Monday, September 26, 2011

F-16 Fighting Falcon

he U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School's Variable-stability, In-flight Simulation and Test Aircraft F-16 flies over Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The VISTA is key to the school's flight testing of the Automatic Air Collision Avoidance System, known as Auto ACAS, scheduled to begin in March. The test program is aiming to prove the system's ability to see and avoid aircraft on an airborne collision course. (Courtesy photo)

F-16 Fighting Falcon

An F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing at Balad Air Base, Iraq, maneuvers to the post-contact position after an aerial refueling mission here Aug. 16. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott Reed)

F-16 Fighting Falcon

An F-16 Fighting Falcon launches flares during a mission Aug. 18. The aircraft is assigned to the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing at Balad Air Base, Iraq, from the New Mexico Air National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott Reed)