USAF F-16 SLEP program reaches milestone as first aircraft rolls off shop floor

The US Air Force's Ogden Air Logistics Complex reached a major milestone in extending the life of one of the service’s most tested and flown multi-role fighter fleets. An Air Force Thunderbird jet is the first of what will be roughly 300 refurbished C and D model F-16’s that will roll off the shop floor of the 573rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron here after receiving multiple structure-strengthening modifications. Read more

A Thunderbird F-16 jet is towed out of a hangar April 26, 2018 at Hill Air Force Base, Utah
(Credit: U.S. Air Force/R. Nial Bradshaw)