Just Lost Another Jet

Five confirmed losses. Roughly 38 flyable jets. A missile shortage that keeps getting worse. The pilot survived this crash — but Ukraine's air shield...

Isaac SeitzJuly 30, 2026

A Polish F-16 pilot awaits instructions from his crew chief after completion of a Baltic Air Policing sortie at Šiauliai Air Base, Lithuania, Aug. 30, 2017. The Polish air force recently relinquished control of the NATO Baltic Air Policing mission to the U.S. Air Force for the forty-fifth rotation of allied protection of the sovereign skies of the Baltic region since Baltic Air Policing operations began in 2004. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Tech. Sgt. Matthew Plew)

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A Russian Cruise Missile Just Smashed Into NATO Territory and That Can Only Mean Trouble Is Coming

A Russian cruise missile came down in an uninhabited Polish field during Moscow's overnight barrage, and NATO and Poland activated their defences. No injuries...

Jack BuckbyJuly 30, 2026

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NATO Has a Problem: The Drones Keep Coming — and Every Shootdown Raises the Risk of Miscalculation

Romania shot down a third unauthorized drone in three days on July 26, its F-16s destroying the latest over the Black Sea as President...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 26, 2026

Ukraine War

NATO Just Sent an F-16 Fighter Jet To Shoot Down a Mystery Drone — and Refuses to Say Which Country Launched It

Romanian F-16s, backed by Italian Typhoons on NATO air policing, tracked an unidentified drone for over an hour before shooting it down near Buzau...

Brandon WeichertJuly 24, 2026

Edwards AFB F-16C 88-456 with its special 50th Anniversary Fighting Falcon tail flash flies over the desert of Southern California. This Viper is assigned to the 416th Flight Test Squadron, flown by outgoing 416th FLTS Commander Lt. Col. Michael Pacini on his last flight with the Skulls. (Air Force photo by Todd Schannuth)

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The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Told Senators an F-16 Downed a Russian Fighter, and Named Nothing Else at All

General Dan Caine told senators that a Ukrainian F-16 recently shot down a Russian fighter, without identifying the aircraft, weapon or location. His account...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 24, 2026

Ukraine War

Ukraine Set a Trap with an F-16 Flying as Bait — and Russia’s Workhorse Fighter Flew Straight Into the Kill Zone

Ukraine downed a Russian Su-35 over Kursk in what officials describe as an integrated trap — an F-16 flying a decoy bombing pattern to...

Reuben JohnsonJuly 14, 2026

Sky Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment engaged targets with the Carl Gustaf 84mm weapon system in Grafenwoehr, Germany September 8, 2018 during Saber Junction 18. Exercise Saber Junction 18 is a U.S. Army Europe-directed exercise designed to assess the readiness of the U.S. Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade to execute unified land operations in a joint, combined environment and to promote interoperability with participating allies and partner nations.

Ukraine War

‘Serious Shortage’: Ukraine Just Ran Low on Patriot Interceptors — and Not One Russian Ballistic Missile Was Stopped Over Kyiv

Russia's latest mass attack on Kyiv killed at least 15 civilians as Ukraine's Air Force warned of a "serious shortage" of interceptor missiles. OSINT...

Isaac SeitzJuly 6, 2026

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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

NATO Is Scrambling Eurofighters and F-16s to Chase Down Cheap Drones, and It Cannot Afford to Keep Doing It

Ukraine War

‘Shoot the Archer’: There Might Be Only One Way for Ukraine to Stop Putin’s Deadly Missile Attacks and it Involves F-16 Fighters

Ukraine War

Russia Fired More Than 70 Missiles at Ukraine in a Single Night — and Kyiv’s Thinning F-16 Shield Just Lost Another Jet

Ukraine War

A Russian Cruise Missile Just Smashed Into NATO Territory and That Can Only Mean Trouble Is Coming

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

NATO Has a Problem: The Drones Keep Coming — and Every Shootdown Raises the Risk of Miscalculation

Ukraine War

NATO Just Sent an F-16 Fighter Jet To Shoot Down a Mystery Drone — and Refuses to Say Which Country Launched It

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Told Senators an F-16 Downed a Russian Fighter, and Named Nothing Else at All

Ukraine War

Ukraine Set a Trap with an F-16 Flying as Bait — and Russia’s Workhorse Fighter Flew Straight Into the Kill Zone

Ukraine War

‘Serious Shortage’: Ukraine Just Ran Low on Patriot Interceptors — and Not One Russian Ballistic Missile Was Stopped Over Kyiv

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