What that means for war EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, California (AP) With the midday sun blazing, an experimental orange and white F-16 fighter jet launched with a familiar roar that is a hallmark of US airpower. But the aerial combat that followed was unlike any other: This F-16 was controlled by artificial intelligence, not […]
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. An experimental orange and white F-16 fighter jet controlled by artificial intelligence, not a human pilot, launched Thursday marks one of the biggest advances in military aviation since the introduction of stealth in the early 1990s, and the Air Force has aggressively leaned in. And riding in the front seat was Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall.
An AI-controlled F-16 flew Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall in lightning-fast maneuvers at more than 550 miles an hour as it pursued a manned jet nearby.