Mirage F1 Aggressor Jet Crash Lands At Tyndall Air Force Base (Updated)
Details are still emerging about an incident involving a contracted “red air” adversary jet at the sprawling Florida base.
Details are still emerging about an incident involving a contracted “red air” adversary jet at the sprawling Florida base.
A dozen contractor aggressor jets were visible on flight tracking sites attacking the USS Theodore Roosevelt during pre-deployment training.
Three firms share in the spoils of the first big round of adversary air support contract awards.
The Air Force is finally awarding contracts to private aggressor firms for its massive “red air” adversary support initiative.
This was the first full test of the troubled carrier’s integrated air defense system against actual mock aerial adversaries.
The Air Force has quietly hired not one, but seven different companies to provide “red air” adversary support to help U.S. military combat jet pilots train at various bases across the United States. This massive multi-billion dollar contract is the culmination of a major effort within the service that has been years in the making to increasingly rely on contractors to provide these services in order to improve flexibility for daily training requirements and when scheduling exercises and save money.
The Airborne Tactical Advantage Company has put the first of its 63 second-hand Mirage F-1s into the air for the first time.
The service says it will start awarding contracts in 2019 as part of a massive program that could be worth billions over the next decade.
Vendors brought models, mock ups, and samples of aircraft, weapons, and more.