F-16C Block 42 64th Aggressor "Wraith"

The newest aggressor F-16 in the 57th Fighter Wing at Nellis AFB outside Las Vegas, Nevada, was unveiled on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019 by the 57th Fighter Wing Commander and on the official Nellis AFB Facebook page. The aircraft and its paint scheme are unique for a number of reasons. The final choice of the all-black with red adversary markings was selected from a voting process done on the Facebook page of USAF Brig. Gen. Robert G. Novotny, commander of the 57th Wing at Nellis. Brig. Gen. Novotny effectively leveraged social media to promote the voting between several different paint schemes and to build excitement about the project that included many USAF personnel at Nellis AFB. The final paint scheme was named “WRAITH” after a ghostlike image of someone, especially one seen shortly before or after their death. The aircraft painted in the new “Wraith” aggressor paint scheme was aircraft number 48, an F-16C Block 42. This F-16 was already in Air Force inventory, but is new to the 57th Wing’s 57th Adversary Tactics Group (57th ATG). The 57th ATG contains the 64th Aggressor Squadron, to which the new “Wraith” F-16C Block 42 is attached.