QF-16C Fighting Falcon, 82 ARTS, 53 WEG, Tyndall AFB Fine Art Aircraft Profile Prints
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Tyndall AFB’s 83 WEG provides sub- and full scale aerial targets for the USAF’s WESP missile live fire program as well as test and development. The drones are flown by members of the 82 Aerial Targets Squadron.
F-16C 85-1455 flew with 86 FW at Ramstein AFB for eight years before being transferred to the Air National Guard’s 121 FS in the District of Columbia for a further 16 years. From there, she was transferred to Davis Monthan’s “bone yard” for three years of storage before being converted into a QF-16 configuration. The conversion allows jets to be flown as full scale target drones; she still carries the 121 FS patch below the canopy and has the end of the unit’s “District of Columbia” tail stripe.
She is shown ready for an unmanned sortie carrying an AN/ALQ-167 jamming pod. The ACMI pods on stations 1/9 are actually part of the unique Vector Doppler Scoring System for
Any Fighter Studios print can be customized with different squadron marking, different store configurations, names on the nose or canopy rail. To get yours started, click Personalized Print for more information or click Email with questions.
Images are reduced fidelity for copyright protection.
Tyndall AFB’s 83 WEG provides sub- and full scale aerial targets for the USAF’s WESP missile live fire program as well as test and development. The drones are flown by members of the 82 Aerial Targets Squadron.
F-16C 85-1455 flew with 86 FW at Ramstein AFB for eight years before being transferred to the Air National Guard’s 121 FS in the District of Columbia for a further 16 years. From there, she was transferred to Davis Monthan’s “bone yard” for three years of storage before being converted into a QF-16 configuration. The conversion allows jets to be flown as full scale target drones; she still carries the 121 FS patch below the canopy and has the end of the unit’s “District of Columbia” tail stripe.
She is shown ready for an unmanned sortie carrying an AN/ALQ-167 jamming pod. The ACMI pods on stations 1/9 are actually part of the unique Vector Doppler Scoring System for
Any Fighter Studios print can be customized with different squadron marking, different store configurations, names on the nose or canopy rail. To get yours started, click Personalized Print for more information or click Email with questions.