2016年12月8日 · The QF-16 features a modified F-16 airframe integrating a universal remote auto pilot, auto-throttle, and peculiar support equipment with improved fault-isolation capabilities. It also features visual augmentation system (VAS), FTS, command telemetry system (CTS), VSS, and payload control system (PCS).

2022年8月17日 · The QF-16 is a reusable, optionally piloted FSAT system designed to carry out a variety of missions including air-to-air live fire training, evaluation of weapons systems, auto take-off and landing, supersonic flight and ground-to-air live fire missile tests.

2019年8月22日 · The QF-16 is the latest FSAT designed to test and evaluate U.S. weapon systems and assist in developing tactics, techniques, and procedures to counter fighter-size airborne threats.

US Air Force converts retired F-16s into target drones for test missions and pilot training. QF-16 drone program enables testing of new weapons and countermeasures for airborne threats. F-16s are...

2019年8月22日 · The QF-16 is the latest FSAT designed to test and evaluate U.S. weapon systems and assist in developing tactics, techniques, and procedures to counter fighter-size airborne threats.

2016年9月27日 · EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFNS) -- Air Combat Command declared initial operational capability for the QF-16 full-scale aerial target (FSAT) Sept. 23. The decision was approved by Gen. Hawk Carlisle, the ACC commander, for the total of 15 QF-16s currently available for target operations.

2014年4月22日 · The U.S. Air Force expects the unmanned QF-16 to challenge fighter pilots and air defenders with a Full-Scale Aerial Target (FSAT) representative of a fourth-generation fighter threat.

2018年5月21日 · QF-16 is the designation assigned to retired Lockheed Martin F-16 "Fighting Falcon" multirole fighters reconstituted as full-scale, unmanned drone aircraft. The QF-16 - converted through a Boeing-led program - succeeds the outgoing line of McDonnell Douglas F-4 "Phantom II" multirole fighters converted by BAe to become the "QF-4".

2012年5月10日 · On May 4, at 03.05 p.m. Eastern time, the first QF-16 Full Scale Aerial Target took off from Boeing facility at Cecil Field in Jacksonville, Florida, and climbed to an altitude of 41,000 feet...

2025年3月10日 · The QF-16 Zombie Vipers represent a significant technological advancement in unmanned aerial combat training. These full-scale target drones, converted from retired F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft, provide the U.S. Air Force (USAF) with a cost-effective and highly maneuverable platform for live-fire training and weapons testing .