TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Boeing delivered a QF-16 to Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida on October 24. The delivery to the 82nd Aerial Target Squadron marks an important milestone on the road to recovery for the base, that suffered major damage from Hurricane Michael.
The QF-16 enables live fire weapons testing in the Joint Gulf Range Complex, which is made up of 180,000 square miles that stretches from Key West to northwest Florida, and allows for joint test and training exercises.
The 82nd ATRS currently has 18 QF-16s assigned to Tyndall AFB. Six QF-16s are unmanned, but all of them are modified to be flown remotely. The manned configuration of the aircraft can be used with a pilot in the cockpit to train the remote pilots flying from the ground station.
In addition to supporting the test community, the WEG hosts visiting fighter aircraft units from around the globe to participate in Combat Archer. During their two week stay at Tyndall AFB, units are evaluated on all phases of air-to-air combat operations including an end-to-end kill-chain evaluation of man, weapon and machine in a realistic combat environment.
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