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

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

By Thomas Newdick
Sep 6 3:19 PM EDT
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.

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

By Joseph Trevithick
Sep 5 12:25 PM EDT
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.

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

By Joseph Trevithick
Aug 14 2:45 PM EDT
Tiny JSX-2 microjets able to act as surrogates for drones and cruise missile threats are supporting the Northern Strike 24-2 exercise.

Tiny Jets Masquerading As Cruise Missiles Featured In Michigan Airpower Exercise

By Joseph Trevithick
Aug 9 4:04 PM EDT
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)

Massive China-Focused Air Combat Exercise Underway Off California Coast

By Thomas Newdick
Aug 9 2:41 PM EDT
The history and legacy of the Navy's F-16N

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

By Tyler Rogoway
May 14 12:27 PM EDT
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.

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

By Joseph Trevithick
Apr 5 2:44 PM EDT
F-16s from Eielson AFB now 18th Fighter Interceptor Squadron.

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

By Tyler Rogoway
Apr 3 8:52 PM EDT
A-4 TOP ACES IRST

A-4 Aggressor Now Boasts Infrared Search And Track System

By Thomas Newdick
Feb 27 3:02 PM EST
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.

Hawker Hunter Aggressor Jet Ends Up In Field After Aborted Takeoff

By Joseph Trevithick
Dec 7 1:58 PM EST
F-16 Lemoore

Navy F-16 Recovered After Running Off Runway

By Thomas Newdick
Oct 4 12:27 PM EDT
The National Museum of the U.S. AIr Force's latest acquisition, an Su-27UB Flanker-C, has a curious history.

Su-27 That Mysteriously Vanished After Private Sale Resurfaces

By Joseph Trevithick
Sep 26 10:20 PM EDT
A Top Aces F-16A takes off from Eglin AFB.

Top Aces’ Viper The “Most Maneuverable F-16 I Have Ever Flown”

By Jamie Hunter
Jul 10 3:50 PM EDT
F-5N Sundowner

Navy Aggressor F-5 Crashes Off Key West

By Thomas Newdick
May 31 1:03 PM EDT
New Air Force F-16 Aggressor Squadron Stands Up

New Air Force F-16 Aggressor Squadron Stands Up

By Joseph Trevithick
May 16 6:59 PM EDT
Lockheed Martin's Darkstar illuminated in red

Lockheed Hints Again At The Existence Of A Secret High Speed Jet

By Oliver Parken
Mar 13 8:30 PM EDT

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