Cool Vid: USN F-14A Tomcat vs. F-16N Adversary Air Combat Training Mission
(www.youtube.com)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MKnR3BzSRYBTW: Neither one of these aircraft models are operational anymore with US forces.
The U.S. Navy acquired 22 modified Block 30 F-16s for use as adversary assets for dissimilar air combat training (DACT). These aircraft were delivered in 1987-1988. Due to the high stress of constant combat training, the wings of these aircraft began to crack and the Navy announced their retirement in 1994. By 1995, all but one of these aircraft had been sent to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) for preservation and storage; one F-16N was sent to the National Museum of Naval Aviation at NAS Pensacola, Florida as a museum article.
The F-14s were retired and subsequently destroyed (except for display models).
