F-16s recently pulled out of storage at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group in Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz. are restored to airworthiness before flying to Cecil Field, Jacksonville, Fl., to be converted into a QF-16 unmanned aerial target. ( Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Perry Aston) The QF-16 full-scale aerial target (FSAT) was developed by Boeing for the US Air Force (USAF). It is a modified platform of the ageing F-16 aircraft, retired from the service of the USAF. The FSAT enables the US war fighters to evaluate newly developed weapons and tactics.

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