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23 Feb 1989 at Edwards Air Force Base - A two-seat F-16B Air Defense Fighter test aircraft successfully launched an AIM-7 Sparrow missile that destroyed a target drone off the California coast.

 

https://www.facebook.com/EdwardsAirForceBase/photos/a.140333572684247.37126.139549732762631/1084192344965027/?type=3&theater

 

One of the Air National Guard's new responsabilities was the aerial defense of the continental United States, previously assigned to the (now-defunct) USAF Air Defense Command.

 

Originally, F-106A Delta Dart interceptors were transferred from the USAF ADC to the ANG. In the mid-1980s, the US Air Force evaluated the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon and the Northrop F-20 Tigershark as a replacement for the F-106. In October 1986, the decision was made to adopt a modified F-16, designated F-16 ADF (Air Defense Fighter), capable of launching the Sparrow semi-active radar homing BVR missile. The F-16 was selected primarily because it was available in sufficiently large numbers, and could easily be modified to carry the necessary armament. The decision of the USAF to adopt the F-16 for the ADF role was the key reason to cancel the F-20 program.

 

A total of 271 F-16A/B airframes were to be modified to ADF configuration at the Ogden Air Logistics Center in Utah. Modifications included the installation of a HF radio and an improved APG-66 radar that was compatible with the AIM-7 Sparrow and AIM-120 AMRAAM radar-guided missiles.

 

http://www.f-16.net/f-16_users_article32.html

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Once it's in there it's not over....

https://youtu.be/1EFTBYQ2p7M?t=355

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