The Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter development team finished flight testing a combined power and flight control system for the JSF on board ex-NASA's Advanced Fighter Technology Integration (AFTI) F-16 airborne testbed.

An F-16 fully covered with a new-generation "paintless" film has made a series of successful test flights -- including one at almost twice the speed of sound -- validating the use of appliques instead of paint on advanced aircraft such as the Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter (JSF).

A Belgian air force colonel was quoted Saturday as saying the country favored replacing its fleet of F-16 fighter aircraft with the planned Join Strike Fighter (JSF) being developed for the U.S. armed services.

Lockheed Martin has begun testing the flight control software for its X-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) concept demonstrator aircraft in flights conducted with the Variable Stability In-Flight Simulator Test Aircraft (NF-16D), or VISTA/F-16.