The drone's first air combat resulted in the destruction of an F-16 fighter of the US Army, marking a successful debut and bolstering Yan Fei's confidence.
Carl's F-16 fighter was 6 kilometers away from the drone when he discovered the missile and began to accelerate to escape. Although his fighter's flight speed did not reach the maximum of 2.5 Mach, it was only slightly slower than the AIM-92 missile's 2.2 Mach. The AIM-92 missile could not catch up with the F-16 fighter in a short time, and the F-16 quickly moved beyond a distance of 10 kilometers.
The maximum attack range of the drone's AIM-92 air-to-air missile was only 10 kilometers. Therefore, once the F-16 flew out of the maximum attack range, the AIM-92 air-to-air missile chasing the F-16 fighter self-destructed in midair.
