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Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Test missile fired at QF-16


On a dry, clear summer morning, Michael Macwilliam readied the QF-16 aerial target for its first live fire test.

Macwilliam is no stranger to the F-16. “I flew F-16s my whole career, since 1985,” said Macwilliam. He now works for Boeing on the QF-16 program, which modified six F-16s to fly unmanned as aerial targets.

Macwilliam is responsible for getting the jet ready to fly unmanned, and this time ground-to-air missiles were fired at the jet.

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