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ESPN gets less sports-centered Cabler to broaden its field with more series, telepix By JOHN DEMPSEY Less hockey and baseball. More original movies and series. That's one big equation on the mind of Mark Shapiro, executive VP of programming and production for ESPN, who's gung ho about broadening the audience for ESPN by reaching beyond the stereotypical potbellied sports nut, stretched out in his undershirt on a Barcalounger with a can of beer in one hand and a remote in the other. ESPN and ESPN2 aimed the National Hockey League games it carried from 1999 through 2004 squarely at this...

DEBLIN, Poland, Apr 18, 2003 (AP WorldStream via COMTEX) -- Poland on Friday signed a deal to buy 48 U.S.-made F-16 jet fighters for US$3.5 billion, the biggest defense contract by a former Soviet bloc country since the end of the Cold War. Along with the purchase of planes from Lockheed Martin Corp., Polish and U.S. officials concluded an agreement for U.S. investment in Poland, business deals with Polish manufacturers and transfer of technology that the government valued at a minimum of US$7.5 billion. With its complexity, scope and promise of economic benefits for the former communist nation, the package...

US F-16 fighter jet crashes From correspondents in Seoul September 9, 2003 A UNITED States airforce F-16C fighter jet crashed off South Korea's south-western coast today and the pilot aboard was missing, a US military spokesman said. The F-16C Fighting Falcon, assigned to the 35th Fighting Squadron based in the US airbase in Kunsan city crashed about 10:05 am (11:05 AEST), 90km south-west of the Kunsan airbase, the spokesman said. At the time of the incident, the plane was on a routine training sortie, he said. "The condition of the pilot was unknown at this time," he said, adding a...

9/19/2003 - HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii (AFPN) -- Air Force investigators determined an F-16 Fighting Falcon crashed after at least one Spot-billed Duck was ingested into the engine, resulting in catastrophic engine failure, according to a report released Sept. 18. The May 29 crash happened off the end of the runway at Osan Air Base, South Korea. The mishap pilot was the wingman in a two-ship formation on a night-training mission at the time of the accident. The pilot and a Korean on the ground were slightly injured in the crash. According to the report, shortly after taking off,...

Anyone know why there are f-16s flying formations over NYC as I type?

(IsraelNN.com) Two F-16 fighter jets were scrambled over Eilat this afternoon after an unidentified civilian aircraft entered Israeli airspace. It appears the aircraft, on its way to a neighboring Arab country, strayed from its air lane in Jordanian airspace. The pilot obeyed instructions to return to the proper aerial lane. The low altitude flight of the fighter craft resulted in the sonic boom disturbing the tranquil afternoon in the Eilat area.

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United Arab Emirates prepares to receive the first advanced fire control radar for the F-16 Block 60 fighter-jet. The delivery of the AN/APG-80 agile beam fire control radar will provide the UAE with a system that is more technologically advanced than that in the U.S. Air Force. The first F-16 will arrive in Abu Dhabi in 2004. The radar was produced by Northrop Grumman's Electronic Systems sector. The company delivered the first AN/APG-80 radar to Lockheed Martin for the F-16 Block 60 aircraft. The first APG-80 radar is set to be installed on the F-16 Block...

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