The Airborne Advantage Tactical Company (ATAC a Textron company) provides tactical (aggressor) training with a fleet of over 90 aircraft. The private company provides support to the US Department of Defense in locations world-wide, including the Continental United States, Hawaii and the Western Pacific. They operate with Mirage F1s, L-39s, Hawker Hunters and these beautiful Kfirs. On the exhaust part, clearly Kfir C2 / F-21 is stencilled, the latter referring to the once F-21 fleet of the US Navy. Here N401AX is turning to the runway of Point Mugu, it was closely followed by N402AX that day.

A Mirage F1CT of civilian aggressor company ATAC approaches runway 32 at Hill AFB after flying a mission with the local F-35s of the 388th FW.

An ATAC Mirage F1 CT returns to Hill AFB after flying as an Aggressor against the local F-35As of the 388th FW.

Part of ATAC 11 flight taxiing out during the early evening hours to participate in WTI 2-22

ATAC F-1CT on short final to Luke's runway 3L. Ex French Air Force 226.

ATAC now operating a small contingent of F-1's at Luke AFB. Ex French Air Force 517.

ATAC 11 F-1CR is on very short final to runway 3L. Ex French Air Force 653.

An ATAC F-1CT arrives from Holloman AFB to Luke's runway 3L. Ex French Air Force 274.

ATAC operates an impressive fleet of Hawker Hunters. This example is the former J-4031 of the Swiss Air Force. It became G-BWFR in July 2006, cancelled on export to Canada in March 2008 but no Canadian registration was allocated. Instead it became N328AX in August 2008.

The Hunter is a rare sight in US skies, or nowadays anywhere in the world, but ATAC operated more than a dozen of them at the time. This one is ex Swiss Air Force J-4090, which became G-SIAL in January 1999. It was cancelled on export to Canada in March 2008 but no Canadian registration was allocated. Instead it became N330AX in August 2008.