In the latest episode of his walkaround series, our friend Erik Johnston brought us a tour of the F-16C Block 50 with the Viper Demo Team’s pilot and commander, Major Garret “Toro” Schmitz.

F-16C Block 50 aircraft under construction. Photo: Lockheed Martin [Avionics Today 11-03-2015] Lockheed Martin has completed more than 27,000 hours of simulated flight time on an F-16C Block 50 ...

Tail “343” is the second F-16 in USAF inventory to achieve the 10K FH mark: the first the tail number #90-0808, a Block 50 F-16C flying with the 14th FS/35th FW out of Misawa AB, in Japan ...

March 31, 2010: Romania finally approved a two year old deal to buy 48 U.S. F-16 fighters for $4.5 billion. Half will be the latest model, the F-16C Block 50. The others will be used, and ...

Oman is seeking to buy 12 Lockheed Martin F-16C/D Block 50+ fighters powered by either Pratt&Whitney F100-PW-229 or GE F110-GE-129 engines. The request also includes APG-68(V)XM radars, Lantirn ...

The F-16C/D Block 70 is equipped with an engine that has 29,000 pounds of thrust, while the existing, upgraded Taiwanese F-16A/B jets, ...

FORT WORTH, Texas, Nov. 3 (UPI) --An extended flight-hour limit for F-16C Block 50 aircraft is to be determined by Lockheed Martin with data gathered through simulated flights. The data will help ...

The F-16C Block 50 was tested to 27,713 Equivalent Flight Hours (EFH) during 32 rounds of comprehensive stress tests at Lockheed Martin’s Full Scale Durability Test (FSDT) facility in Fort Worth ...

Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the maiden flight of the F-16 Fighting Falcon, which occurred on January 20, 1974. The 50 years of F-16 operations ...

L ockheed Martin announced that the first Bulgarian F-16C Block 70 has successfully flown for the first time on Oct. 22, 2024 ...

The F-16C — and it's two-seat trainer version, the F-16D — are the current models. The Air Force upgrades its planes incrementally in what they call "blocks." So a F-16C Block 25 is ...

Bulgaria has formally approved funding of an additional eight Lockheed Martin F-16C/D Block 70 fighter jets at a cost of $1.3 billion.. The new investment, which also includes related weaponry, will ...