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So i wander if that New York bird was stock footage or if that block 30 is part of the program also.

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F-16A Block 15s are also amongst the airframes being configured as QF-16s. Read Maintainers resurrect F-16s that will become targets.

#83-1110 is another of the airframes being converted.

Asif wrote:

Can we now confirm #82-0986 is one of the possible drones??.

Answered my own question. Block 15s get the QF treatment.!

That was the plan all along. For several years, the talk has been that the Blk. 15s will go first, followed by the 25s, etc. However, there were more than one model of QF-4s operated at the same time (Es and Gs), so it's possible that the Blk. 25s could be converted and operated at the same time as the Blk. 15s.

So with all of this pieced together the following 16's will be part of the test program for QF-16 FSAT:

F-16A:
82-0986
83-1110

F-16C:
85-1570
84-1260
84-1295

I swore I read some where that there would be 6 delivered at first, I'm missing [Link pending approval] know which one?

does anyone know if they are hireing? and/or have a point of contact?

Everything goes now - Block-15s, -25s and "Small Inlet" Block-30s - for now!!

Regarding the QF-4s they´re now converting some of the RF-4C models into QRF-4s.

Cheers,

Henrik.

Bone184 wrote:

So with all of this pieced together the following 16's will be part of the test program for QF-16 FSAT:

F-16A:
82-0986
83-1110

F-16C:
85-1570
84-1260
84-1295

I swore I read some where that there would be 6 delivered at first, I'm missing one....anyone know which one?

"Will be"? Does that mean not all the above aircraft are with Boeing yet?

AC 83-1110 is still shown being processed by the 309th AMARG with an unknown [Link pending approval] may have arrived at Cecil by now. The test phase of the program will consist of 6 jets, but I've only been able to verify [Link pending approval] anyone ID the 6th?

Block 30, 85-1569 is the missing tail number. QF flight test will be 6 aircraft. 2ea block 15s, 2ea block 25s and 2ea block 30s.

How long will it take to get one of these QF-16s ready for flight?

Thank You [Link pending approval]

I always knew the day would come when they would used F-16 as target drones, but for some reason I don't like it. Serves me right for making fun of old F-4 guys many years ago. I guess is better to see them go down in a blaze of glory than rusting in the desert just to be sold for scrap metal.

First manned flight of QF-16 block 30 #85-1570 -- Boeing completes first flight of QF-16

The Boeing Company and the USAF completed the first manned flight of the QF-16 block 30 #85-1570 Full Scale Aerial Target on May 4th, 2012 at Cecil Field in Jacksonville.

Will they get a drone colour scheme?

Will these birds be modified to remove the hydrazine tanks before they are sent up to be shot down?

Jon wrote:

How long will it take to get one of these QF-16s ready for flight?

Based on the QF-4 schedule, it would be 3 months or so. Given that these are probably just a few drops of oil from war readiness, however, I doubt it would take much more than a month to install the drone equipment.

The F-4s have been out in the Mojave for years; a lot of them are fairly picked-over. There aren't a huge number of preserved F-4s, I've only come across documented pictures of a few without the Black Cross of Death'.

68-0490 (my pet Rhino) and 68-0531 come to mind.