BIG AVIATION REPORT

Wed, Oct 7, 2026, 09:52:57 MT

THE AVIATIONIST · DEFENSE

MOROCCO’S FIRST F-16 BLOCK 72 HAS FLOWN...

The aircraft, a two-seat F-16D, is not only the first of Morocco’s new Vipers to fly, but also the first new-build F-16 Block 72 to take to the air.

SCOTT: Watch the airframe and the training pipeline, not the parade footage. Programs live or die in the schoolhouse.

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