The Oklahoma Air Logistics Center, Tinker AFB, Okla., has started work on its first service life extension program F110 engine. It’s a $600 million effort that will make F-16 engines “more reliable and easier to maintain,” Col. Henry Gaudreau, commander of the ALC’s 448th Hawk Propulsion Sustainment Group, tells the Tinker Take Off. SLEP program manager Dana Grilley says the F110 engines that power the F-16 are showing wear and life design issues after more than 20 years of service. The SLEP will replace core engine parts with ones that are more durable and safer for the single-engine aircraft. The plan, adds Gilley, is “not just a piece by piece fix, but a whole engine fix.”
NATO Scrambles Fighter in Newest Response to Russian Drones
Sept. 16, 2025
NATO scrambled its first fighter Sept. 13 under its new plan to bolster its defenses against Russian air incursions that was put into place after an array of Russian drones flew into Polish airspace last week, the officials from the alliance’s military command said.
