Older legacy variants of the F-16 “Viper” are getting a grand send-off without an end to their service- by being converted into high-end target drones that can attempt to outfly the human pilots whose skills they are designed to hone.
Known as the QF-16 (“Q” being the designation for target drones), the robo-vipers will provide Air Force pilots with a modern aircraft to tangle with over the Gulf of Mexico, providing a much more realistic challenge than the existing QF-4 fleet.
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