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AFTI/F-16 Advanced Fighter Technology Integration
AFTI/F-16 Advanced Fighter Technology Integration

This close-up view shows the AFTI F-16 air probe early in the research program.

NASA Research Pilot John Manke with M2-F3 Lifting Body
NASA Research Pilot John Manke with M2-F3 Lifting Body

NASA research pilot John A. Manke is seen here in front of the M2-F3 Lifting Body.

Aftermath of M2-F2 Accident
Aftermath of M2-F2 Accident

The M2-F2 lifting body made its 16th glide flight on May 10, 1967.

AFTI/F-16 Advanced Fighter Technology Integration
AFTI/F-16 Advanced Fighter Technology Integration

This photo depicts the Advanced Fighter Technology Integration (AFTI) F-16 in the configuration used midway through the program.

AFTI/F-16 Advanced Fighter Technology Integration
AFTI/F-16 Advanced Fighter Technology Integration

An early (1983) photograph of the Advanced Fighter Technology Integration (AFTI) F-16 team, commemorating the aircraft’s 50th flight. It shows…

DARPA/U.S. Air Force X-45A Completes Block 1 Phase
DARPA/U.S. Air Force X-45A Completes Block 1 Phase

The DARPA/U.S. Air Force X-45A Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) system demonstration program completed the first phase of demonstrations, known…

Theseus Remotely Piloted Aircraft
Theseus Remotely Piloted Aircraft

Crew members are seen here unloading the nose and pod cones of the Theseus prototype research aircraft at NASA’s Dryden…

Flight Research Pilots
Flight Research Pilots

NACA research pilot John Griffith is leaning out the hatch of the X-1 #2.

AFTI/F-16 Advanced Fighter Technology Integration
AFTI/F-16 Advanced Fighter Technology Integration

The Advanced Fighter Technology Integration (AFTI) F-16 flying at high angle of attack, shown in the final configuration and paint…

U-2
U-2

After Francis Gary Powers was shot down over the Soviet Union during a CIA spy flight on 1 May 1960,…