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| Official Photos
- USAF Mixed Flights |
This page contains photos
of various USAF mixed test flights. All North Spin photographs
are Copyright © by the photographers that took them, and
are not to be re-posted or redistributed. |
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| Subject: Two F-22A,
One F-16 & One NKC-135 - AFFTC |
| Location: Edwards AFB, CA |
| Date: N/A |
| Credit: USAF |
Notes: An Edwards
NKC-135 is flanked by two 411th FLTS F-22As, while
one 412th Test Wing F-16 support chase is trailing. |
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| Subject: Three F-16
- 412th TW 416th FLTS & One E-3 - NATO |
| Location: Edwards AFB, CA |
| Date: 9/?/2003 |
| Credit: Tom Reynolds / USAF |
Notes: Three
F-16s from the 416th FLTS fly in formation with
one of two NATO E-3s visiting Edwards from Germany,
on a test flight for the F-16 Mid-Life Upgrade
program. This flight was specifically to test
Link-16 capabilities. |
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| Subject: Two F-16,
One F-15 - 40th FLTS & One KC-10A - 305th AMW
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| Location: N/A |
| Date: N/A |
| Credit: Staff Sgt. Jerry Morrison
/ USAF |
Notes: Two F-16s
and one F-15 from the 46th TW 40th FLTS at Eglin
AFB trail a KC-10A from the 305th AMW. |
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| Subject: F-16CG -
46th TW 40th FLTS & KC-135R - 97th AMW |
| Location: N/A |
| Date: 1999 |
| Credit: Staff Sgt. Jerry Morrison
/ USAF |
Notes: F-16 #88-0469
with the 40th FLTS flies in formation with KC-135R
#63-8027 from the 97th AMW, during the 1999 Air
& Space Power Expo. |
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| Subject: C-12C -
AFFTC & Lear 25B - Calspan Corp. |
| Location: Edwards AFB, CA |
| Date: 11/?/2005 |
| Credit: Jim Shryne / USAF |
Notes: C-12C
#73-1215 flies above Calspan Corp's 'Variable
Stability' Lear-25 N102VS during an in-flight
autonomous aerial refueling test, conducted by
the USAF Test Pilot School. The C-12C is simulating
a tanker, while the Lear is simulating an autonomous
receiving aircraft. |
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| Subject: NKC-135E
#55-3135, One F-22A & One F-16 - AFFTC |
| Location: Edwards AFB, CA |
| Date: 10/?/2004 |
| Credit: USAF |
Notes: An F-22A
from the 411th FLTS and an F-16 from Test Operations,
flies in formation with the 412th Test Wing's
NKC-135E #55-3135. This tanker was retired in
2004 after 49 years of service with the USAF. |
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| Subject: KC-135R
#60-0359 - 74th ARS & F-22A #91-4003 - 411th
FLTS |
| Location: Edwards AFB, CA |
| Date: 2002? |
| Credit: USAF |
Notes: F-22A
#003 receives fuel from Grissom KC-135R #359,
over the R2508 range. |
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| Subject: KC-135R
#60-0359 - 74th ARS & F-22A #91-4003 - 411th
FLTS |
| Location: Edwards AFB, CA |
| Date: 2002? |
| Credit: Kevin Robertson / USAF |
Notes: #003 conducting
AR, as seen from the right side. |
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| Subject: KB-29 Serial
#44-86363 & F-86A Serial #49-1172 |
| Location: Edwards AFB, CA |
| Date: N/A |
| Credit: USAF |
Notes: In an
effort to extend the range of what was then the
new generation of jets, this B-29 was turned into
a KB-29 by attaching an AR boom, to conduct experiments
in air-to-air refueling. Seen here is an F-86A
conducting AR, which had to lower its landing
gear to slow down enough for the KB-29. |
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| Subject: XB-35 #42-13603
- Northrop & P-61 Chase |
| Location: N/A |
| Date: 6/25/1946 |
| Credit: USAF |
Notes: Jack Northrop's
first 'Flying Wing' (the XB-35) is seen here while
making its first flight from the Northrop Co.
airfield, to Muroc AAF (later Edwards AFB). The
P-61 providing chase during the flight caught
fire soon after this photo was taken, forcing
its crew to parachute to safety. |
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| Subject: YF-84F Serial
#49-2430 & B-36 'Mother Ship' |
| Location: N/A |
| Date: N/A |
| Credit: USAF |
Notes: During
the late 1940s, the concept of using a “parasite
fighter” on B-36s was tested. An early
prototype YF-84F was fitted with a retractable
nose hook for recoveries. The FICON (Fighter Conveyor)
concept worked, but was found to be a problem
when the bomber tried to take off with the fighter
attached. |
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