F-16 - VISTA F-16 will test airborne safety system

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.—The U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School’s Variable-stability, In-flight Simulation and Test Aircraft F-16 flies over Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The VISTA is key to the school’s flight testing of the Automatic Air Collision Avoidance System, known as Auto ACAS, scheduled to begin in March. The test program is aiming to prove the system’s ability to see and avoid aircraft on an airborne collision course. (Courtesy photo)