article_snippet: At first glance, it looks like any other F-16 fighter jet - except for one difference.
article_snippet: Boeing's new QF-16 is a actually a retired US Air force jet converted into a drone.
article_snippet: Boeing has revealed video footage of an F-16 jet converted into a drone.
article_snippet: The first production Boeing's new QF-16 optionally manned target drone has been delivered to the US Air Force, Air bosses have revealed.
article_snippet: Aircraft QF-007 arrived at Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB) in Florida on 11 March, ahead of being pressed into service by the 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron (ATS).
article_snippet: Boeing has delivered six pre-production QF-16s, and in all, the US Air Force expects to receive 126 QF-16s.
article_snippet: The unmanned McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II currently used is no longer truly representative of the air-to-air threats the US Air Force pilots are likely to encounter on future operations.
article_snippet: The QF-16 will be able to represent threats in the class of the MiG-29 'Fulcrum' and Sukhoi Su-27 'Flanker', bosses say.
article_snippet: In tests, two U.S. Air Force test pilots in a ground control station at Tydall remotely flew the QF-16, which is a retired F-16 jet modified to be an aerial target.
article_snippet: While in the air, the QF-16 mission included a series of simulated maneuvers, reaching supersonic speeds, returning to base and landing, all without a pilot in the cockpit. '
article_snippet: The drones have been adapted from F-16 jets that have been retired by the Air Force.
article_snippet: The QF-16 is a retired F-16 (pictured) turned in a remote controlled drone.