How A Small USAF Unit Will Shape The Service’s Autonomy Goals

Brian Everstine September 04, 2024
F-16 fighter landing on runway

The first F-16s to be modified for autonomy testing arrived at Eglin AFB in Florida in April.

Credit: David Shelikoff/U.S. Air Force
While the U.S. Air Force wants to move rapidly toward fielding the first increment of the Collaborative Combat Aircraft—a first step to get iron on the ramp before worrying about more advanced capabilities—a small unit with specially modified jets is thinking long term. The Air Force announced the...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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