During the last flight, the unmanned Phantom served as an aerial target and was shot at by an F-35 with two AIM-120s. Nevertheless, the aircraft landed safely back home. The U.S. Air Force has just ...
The last American F-4s would see action during Operation Desert Storm, before being retired in 1996. The Pentagon later converted some into QF-4 target practice drones. The McDonnell Douglas F-4 ...
Not sure how to feel about this one having worked in an Air Force full of manned ones, still they get to fly again and chances are they won’t get hit first time out ;-) BAE Systems has successfully ...
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US Air Force’s 127th ‘Zombie’ F-16 robot jet now flies full-throttle
The US Air Force has taken delivery of final QF-16 fighter jet, marking the end of a 15-year effort to convert retired ...
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Boeing marks final delivery of converted QF-16 target drone to USAF
The 127th and, under current plans, last F-16 to be converted into an optionally-piloted QF-16 full-scale aerial target has been delivered to the U.S. Air Force. Marking the transition from production ...
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