{"id":17602,"date":"2021-02-02T13:33:08","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T13:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=17602"},"modified":"2021-02-02T13:33:10","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T13:33:10","slug":"top-aces-welcomes-first-f-16s-to-mesa-az","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/arizona\/top-aces-welcomes-first-f-16s-to-mesa-az\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Top Aces Welcomes First F-16s to Mesa, AZ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Top Aces Corp. has announced the arrival of its first batch\nof F-16 fighters to the company\u2019s F-16 Center of Excellence in Mesa, Arizona.\nUnder the U.S. Air Force IDIQ contract, Top Aces will begin providing its\nunmatched adversary training for the USAF, U.S. Navy and DoD in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Top Aces is the first commercial provider in the world to\noffer the supersonic F-16. The upgraded fleet of F-16s are able to employ an\nActive Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar, helmet-mounted cueing system,\ntactical datalink and high off boresight missile capability to provide\nunparalleled adversary air training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur vision is to be the most trusted provider of innovative\ncombat training solutions in a highly specialized industry where experience\nmatters,\u201d said Top Aces Corp. President Russ Quinn, a 26-year USAF veteran and\nprevious Aggressor pilot with over 3,300 F-16 flight hours. \u201cWe acquired our\nfleet of F-16s in order to fulfill our vision of training the next generation\nof combat leaders here in the U.S.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor the past fifteen years, Top Aces has effectively and\naffordably trained air force leaders throughout the world. We\u2019re excited to\njoin with the USAF and bring both professional and highly credible adversary\nair capability to the U.S.,\u201d added Mr. Quinn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For further information, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.topaces.us\">www.topaces.us<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top Aces Corp. has announced the arrival of its first batch of F-16 fighters to the company\u2019s F-16 Center of Excellence in Mesa, Arizona. Under the U.S. Air Force IDIQ contract, Top Aces will begin providing its unmatched adversary training for the USAF, U.S. Navy and DoD in 2021. Top Aces is the first commercial [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17603,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arizona"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/dreamstime-xxl-9254255-Adversary-Training.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17602"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17604,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17602\/revisions\/17604"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}