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Monday, 23 March 2015 17:15

Aviano Participates in Exercise Iron Hand

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 510th Fighter Squadron participate in exercise Iron Hand, March 4, 2015, at Aviano Air Base, Italy.

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Tuesday, 23 October 2012 16:00

Aviano Unveils First Locally Painted F-16

The 31st Maintenance Squadron unveiled Aviano's first locally-painted F-16 during a ribbon cutting of the new Corrosion Control Facility Oct. 19 located next to the static displays on Area F.

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Monday, 23 March 2015 13:00

Squeaky Clean Jet

U.S. Air Force crew chiefs from the 31st Maintenance Squadron washed an F-16 Fighting Falcon, March 17, 2015, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. Crew chiefs are responsible for washing Aviano's F-16s to help protect the aircraft from corrosion.Washing an aircraft takes approximately 4 to 6 hours for a minimum of three crew chiefs.

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Wednesday, 14 August 2013 12:00

Maintaining Aircraft Integrity One Coat at a Time

With a new state-of-the-art Corrosion Control Facility on Aviano, aircrafts are now serviced in-house for a quarter of the cost.

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Sunday, 22 March 2015 18:48

F-16s Head to Estonia for Training

Airmen and aircraft assigned to the 31st Fighter Wing departed Aviano Air Base, Italy, March 20, 2015 to participate in bilateral training with the Estonian air force and simultaneous but unrelated training with the Finnish and Swedish air forces in their airspace.

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Poland continues to build its relationship with the United States as both nations' air forces integrate their capabilities in a joint theater security cooperation event July 15-26, 2013.

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Friday, 20 September 2013 03:13

F-16CM 89-2050

While flying to an Operation Northern Watch mission on July 18, 2001, an engine failure brought the aircraft down. Captain Michael A. Nelson Jr. ejected safely at 10:09 hours at 11 miles east of Batman, Turkey at 2,000 feet. Rescue was by a HH-60G from 305th RQS. The pilot heared a loud bang followed by a buzzing noise only 35 minutes after take-off. RPM decreased and FTIT increased. He attempted 9 airstarts without success. The cause of the crash was a failure of the number 4 bearing assembly.

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Wednesday, 18 July 2001 00:00

USAF F-16 Aircraft Crashes in Turkey

A U.S. F-16 fighter jet heading for a patrol over northern Iraq crashed in Turkey on Wednesday after apparently suffering engine problems, the first U.S. warplane to go down in more than 200,000 flights over the no-fly zones.

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Sunday, 25 August 2013 00:00

Buzzards at Lask Air Base Poland

Raw footage of U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft taking off from Aviano Air Base, Italy. Six Aviano aircraft joined forces with Poland in a joint theater security training event. This marks the third rotation of U.S. aircraft that have supported the U.S. Air Force Aviation Detachment at Lask Air Base, Poland as part of a partnership-building initiative that began in October 2012. Video by Airman 1st Class Abbey Whittaker | 31st Fighter Wing Public Affairs

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Monday, 09 September 2013 00:00

Buzzards RULE!

Another awesome compilation video of the 510th EFS which was deployed to Bagram Airfield Afghanistan.  Video shows Pilot, Maintainers, Jets, Drop Videos...  AWESOME!

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