Tag: 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron
"Part of the QF-16’s mission is to carry airborne radar jamming pods. We flew F-35s with them to preliminarily evaluate the F-35 against those jamming pods," Matt Feringa, F-35 JOTT senior tactical systems analyst Three QF-16 jets deployed to Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) recently to aid the F-35 Joint Operational Test Team (JOTT) with test planning. As told by Kenji Thuloweit,...
The 3.2B modernization update to the F-22 is the fighter jet’s biggest capability upgrade which, once fielded, will add capability boosts to USAF air superiority and further support coalition efforts overseas On Apr. 18, 2017 F-22 Raptors from the 411th Flight Test Squadron (FLTS) completed developmental tests of air-to-air missiles against an aerial target at the Utah Test and Training...
"The F-4 Phantom was the last plane that looked like it was made to kill somebody. It was a beast. It could go through a flock of birds and kick out barbeque from the back.” Col. Chuck DeBellevue The F-4 Phantom II entered the U.S. Air Force (USAF) inventory in 1963 and was the primary multi-role aircraft in the USAF throughout...
The QF-16 offers more realistic threat replication in performance, maneuverability and capabilities than the QF-4 As explained by Senior Airman Emily Kenney, 49th Wing Public Affairs in the article QF-16 takes flight at Holloman, the QF-16 drone took its first flight at Holloman Air Force Base (AFB), N.M., on Feb. 10, 2017. The manned sortie was the first for the QF-16...
