SitiWanMahani - Jet pejuang F-16 Tentera Udara tanpa pemandu melengkapkan penerbangan pertama. Tentera Udara Amerika Syarikat dan aeroangkasa dan pertahanan Boeing syarikat mengumumkan bahawa mereka telah berjaya menukar persara F-16 ke drone. Ia kini mungkin untuk jet pejuang terbang kelajuan supersonik, darat, dan beroperasi seperti biasa tanpa juruterbang di atas kapal.
Boeing mengumumkan pada Selasa bahawa versi diubah suai daripada F-16 Fighting Falcon akan beroperasi sebagai Skala Sasaran Udara QF-16 penuh untuk digunakan dalam amalan latihan Air Force. Minggu lepas, 2 juruterbang Tentera Udara dikawal penerbangan pertama yang berjaya dari stesen bumi di Tydall Pangkalan Tentera Udara Florida.
Penerbangan sulung berlepas dari landasan seperti biasa dan siap satu siri gerakan simulasi di udara ke Teluk Mexico, mengatasi kelajuan bunyi dan mendarat dengan selamat.
“Ianya adalah sedikit berbeza untuk melihat tanpa sesiapa, tetapi ia adalah penerbangan yang besar sepanjang jalan di sekitar,” kata Amerika Syarikat Tentera Udara Leftenan Kolonel Ryan Inman, komander-82 Skuadron sasaran udara. “Ia adalah satu replikasi semasa, situasi DUNIA sebenar dan platform pesawat mereka boleh menembak sebagai sasaran. Sekarang kita mempunyai berkebolehan, sasaran udara sangat mapan 9G.”
Tentera Udara telah menegaskan bahawa QF-16 hanya akan digunakan dalam latihan latihan apabila juruterbang melengkapkan simulasi dogfight di udara. Pesawat kekal mampu diterbangkan oleh juruterbang lembaga pada walaupun, dan bom akan diletakkan di papan sekiranya pesawat tanpa pemandu perlu dimusnahkan.
Walaupun hanya 6 QF-16 telah maju, dirombak F-16 akan menggantikan pesawat Q-4 kini digunakan dalam latihan latihan selepas bilangan mereka terhempas di Florida.
“Pada masa ini, majoriti bahagian pesawat untuk QF-4 tidak lagi dihasilkan,” Inman memberitahu Panama City News Herald. “QF-16 menyediakan rantaian bekalan yang lengkap yang masih aktif dan akan mengekalkan sebahagian penggantian ketersediaan keseluruhan sasaran pesawat udara kami.”
Skala sasaran QF -16 penuh udara dari 82 Skuadron Udara Sasaran mengambil kira dalam penerbangan tanpa pemandu pertamanya di Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida 19 Sep 2013. ATR 82 beroperasi Jabatan hanya besar-besaran program sasaran udara Pertahanan. QF -16 akan menyediakan perwakilan pejuang generasi yang ke-4 ancaman DUNIA sebenar. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Javier Cruz – think IN pictures @1WORLDCommunity)
Air Force’s unmanned F-16 fighter jet completes first flight
The US Air Force and the Boeing aerospace and defense corporation announced they have successfully converted a retired F-16 into a drone. It is now possible for fighter jets to fly supersonic speeds, land, and operate normally without a pilot on board.
Boeing announced Tuesday that modified versions of the F-16 Fighting Falcon will operate as a QF-16 Full Scale Aerial Target for use in Air Force training practices. Last week, two Air Force pilots controlled the first successful flight from the ground station at Florida’s Tydall Air Force Base.
The maiden flight departed from the runway as normal and completed a series of simulated maneuvers in the air over the Gulf of Mexico, surpassing the speed of sound and landing safely.
“It was a little different to see it without anyone in it, but it was a great flight all the way around,” said US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Ryan Inman, the commander of the 82nd Aerial targets Squadron. “It’s a replication of current, real world situations and aircraft platforms they can shoot as a target. Now we have a 9G capable, highly sustainable aerial target.”
The Air Force has maintained that QF-16s will only be used in training exercises when pilots are completing dogfight simulations in the air. The planes remain capable of being flown by an on board pilot though, and a bomb will be placed on board in the event that an unmanned plane needs to be destroyed.
While only six QF-16s have been developed, the revamped F-16s will replace the Q-4 drones currently used in training exercises after a number of those crashed in Florida.
“Currently, the majority of aircraft parts for the QF-4 are no longer being manufactured,” Inman told the Panama City News Herald. “The QF-16 provides a complete supply chain that is still active and will maintain replacement part availability for our entire aerial target fleet.”
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