---
title: "World’s Only Private Company With F-16 Aggressors Talks Rapidly Evolving Their Capabilities"
description: "Top Aces ex-Israeli F-16s are receiving upgrades, including new avionics, radars and infrared search and track systems."
date: "2024-09-25"
modified: "2024-09-25"
authors:
  - name: "Tyler Rogoway"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.twz.com/authors/tyler-rogoway.md"
url: "https://www.twz.com/air/worlds-only-private-company-with-f-16-aggressors-talks-rapidly-evolving-their-capabilities"
categories:
  - "Aggressors"
  - "Air"
  - "F-16"
  - "Fighters"
  - "News & Features"
  - "Private Contractor Adversary Support"
  - "Top Aces"
  - "Video"
tags:
  - "Air, Space & Cyber '24"
---

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

![Top Aces F-16](<https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Top-Aces.jpg>)
*Top Aces/Screencap*

Last week, *The War Zone*'s Jamie Hunter chatted with Top Aces' Aaron "Fang" Steffens on the show floor of the Air & Space Forces Association's Air, Space, Cyber 2024 conference. [Top Aces](<https://www.twz.com/category/top-aces>) is the only private aggressor support contractor to fly the F-16. You can read our most recent deep dive on Top Aces' operation [here](<https://www.twz.com/44227/inside-the-worlds-only-privately-owned-f-16s-that-are-flying-as-advanced-aggressors.md>). Now they are evolving their [ex-Israeli F-16A/B Netz fighters](<https://www.twz.com/top-aces-viper-the-most-maneuverable-f-16-i-have-ever-flown.md>) with advanced adversary-specific avionics, [AESA radar](<https://www.twz.com/air/a-4-aggressor-now-boasts-infrared-search-and-track-system.md>), and [infrared search and track systems](<https://www.twz.com/air/worlds-only-privately-owned-f-16-aggressors-get-infrared-search-and-track-pods.md>).

Steffens gave us the latest on what Top Aces is up to:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBbGohN505U

*Contact the author: Tyler@twz.com*

## Author
Tyler’s passion is the study of military technology, strategy, as well as foreign policy, and he has fostered a dominant voice on those topics in the defense and national security space. Tyler was the creator of the hugely popular defense site *Foxtrot Alpha* before developing *TWZ*, which he continues to lead as the Editor-In-Chief to this day.

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