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Boeing wins deal to convert F-16s into aerial targets

By Gareth Jennings

3/12/2010

The US Air Force (USAF) has awarded Boeing a USD69.7 million contract for initial engineering, manufacturing and development work associated with the conversion of retired Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon combat aircraft into aerial targets.

The agreement, announced on 9 March, calls for Boeing engineers and support personnel to convert the F-16s into QF-16s for use as aerial targets by USAF fighters and weapon systems. They will be able to fly either manned or unmanned.

QF-16 design and development work will take place at Boeing's St Louis facility in Missouri. Ground and flight-testing and production will be completed at the company's facility in Cecil Field, Florida.

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An unmanned QF-4 aerial target over White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Depleting numbers of QF-4s mean that this role will be taken on by the QF-16 from 2014
An unmanned QF-4 aerial target over White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Depleting numbers of QF-4s mean that this role will be taken on by the QF-16 from 2014(US Air Force)

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