Første F-16 som drone

Barell roll? Uansett, flyet har stått på Davis Monthan i 16 år. Ikke verst!

Åpner for pensjonerte F-16 flygere dette her.

USAFs Q-program:

The USAF has a so-called 'drone' program for decades. This first started in the 1960's when 24 F-104 Starfighters were converted into QF-104 drones and consequently shot down for training purposes. This program lasted untill 1972 when the final QF-104 was shot down. In 1973 conversion shifted to the QF-102 which lasted untill 1982 with over 200 F-102's being converted. The last of the QF-102's was expended in 1986. On its turn this was replaced by the QF-100 of which 209 airframes were converted. This program started in 1981 and the last QF-100 was shot down in 1992. By that time this airframe was already replaced by the QF-106 of which a total of 194 were converted from 1990 onwards. This program ended in 1998 being replaced by the QF-4 program which started in 1997 and saw a total of 238 airframes being converted. The last of which will be phased-out in 2014.

First QF-16 target drone flies without pilot

by Dave Majumdar on 23 September, 2013 in Deep thoughts

 

 

 

 

 

Sjek video her: http://tinyurl.com/nrchgpw
The first Boeing QF-16 has flown at Tyndall without a pilot. Up
next, live fire trials at Holloman AFB, New Mexico–where
probably some F-22s or possibly even some operational F-16
will have a field day blowing them out of the sky. The format is
jacked-up as usual, but still better to have a video than to have
no video.

- See more at: http://flightglobal.rbiblogs.co.uk/the-dewline/2013/09/first-qf-16-target-drone-flies-without-pilot/#sthash.l2xRyrxx.dpuf