Top Aces

Top Aces provides advanced airborne combat training to the U.S. Armed Forces, NATO allies and partner nations. The company says it operates the world's largest fleet of commercially owned tactical fighter aircraft, more than 140 aircraft, including the only privately operated F-16s, and reports more than 160,000 accident-free flight hours. It was founded in Canada and celebrated 25 years of fighter pilot training in 2025.

Services

• Adversary air and advanced combat training for real-world threats
• Close air support training, including for Joint Terminal Attack Controllers
• Aircraft modification and sustainment
• Pilot and maintenance training
• Technology and live and synthetic training capabilities

Fleet

• F-16 fighters fitted with AESA radar, infrared search and track (IRST) and other sensors that replicate modern threat aircraft, used to train fifth generation pilots and for large coalition exercises
• Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jets for adversary air, electronic warfare, anti-ship, target towing and close air support training
• Turboprop platforms including the OV-10, A-90, PC-9 and IAR, fitted with combat-representative systems for close air support training
• Multi-role aircraft for electronic warfare and target towing, supporting gunnery and anti-ship missile defence scenarios

Recent contracts

The company's website reports a 10-year contract worth up to 420 million euros with Germany for advanced air combat training, running to 2035, and a multi-year contract for F-16 instructor pilot training for the Argentine Air Force as new aircraft arrive from Denmark.

Shows

Top Aces appears in the exhibitor and sponsor lists of the AFA Air, Space and Cyber Conference, the AFA Warfare Symposium, CANSEC (sponsor), DSEI UK, MSPO and the Royal International Air Tattoo (supporter).

Contact

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