USMC Lt. Col. Fred Schenk took the F-35B into STOVL mode with gears up for the first time on 6 May 2011. The test, which occurred on Flight 118 for the aircraft, was part of the envelope expansion for the F-35B.
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The unassuming fuselage bump performs miracles that only aeronautical engineers fully appreciate.
Let’s Get Serious About The Electric Jet (or) 8/1/2015
Joe Bill Dryden's First Article In His Semper Viper Series
F-16 Multi-Axis Thrust Vectoring 4/7/2015
Tactical utility of a multi-axis thrust-vectoring system tested on an F-16 in 1994.
F-16s Policing The Baltic 2/20/2015
The thirty-sixth NATO deployment to secure air space over the Baltic States began on 1 September 2014 when four F-16s of the Portuguese Air Force, or Força Aérea Portuguesa, landed in Lithuania.
F-16 designer pays tribute to Col. John Boyd 1/28/2015
Many years after that chance meeting in Florida, the F-16 has done John Boyd proud.
YF-16 No. 1 First Flight 1/19/2015
Test pilot recounts the first flight of the F-16 prototype.
F-16 Evolution 2/19/2014
The original F-16 was designed as a lightweight air-to-air day fighter. F-16s that followed expanded and refined these roles.
Republic Of Singapore Aerial Demonstration Team 2/7/2014
The Republic of Singapore Air Force’s Black Knights aerobatics team will perform at the 2014 Singapore Airshow.
Design Evolution Of The YF-16 2/4/2014
The YF-16 incorporated technologies never used in previous operational fighters.
Sixty Years For USAF Thunderbirds 11/14/2013
The demonstration squadron performed its first aerial display on 16 June 1953.
F-16 MATV Final Flight
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