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January 9, 2001
Retirement of AFTI/F-16 #75-0750, after nearly 23 years of service, at the time the second oldest F-16 still flying.
 
January 10, 1985
U.S. Navy selects F-16N as its adversary flight training aircraft. Initial buy is 14, with follow-on for 12 more.
 
January 17, 1980
RDAF accepts first F-16.

January 17, 1991
Start of Operation Desert Storm, the first combat deployment for USAF F-16s. F-16s perform 25 percent of strike sorties (300-400 daily) throughout the war, totaling 13,500 sorties.
 
January 19, 1991
F-16s participate in the first day-light raid of Operation Desert Storm and attack targets in Baghdad. Two F-16s from the 614th TFS are lost, and the pilots taken prisoner.
 
January 20, 1974
Unintentional first flight of the first YF-16 (#72-1567), a short hop around the pattern at the hands of test pilot Phil Oestricher.
 
January 23, 1979
USAF's 388th Tactical Fighter Wing at Hill AFB, Utah, is the first unit anywhere to receive the F-16 Fighting Falcon.
 
January 25, 1982
Egyptian Air Force accepts first F-16 from Peace Vector I order.

January 25, 1991
Bahraini F-16s fly their first mission in Operation Desert Storm, and begin offensive operations on the following days.

January 25, 1991
Egyptian Air Force acepts first F-16 from Peace Vector III order.
 
January 26, 1979
BAF accepts first F-16 produced by a European assembly line (#FB-01).

January 26, 1985
Ramstein AB, West Germany, (USAFE) becomes 28th base worldwide for F-16, first overseas for F-16C/D.
 
January 27, 1983
Maiden Flight of the first of 20 Dutch F-16A(R) aircraft equiped with the Orpheus Recce pod.
 
January 28, 1997
The first two F-16 Block 50 aircraft for Greece (a C and a D model from the Peace Xenia II program) roll out of the factory at Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems.
 
January 29, 1977
USAF announces plans for an additional 783 F-16s.

January 29, 1988
BAF accepts first F-16 of follow-on order.

January 29, 1988
RSAF accepts first F-16 from Peace Carvin I order.
 

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