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The Story of the F-16 CCV, the Viper that Could Turn Without Banking

Dario Leone

Aug 25 2023

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Boeing to transform this MD-90 jet into X-66A Sustainable Flight Demonstrator to test Transonic Truss-Braced Wing configuration

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411th Flight Test Squadron to flight test the NGAD: F-22 Raptor Combined Test Force at Edwards AFB has transformed into Air Dominance Combined Test Force to test NGAD Family of Systems

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Image of an F-15 firing an ASM-135A ASAT at Death Star released on Star Wars Day remember us that the mighty Eagle was the only US aircraft to destroy a satellite

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No, the F-15 never Attacked Death Star of Star Wars. But the mighty Eagle was the only US aircraft to destroy a machine orbiting Earth. Here’s how.

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Concorde wasn’t the first Airliner to Break the Sound Barrier: how the DC-8 became the first commercial transport to go supersonic

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AGM-183 did not “complete its launch sequence” and remained on the B-52H: First Hypersonic ARRW Booster Flight Test Failed

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The story of the Valkyrie crew that was able to safely land their XB-70A after both hydraulic systems failed preventing both sets of main gear from fully lowering

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Did you know? To keep the A-12 project secret CIA stored in boxes Oxcart spy planes and moved them from Skunk Works production site to Area 51

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Artificial intelligence agents piloted X-62A VISTA to perform advanced fighter maneuvers mimicking flight characteristics of a standard F-16

Feb 14 2023

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Some of the Coolest Aircraft Ever Built were Featured at the Only Public Air Show in XB-70 Valkyrie History

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F-35 conducts first flight with Technology Refresh 3, the modernized hardware needed to power Block 4 capabilities

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The Story Behind the Famous Sequence of The Right Stuff Movie featuring Chuck Yeager’s NF-104 Ejection

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The True Story of Chuck Yeager’s NF-104 Ejection featured in the Famous Sequence of The Right Stuff Movie

Dec 23 2022

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New supersonic corridor named “Bell X-1 Supersonic Corridor” unveiled at Edwards AFB during the 2022 Aerospace Valley Open House, Air Show & STEM Expo

Oct 20 2022

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Here’s the special painted 75th Anniversary of Supersonic Flight F-16 Viper that is taking part in the Edwards Air Show

Oct 14 2022

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Edwards Air Force Base

The Story of the F-16 CCV, the Viper that Could Turn Without Banking

Thanks to our partners

Boeing to transform this MD-90 jet into X-66A Sustainable Flight Demonstrator to test Transonic Truss-Braced Wing configuration

Video shows XB-70A Valkyrie Mach 3 strategic bomber doing an emergency landing

411th Flight Test Squadron to flight test the NGAD: F-22 Raptor Combined Test Force at Edwards AFB has transformed into Air Dominance Combined Test Force to test NGAD Family of Systems

T-7A Red Hawk Completes Taxi Tests ahead of Maiden Flight

The F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II stealth fighters now have an “app store” to download cross-platform software

No, the F-15 never Attacked Death Star of Star Wars. But the mighty Eagle was the only US aircraft to destroy a machine orbiting Earth. Here’s how.

Concorde wasn’t the first Airliner to Break the Sound Barrier: how the DC-8 became the first commercial transport to go supersonic

AGM-183A ARRW Falls Short in Second Test but the USAF isn’t saying what went wrong with the Lockheed Martin-built hypersonic missile

The story of the Valkyrie crew that was able to safely land their XB-70A after both hydraulic systems failed preventing both sets of main gear from fully lowering

Did you know? To keep the A-12 project secret CIA stored in boxes Oxcart spy planes and moved them from Skunk Works production site to Area 51

Artificial intelligence agents piloted X-62A VISTA to perform advanced fighter maneuvers mimicking flight characteristics of a standard F-16

Some of the Coolest Aircraft Ever Built were Featured at the Only Public Air Show in XB-70 Valkyrie History

F-35 conducts first flight with Technology Refresh 3, the modernized hardware needed to power Block 4 capabilities

The True Story of Chuck Yeager’s NF-104 Ejection featured in the Famous Sequence of The Right Stuff Movie

New supersonic corridor named “Bell X-1 Supersonic Corridor” unveiled at Edwards AFB during the 2022 Aerospace Valley Open House, Air Show & STEM Expo

Here’s the special painted 75th Anniversary of Supersonic Flight F-16 Viper that is taking part in the Edwards Air Show

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