Top Aces certifies F16A ‘Flying Falcon’ for training 20th May 2021 11:52 Europe/London American training provider Top Aces has become the first private company in the world to own and operate a fourth-generation fighter aircraft, the awesome Lockheed Martin 16A ‘Flying Falcon’. Top Aces describes its work as ‘advanced adversary training’ – what the US Air Force calls ‘Red Air’ – and it has a contract with the USAF for Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ). We think that means ‘fill yer boots’. Top Aces took delivery of its first four F-16s in January. The company’s in-house maintenance team returned the aircraft to operational and airworthy status at its F-16 Center of Excellence in Mesa, Arizona. The first of the F16As was certified by the FAA this week and successfully performed its initial test flight.