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Top Aces Viper in Blue camouflage

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

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

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

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 5, 2024

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 Tiny Jets Masquerading As Cruise Missiles Featured In Michigan Airpower Exercise

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 9, 2024

A-4 TOP ACES IRST

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.

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

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 Su-27 That Mysteriously Vanished After Private Sale Resurfaces

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 27, 2023

A Top Aces F-16A takes off from Eglin AFB.

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

By Jamie Hunter

Posted on Jul 10, 2023

F-5s Team With Avenger Drone, Bizjet In Air-To-Air Infrared Sensor Test

F-5s Team With Avenger Drone, Bizjet In Air-To-Air Infrared Sensor Test F-5s Team With Avenger Drone, Bizjet In Air-To-Air Infrared Sensor Test

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 1, 2022

A Hawker Hunter takes off during Northern Edge, May 20, 2019, from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. Northern Edge is an exercise showcasing the lethality of joint forces and the capabilities of U.S. forces in and around the Indo-Pacific region.

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Hawker Hunter Aggressor Jet Crashes Off North Carolina (Updated) Hawker Hunter Aggressor Jet Crashes Off North Carolina (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick, Howard Altman

Posted on Jun 20, 2022

Adversary Air Contract For Nellis Air Force Base Won’t Be Renewed

Adversary Air Contract For Nellis Air Force Base Won’t Be Renewed Adversary Air Contract For Nellis Air Force Base Won’t Be Renewed

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Apr 8, 2022

Inside The World’s Only Privately Owned F-16s That Are Flying As Advanced Aggressors

Inside The World’s Only Privately Owned F-16s That Are Flying As Advanced Aggressors Inside The World’s Only Privately Owned F-16s That Are Flying As Advanced Aggressors

By James Deboer

Updated on Feb 10, 2022

Draken Doubles Its Fleet Of Private Aggressor F-16s With A Dozen Surplus Jets From Norway

Draken Doubles Its Fleet Of Private Aggressor F-16s With A Dozen Surplus Jets From Norway Draken Doubles Its Fleet Of Private Aggressor F-16s With A Dozen Surplus Jets From Norway

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Dec 5, 2021

First Navy F-5 Aggressor Begins Upgrade That Will Make The Entire Fleet Far More Potent

First Navy F-5 Aggressor Begins Upgrade That Will Make The Entire Fleet Far More Potent First Navy F-5 Aggressor Begins Upgrade That Will Make The Entire Fleet Far More Potent

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 24, 2021

Draken Becomes The Next Red Air Private Contractor To Acquire F-16 Fighter Jets

Draken Becomes The Next Red Air Private Contractor To Acquire F-16 Fighter Jets Draken Becomes The Next Red Air Private Contractor To Acquire F-16 Fighter Jets

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jul 1, 2021

Pilot Dies In Crash Of Contractor-Owned Mirage F1 Adversary Jet Near Nellis AFB (Updated)

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Pilot Dies In Crash Of Contractor-Owned Mirage F1 Adversary Jet Near Nellis AFB (Updated) Pilot Dies In Crash Of Contractor-Owned Mirage F1 Adversary Jet Near Nellis AFB (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on May 25, 2021