Aircraft
U.S. Air Force Begins F-16 AESA Multi-ship Trials
The U.S. Air Force plans to equip around 350 of its F-16s with SABR radar to see them through into the 2040s.
Four F-16s from Eglin’s two test units prepare for a multi-ship AESA assessment mission. Three of the aircraft sport the latest single-tone mid-grey Have Glass V scheme. (Photo: U.S. Air Force)
Four F-16s from Eglin’s two test units prepare for a multi-ship AESA assessment mission. Three of the aircraft sport the latest single-tone mid-grey Have Glass V scheme. (Photo: U.S. Air Force)

The U.S. Air Force has successfully demonstrated operations with four Lockheed Martin F-16Cs fitted with active electronically steered array radars, the service announced in August. Four F-16Cs—two from the 40th Flight Test Squadron and two from the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron—last month operated from their home base at Eglin AFB, Florida, each fitted with the Northrop Grumman APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR).