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Top Aces Viper in Blue camouflage

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Private F-16 Aggressors Getting Ability To Insert Synthetic Bandits Into Live Training Private F-16 Aggressors Getting Ability To Insert Synthetic Bandits Into Live Training

Updated on Mar 3, 2025

NORAD F-16 and SU-35

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Russian Su-35 Shown ‘Headbutting’ American F-16 At Very Close Range Off Alaska Russian Su-35 Shown ‘Headbutting’ American F-16 At Very Close Range Off Alaska

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 30, 2024

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World’s Only Private Company With F-16 Aggressors Talks Rapidly Evolving Their Capabilities World’s Only Private Company With F-16 Aggressors Talks Rapidly Evolving Their Capabilities

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 25, 2024

Plans to slash F-16 aggressors at Nellis Air Force Base highlight broader questions about the future of the Air Force Viper fleets.

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Aggressor F-16 Fleet Set To Be Slashed By Air Force Aggressor F-16 Fleet Set To Be Slashed By Air Force

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 23, 2024

F-16 belonging to VFC-13, flying over Carson Valley, NV.

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Navy Tried To Buy Greek F-16s To Turn Them Into Adversaries Navy Tried To Buy Greek F-16s To Turn Them Into Adversaries

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 6, 2024

Adversary air company Top Aces' F-16 Vips, the only ones currently in the hands of a private operator, are now flying with podded infrared search and track (IRST) systems.

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World’s Only Privately Owned F-16 Aggressors Get Infrared Search And Track Pods World’s Only Privately Owned F-16 Aggressors Get Infrared Search And Track Pods

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 5, 2024

Air National Guard F-16 Viper fighters pretending to be enemy cruise missiles together with tiny JSX-2 microjets mimicking cruise missiles and drones replicated complex threat scenarios during a recent large-scale exercise.

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F-16s Team With JSX-2 Microjets To Replicate Complex Cruise Missile And Drone Attacks F-16s Team With JSX-2 Microjets To Replicate Complex Cruise Missile And Drone Attacks

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 14, 2024

Tiny JSX-2 microjets able to act as surrogates for drones and cruise missile threats are supporting the Northern Strike 24-2 exercise.

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Tiny Jets Masquerading As Cruise Missiles Featured In Michigan Airpower Exercise Tiny Jets Masquerading As Cruise Missiles Featured In Michigan Airpower Exercise

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 9, 2024

Two U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to the 92nd Fighter Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, fly alongside a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 91st Air Refueling Squadron over the western United States during Exercise Bamboo Eagle 24-3, Aug. 5, 2024. Through employment of the KC-135 aircraft, the 91st ARS extends U.S. global power and global reach by planning and executing aerial refueling missions for U.S. and allied combat and support aircraft. During Bamboo Eagle, Air Mobility Command assets will support warfighters implementing all-domain combat-power generation from disaggregated basing locations throughout the western part of the U.S., along with distributed command and control, agile logistics, and tactical air-to-air refueling. Bamboo Eagle provides participating units opportunities to reoptimizing for Great Power competition and to focus on mission readiness by to deliver cross-functional and lethal combat capabilities with the speed and agility required to meet pacing challenges. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Alexander Cook)

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Massive China-Focused Air Combat Exercise Underway Off California Coast Massive China-Focused Air Combat Exercise Underway Off California Coast

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 9, 2024

The history and legacy of the Navy's F-16N

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Live Fast, Die Young: The Story Of The Navy’s F-16N Live Fast, Die Young: The Story Of The Navy’s F-16N

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on May 14, 2024

The first of 22 former Swiss F-5E/F Tiger II jets is now in the United States for the final phase of its conversion into an aggressor for the Navy and Marine Corps.

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Marine KC-130 Delivers First Of New Batch Of Ex-Swiss F-5s Destined To Be Aggressors Marine KC-130 Delivers First Of New Batch Of Ex-Swiss F-5s Destined To Be Aggressors

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 5, 2024

F-16s from Eielson AFB now 18th Fighter Interceptor Squadron.

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F-16 Aggressor Squadron In Alaska Becomes Unique Air Defense Unit F-16 Aggressor Squadron In Alaska Becomes Unique Air Defense Unit

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Apr 4, 2024

A-4 TOP ACES IRST

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A-4 Aggressor Now Boasts Infrared Search And Track System A-4 Aggressor Now Boasts Infrared Search And Track System

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 27, 2024

A Hawker Hunter Mk 58 jet belonging to private contractor ATAC ended up in a grassy field at Naval Air Station Key West after an aborted takeoff on December 6, 2023.

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Hawker Hunter Aggressor Jet Ends Up In Field After Aborted Takeoff Hawker Hunter Aggressor Jet Ends Up In Field After Aborted Takeoff

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 7, 2023

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Navy F-16 Recovered After Running Off Runway Navy F-16 Recovered After Running Off Runway

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Oct 4, 2023

The National Museum of the U.S. AIr Force's latest acquisition, an Su-27UB Flanker-C, has a curious history.

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Su-27 That Mysteriously Vanished After Private Sale Resurfaces Su-27 That Mysteriously Vanished After Private Sale Resurfaces

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 27, 2023