I’m not sure these will have any remote control capability. While the author fantasizes about them being equipped for air to air and SEAD missions, I suspect they will be little more than decoys or missiles. The “Eurasian Times” is very low quality source.
The USAF has converted about 200 F-16s to QF-16 Drones. Before the F-16, they had F-4 drones, and before that F-100, F-102 and F-106 were modified as target drones. The QF-16 is as maneuverable as the F-16 and is flown by a pilot on the ground, up to four drones by a single pilot. It already carries chaff, flares and ECM/EA pods, and it wouldn’t surprise me if the USAF had already incorporated weapons. With the F-16 being “fly by wire”, it is much better suited as a drone than the J-6/7/8. Of course AI will be the real game changer in drone capability.
From what I gather, the F-16s used in drones are at the end of their airframes’ and engines’ useful lives.