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Top Aces

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Top Aces

@topaces

Top Aces provides advanced adversary air (ADAIR) and joint terminal attack controller (JTAC) technology and training to the world’s leading armed forces.

Canada

Joined August 2014

Top Aces
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Aug 19, 2024
Our #TopAces Corp. team in Mesa, AZ is proud to present our first F-16 aircraft sporting the sleek Flanker Blue paint scheme! N875TA will join our fleet of high-performance F-16 aggressors and provide mission-critical training to USAF 5th Gen pilots. Let us know what you think!
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Jul 11, 2024
✈️We’re flying to the world’s largest military airshow this weekend at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford, bringing our A-4 Skyhawk Advanced Aggressor Fighter to display! #Didyouknow our A-4 Skyhawks can be equipped with an Infrared Search and Track (IRST) system?
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Sep 5, 2024
We’re thrilled to announce that we have integrated an infrared search and track (IRST) capability onto our F-16 Advanced Aggressor Fighter (AAF) platform! This sophisticated technology will significantly elevate the training experience for @usairforce 5th generation fighter
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Dec 4, 2024
A huge congratulations to Top Aces Corp. pilot, Don "Rhett" Butler (pictured on the left), for reaching an incredible 4,000 flight hours in the F-16! Rhett spent 20 years in the USAF as an F-16 pilot, then went on to work for Lockheed Martin as a civilian F-16 instructor,
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Feb 27, 2024
Top Aces has successfully integrated an Infra-Red Search and Track (IRST) capability onto our A-4 Skyhawk platform via our open architecture Advanced Aggressor Mission System (AAMS). #innovationinaviation #IRSTinnovation #A4skyhawkIRSTintegration #topaces
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May 12, 2025
Rolling through the skies! Just a glimpse out of Arrow’s windshield on the commute to work. Of course, when you’re an Aggressor pilot for Top Aces, and your “daily commuter” is a Top Aces F-16 Advanced Aggressor Fighter, the view is worth sharing. At Top Aces, we’re proud
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Apr 1, 2025
Get a glimpse of our Flanker Blue F-16s in action. From their distinctive paint scheme to their dynamic maneuvers and high-tech sensors, these aircraft are part of the only commercial F-16 fleet in the world, and they play a key role in delivering the most realistic and
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Nov 7, 2024
Our Top Aces pilots fly with the Thales Scorpion Helmet Mounted Cueing Display, replicating the latest adversary off-boresight capabilities and making our advanced F-16 jets—the only ones in the industry—deadly in a dogfight. Fight’s On! #TopAces #F16 #fighterjet #fighterpilot
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Apr 14, 2025
At Top Aces, our F-16 and A-4 Advanced Aggressor Fighters are equipped with the cutting-edge Thales Scorpion Helmet Mounted Cueing System (HMCS), the same technology slated for F-22 Raptors and @usairforce F-16s. This innovative system empowers our pilots to process and respond
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Jan 7, 2025
Fantastic shot of a Top Aces F-16 returning from flying an advanced ADAIR mission against Luke F-35s (AESA and Scorpion HMCS included)! Photo by: Eric Page Lu
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Jul 12, 2022
We’re excited to attend this week's #RIAT22 with our A-4 #Skyhawk equipped with AESA radar! Visit us and learn how Top Aces is training the next generation of combat leaders with its advanced aggressor technology. (Photo: Sven Neumann) airtattoo.com
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Dec 3, 2024
We're returning to Nellis Air Force Base, NV! We're excited to head back to Nellis next week to support the USAF Weapons School’s vaunted capstone event with our 4th Generation F-16s. Weapons School Integration training (WSINT) provides the most complex and advanced scenarios
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Mar 1, 2024
As the world’s only 4th Gen commercial adversary, Top Aces’ F-16s are now providing robust Electronic Attack training to the USAF’s newest F-35 pilots using the ALQ-188V4 pod at Luke and Eglin Air Force Bases… we're training the next-generation of combat leaders!
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Nov 18, 2024
More exciting news, as another A-4 Skyhawk joins our Canadian training fleet! 🍁 A-4 Advanced Aggressor Fighters are a key element of our commitment to train the next generation of combat leaders and continue providing the @rcaf_arc with industry-leading defence training
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