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F-16s Losing Their Pilots
March 14, 2010: The U.S. Air Force has ordered 126 QF-16 remotely controlled F-16 fighters. These will be used as aerial targets. The QF-16s will be converted from existing F-16s that have been retired from service. This first order of QF-16s will be delivered over the next four years.
The QF-16 replaces the older QF-4 drone aircraft. Nearly 250 F-4 Phantom fighters were modified to fly by remote control. The mods cost about $1.4 million per aircraft. The QF-4 first appeared when the U.S. Air Force retired it's F-4 fighters in the 1980s.
Training operations destroy up to 25 remotely controlled fighters a year. The existing supply of decommissioned F-4s will keep the air force going until about 2011. Before that, QF-16s will enter service.
Quelle und ganzer Text: http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htairfo/articles/20100314.aspx
Kurze Uebersetzung: die US Air Force hat 126 QF-16 als Zieldrohnen bestellt. Natürlich handelt es sich um F-16 (nehme an A/B) die ausser Dienst sind. Die Umbaukosten zu ferngelenkten Zieldrohnen betragen 1.4 Mio $ pro Maschine.
Vermutlich gehen Ihnen die QF-4 aus(pro Jahr werden ca. 25 Maschinen als Ziele zerstört). Schon irgendwie erstaunlich, dass die einen alte F-16 zu Zieldrohnen umbauen während andere Länder F-16 noch neu beschaffen.
March 14, 2010: The U.S. Air Force has ordered 126 QF-16 remotely controlled F-16 fighters. These will be used as aerial targets. The QF-16s will be converted from existing F-16s that have been retired from service. This first order of QF-16s will be delivered over the next four years.
The QF-16 replaces the older QF-4 drone aircraft. Nearly 250 F-4 Phantom fighters were modified to fly by remote control. The mods cost about $1.4 million per aircraft. The QF-4 first appeared when the U.S. Air Force retired it's F-4 fighters in the 1980s.
Training operations destroy up to 25 remotely controlled fighters a year. The existing supply of decommissioned F-4s will keep the air force going until about 2011. Before that, QF-16s will enter service.
Quelle und ganzer Text: http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htairfo/articles/20100314.aspx
Kurze Uebersetzung: die US Air Force hat 126 QF-16 als Zieldrohnen bestellt. Natürlich handelt es sich um F-16 (nehme an A/B) die ausser Dienst sind. Die Umbaukosten zu ferngelenkten Zieldrohnen betragen 1.4 Mio $ pro Maschine.
Vermutlich gehen Ihnen die QF-4 aus(pro Jahr werden ca. 25 Maschinen als Ziele zerstört). Schon irgendwie erstaunlich, dass die einen alte F-16 zu Zieldrohnen umbauen während andere Länder F-16 noch neu beschaffen.
