The Bakersfield Californian

QF-16s help F-35 Joint Operational Test Team plan for future testing

Three QF-16s descended on Edwards Air Force Base in mid-May to aid the F-35 Joint Operational Test Team with test planning. The QF-16 is a full-scale aerial target that has been modified to be flown ...
The Aviationist

Crazy video from inside an unmanned F-16 during a supersonic test flight

Here’s a really interesting video. It shows the QF-16 Full Scale Aerial Target’s first flight on Sept. 19 from Tyndall Air Force base in Florida from a quite unusual perspective: a camera pointing ...
The Aviationist

USAF QF-4 Phantom is shot at by an F-35 with two AIM-120s during last unmanned mission (and survives)

During the last flight, the unmanned Phantom served as an aerial target and was shot at by an F-35 with two AIM-120s. Nevertheless, the aircraft landed safely back home. The U.S. Air Force has just ...
Flightglobal

US Air Force nears final test of target drone F-16s

The US Air Force next week will finalize the conversion of a fleet of Lockheed Martin F-16s into expendable unmanned aircraft by shooting one with an air-to-air missile fired from an operational jet ...
Aviation Week

F-35 Test Marks Final Unmanned QF-4 Target Drone Flight

Aug. 17 marked the closing of another chapter in the life of the venerable McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, with the QF-4 full-scale aerial target drone completing its final unmanned mission over ...