The F-16 Fighting Falcon was originally designed to be a daytime air superiority fighter, but over the decades of its service life, it has evolved into an all-weather, multi-role attack platform. The first F-16 rolled off the manufacturing line in 1976, and ultimately more than 4,500 aircraft followed it.
During the design of the F-16, some elements of other aircraft, including the F-15 and F-111, were incorporated to enhance it and “reduce its size, purchase price, maintenance costs, and weight,” according to the Air Force.
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The commander of the Army Corps of Engineers Little Rock District was relieved from his position Thursday in a seemingly politically charged firing that two members of Congress and a Trump administration official implied was tied to a local dispute over waterfront homes on a Missouri lake.
The Army announced Thursday the firing of Col. Patrick Caukin, a Corps of Engineers district commander. Unusually for a command relief announcement, the Army statement did not name Caukin, but a spokesperson for the Little Rock District confirmed his identity to Task & Purpose.
The U.S. agency responsible for providing intelligence on foreign militaries is reaching out to industry in its pursuit of new capabilities to test, evaluate, verify and validate new AI technologies.
The outreach came in a request for information from the Defense Intelligence Agency released earlier this week.
The UK is committing £200m to prepare British
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The US State Department approved a potential Foreign Military Sale to Kuwait for sustainment and technical support of Patriot systems.
The European Commission approved defence investment plans for eight EU Member States to access low-cost loans to boost military capabilities.
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The Army’s top civilian leader said that the service will “kill NIPR” at multiple locations — likely starting next month — in an experiment to see if commercial internet solutions would be more effective.
Speaking to soldiers at a town hall at Fort Drum, New York, on Monday, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll said “we’re going to bring you down to the commercial internet and we think it will solve all sorts of problems.” If the evaluation is successful, the Army will scale it across the service, he added.