Top Aces Unveils First F-16 In Flanker Blue Paint Scheme | Aviation

The Flanker Blue F-16 will join Top Aces’ fleet of former Israeli jets that are used to provide adversary air for the U.S. Air Force’s training.

Top Aces has just unveiled its first F-16 painted in the Flanker Blue paint scheme which will joint the fleet used to provide adversary aircraft for the training of U.S. Air Force’s pilots. Top Aces Corp. is one of the firms that was awarded contracts under the Combat Air Forces (CAF)/Contracted Air Support (CAS) program to improve the training of the U.S. Air Force’s Formal Training Units (FTU) and increase the number of new pilots trained.

For this role, the company employs former Israeli F-16A Netz (Hawk), as they are locally known, which were retired from the Israeli Air Force at the end of 2016 and were delivered in the US in 2021. Until now, Top Aces maintained a paint scheme similar to the one which these aircraft used while still in service in Israel.

The new Flanker Blue paint scheme in inspired by the one used by some F-16s of the Air Force’s 64th Aggressor Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. It is unknown if Top Aces will replicate other paint schemes in addition to the Flanker Blue.

“Our #TopAces Corp. team in Mesa, AZ is proud to present our first F-16 aircraft sporting the sleek Flanker Blue paint scheme!…”