This close-up view shows the AFTI F-16 air probe early in the research program.
NASA research pilot John A. Manke is seen here in front of the M2-F3 Lifting Body.
The M2-F2 lifting body made its 16th glide flight on May 10, 1967.
This photo depicts the Advanced Fighter Technology Integration (AFTI) F-16 in the configuration used midway through the program.
An early (1983) photograph of the Advanced Fighter Technology Integration (AFTI) F-16 team, commemorating the aircraft’s 50th flight. It shows…
The DARPA/U.S. Air Force X-45A Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) system demonstration program completed the first phase of demonstrations, known…
Crew members are seen here unloading the nose and pod cones of the Theseus prototype research aircraft at NASA’s Dryden…
NACA research pilot John Griffith is leaning out the hatch of the X-1 #2.
The Advanced Fighter Technology Integration (AFTI) F-16 flying at high angle of attack, shown in the final configuration and paint…
After Francis Gary Powers was shot down over the Soviet Union during a CIA spy flight on 1 May 1960,…