Technicians at the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., are on track to finish the final conversion of a retired F-4 fighter into a target drone around mid-February, according to a base release. This aircraft will be the 316th F-4 converted to a remotely controlled QF-4 full-scale aerial target since the AMARG began these regenerations in 2001, states the Jan. 25 release. The Air Force is transitioning from the QF-4 to the QF-16 as its full-scale aerial target drone. The last QF-4s will support Army ground-to-air training at Holloman AFB, N.M., and air-to-air combat training at Tyndall AFB, Fla., states the release. An F-4 conversion takes an average of 9,000 man hours—about 277 calendar days—to complete, according to the release. (Davis-Monthan report by A1C Josh Slavin) (See also Three-Hundredth QF-4 Delivered.)
Pentagon Releases Cost of Living, BAH Rates for 2026
Dec. 30, 2025
The Pentagon will pay cost of living allowances to 127,000 service members in the continental U.S. in 2026, an increase of 66,000 members in 2025. Airmen and Guardians across the U.S. will also receive an average increase of 4.2 percent for their Basic Housing Allowance, compared to the 5.4 percent…
