The last mission
The Boeing team at Cecil Field in Jacksonville, Fla., has been busy the past few months preparing for and receiving the first six retired F-16 fighters for an entirely different kind of mission. The aircraft will be extensively modified and used as aerial targets to help train warfighters in weapons and tactics. In all, up to 126 of the jet fighters could be converted as part of the QF-16 program.
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