The Boeing Company and the U.S. Air Force completed the first manned flight of the QF-16 Full Scale Aerial Target on May 4, 2012 at Cecil Field in Jacksonville, Florida. The QF-16 took off at 3:05 p.m. Eastern time and climbed to an altitude of 41,000 feet during its 66-minute flight. The Boeing-led team, which includes BAE systems, will begin engineering, manufacturing and development of the full-scale manned and unmanned QF-16s during Phase 1. The team will receive six F-16s during the program's development phase. After modification to the QF-16 configuration, they will serve as prototypes for engineering tests and evaluation prior to low-rate initial production. Up to 126 QF-16 drones will be converted beginning in 2014.