An F-16C Fighting Falcon piloted by Lt. Col. Johnathan Wentzel, Air Force Research Laboratory deputy chief architecture evaluation, during a training mission with the 64th Aggressor Squadron in support of the Air Force Weapons School Oct. 26, 2022, over the Nevada Test and Training Range, Nevada. The Aggressor program began in the fall of 1972 with the activation of the 64th Aggressor Squadron. This program started as a direct result of the high air combat loss rate experienced in the Vietnam War.

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