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Top Aces achieves F-16 certification

20th May 2021 - 11:45 GMT | by Trevor Nash in Holsworthy

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Top Aces has achieved FAA certification for its new F-16A/B fleet. (Photo: Top Aces)

Top Aces adds to its adversary air capabilities with a new fleet of fourth-generation F-16 aircraft.

Adversary air training services provider, Top Aces Corporation, has achieved US Federal Aviation Administration certification for its recently acquired F-16A Block 5 aircraft and completed its first flight with the aircraft on 18 May.

The flight took place at the company’s F-16 Center of Excellence in Mesa, Arizona and the new aircraft will now join Alpha Jet, A-4N Skyhawk and Learjet 35A aircraft in the Top Aces fleet.

The F-16s were bought from Israel to support the USAF Combat Air Force Contracted Air Support (CAF CAS) IDIQ contract. Top Aces took delivery of its first four F-16s in January 2021,

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After a career in the British Army, Trevor Nash worked in the simulation and training …

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