Aircraft
First Upgraded Top Aces F-16 Aggressor Fighter Flies
The military training provider is upgrading former Israeli F-16 fighters for contracted U.S. Air Force aggressor training duties.
N854TA takes off from Mesa for the first time in F-16 AAF guise, optimized for the aggressor mission. (Photo: Top Aces/Kyler Noe)
N854TA takes off from Mesa for the first time in F-16 AAF guise, optimized for the aggressor mission. (Photo: Top Aces/Kyler Noe)

Top Aces Corp. has flown the first Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter outfitted with its Advanced Aggressor Mission System (AAMS). Known as the F-16 Advanced Aggressor Fighter (AAF), the aircraft undertook its maiden flight in modified form on January 19 at the company’s F-16 Center of Excellence at Mesa-Gateway Airport in Arizona, which is the former Williams U.S. Air Force Base.


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