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Aviation History
1980
1980 - 0030.PDF
F-16s into service EXPERIENCE is growing. Of an Iranian ~f three air forces have accumulated more than 10,000hr. This month Den mark, Norway and Israel receive their first aircraft. Assembly Unes in produce about a dozen F-16s every the Netherlands and the US. In June 1975 General 650 aircraft in Jai t, with an order for 75 aircraft. The cancellation e F-16 enters service _, ., «».v ...itions in the space of a umulated year. inth Den- Within weeks of the first F-16 join- receive ing the 388th Tactical FighteriWing, ' lines in Hill Air Force Base, Utah, the first uilt aircraft was delivered ^^^^^^^^ ..„ first pair of* F-16s to the Boyal Netherlands Air >irs "PrtrrA Cin rw*-"*****'-. y" for the Royal Norwegian Air Force ies an- completed its maiden flight from lie Fokker's Schiphol plant. The aircraft it to will be handed over on January 25, -'- 1 about the same time the Royal Danish Air Force joins the F-16 club. F-16s igramme will not touch Israeli soil until later wit n this year, as pilots will first train in cellation the US. By GRAHAM WARWICK and HUGH LUCAS
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