US Air Force, EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE: The Joint Strike Fighter Integrated Test Force pulled an F-16 Fighting Falcon out of a special hangar Feb. 11, marking the culmination of a series of unique tests here.
As a surrogate for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the F-16 was used to test Department of Defense chemical and biological decontamination methods in realistic field conditions — the first time an entire aircraft has been decontaminated in these conditions.
The goal is to return the aircraft to service quickly, should it ever be exposed to a chemical or biological agent.
“We've taken an old F-16, we've contaminated it with a simulant for chemicals and a simulant for a biological agent and we've practiced these potential decontamination procedures,
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