ATAC Mirage F-1 fighters to provide private aggressor duties at Luke AFB and Holloman AFB

ATAC Mirage F1 Luke Holloman
ATAC Mirage F-1 jet fighter.

July 27, 2020 - Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC), part of Textron Inc, announced today that it has been selected to provide two U.S. Air Force bases with adversary air live training under the Combat Air Forces (CAF) Contracted Air Support (CAS) program.

Under the awards, worth up to a combined $240 million, ATAC will provide adversary air live training to pilots at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, and Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. The combined awards provide for over 3,000 sorties per year for up to 4.5 years, which will be provided by ATAC’s fleet of Mirage F1 fighter aircraft and are expected to commence by Fall 2020.

The awards are part of an initial round of 5 operating locations the Air Force has selected under the CAF CAS program, with the Air Force stating its intention to contract for such services at up to 22 operating locations: 12 for adversary air and 10 for contracted close air support.

Source, Image: ATAC


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