Retired Lt. Col. Thomas Mudge, a ground controller for the 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron, remotely pilots a QF-4 during a Combat Archer mission May 12 at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. The unmanned QF-4 was used as a full-scale target and shot down by a pilot from the 177th Fighter Wing, a New Jersey Air National Guard unit participating in the operation. Combat Archer is the air-to-air component of the 53rd Wing’s weapons system evaluation program. The 82nd ATRS operates QF-4, QF-16 and BQM-167 targets to provide manned and unmanned aerial targets support for programs across the Department of Defense.
U.S. Air Force photo/Sara Vidoni
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