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Israeli F-16 shot down, pilots safe
Feb 10, 2018 - Israeli jets today were targeted by the Syrian Army with anti-aircraft missiles. An Israeli F-16I went down in northern Israel amid the fire, but the jet's pilots ejected safely. [Read more...]
QF-16 takes flight at Holloman
Feb 14, 2017 - The QF-16 drone took its first flight at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., on February 10, 2017. [Read more...]
QF-16 reaches operational capability milestone
Sep 27, 2016 - Air Combat Command declared Initial Operational Capability for the QF-16 Full-Scale Aerial Target September 23rd. [Read more...]
First production QF-16 arrives at Tyndall
Mar 23, 2015 - The first Air Force Lot 1 production QF-16 #QF-007 touched down March 11, 2015. [Read more...]
Brains behind the QF-16 spearhead AF aerial target drone program
Nov 07, 2013 - Although the Air Force QF-16 flies pilotless in the skies over the Emerald Coast, they are not void of human contact. [Read more...]
F-16s being regenerated into drones
Jul 11, 2013 - Less than three months after the last F-4 phantom II departed from the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group for drone conversion, maintainers here are already turning the wrenches on Air Combat Command's fourth generation of aerial targets, the F-16 Fighting Falcon. [Read more...]
Israeli F-16 downs another drone from Lebanon
Apr 30, 2013 - The Israeli military says one of their F-16s shot down an unmanned aircraft sent into Israeli airspace by Hezbollah militants. The threat was detected at 6,000 feet over the Mediterranean sea on April 25th and was destroyed shortly after by an air-to-air missile. [Read more...]
Tyndall's own 'Pipper' to become Thunderbird No. 1
Apr 18, 2013 - Tyndall's own Lt. Col. Matthew "Pipper" Bradley, 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron operations director, has been selected to be Thunderbird No. 1. [Read more...]
QF-16 arrives for testing, advances 53rd WEG mission
Nov 20, 2012 - The 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group marked an important milestone in continuing to prepare the warfighter for tomorrow's threats as the first QF-16 drone arrived for developmental testing November, 19. [Read more...]
First QF-16 arrives at Tyndall AFB
Nov 19, 2012 - Officials at Tyndall Air Force Base received the first of six full-scale QF-16 drones on Monday which arrived from Boeing Global Services and Support in Jacksonville around 12:30hrs local time. [Read more...]
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