Experimental F-16s



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    USAF F-16C Block 25, #83119, refuelling [USAF photo]
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    USAF F-16C Block 25, #83119, with a special paint coat used in 'paintless aircraft' testflights [USAF photo]
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    The first YF-16 (#01567) was used in the early eighties on the Controlled Configured Vehicle (CCV) program. This program tested the possibilities of turning without having to bank. Although achieving promessing results, the advantages (being better aiming when firing a missile because of better stability) were not of that kind that it allowed to introduce this costly modification. With the latest missile technology (thrust vector control), this isn't even necessary any more. [LMTAS photo]
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    Conformal Fuel Tank (CFT) testing (#87353). [LMTAS photo]
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    USAF F-16B block 15 #81-0816 is seen here when it was used to test the auto terrain following feature on the viper. [Michel Klaver collection]
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    USAF F-16B #75-0752 (and others, all A-models) where used during CAS testing at Nellis AFB. [USAF photo - Mike Kopack collection]
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    USAF F-16C block 25 (#83-1120) modified with a diverterless supersonic inlet, or DSI, developed for the Joint Strike Fighter program. [Lockheed Martin photo]
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    Nose detail of USAF F-16C block 25 #83-1120 who is reconfigured with a JSF inlet. [LMTAS photo]
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    Testflight of USAF F-16C #83120, with the air intake modified as a JSF inlet [LMTAS photo]
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    USAF F-16C #83-1120 modified with diverterless supersonic inlet, or DSI, developed for the Joint Strike Fighter (now the F-35 Lightning II) program. At high aircraft speeds through supersonic, the bump in the inlet works with the forward-swept inlet cowl to redirect unwanted boundary layer airflow away from the inlet, essentially doing the job of heavier, more complex, and more costly diverters used by current fighters. The flight test program consisted of twelve flights flown in nine days in December 1996. [LMTAS photo]
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    The first YF-16 (#01567) was used in the early eighties on the Controlled Configured Vehicle (CCV) program, spotted here on the tarmac. [F-16.net photo].
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    The first YF-16 (#01567) was used in the early eighties on the Controlled Configured Vehicle (CCV) program, seen here during a test flight. [F-16.net photo]
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    The first YF-16 (#01567) was used in the early eighties on the Controlled Configured Vehicle (CCV) program, seen here over Edwards AFB equiped with an anti-spin chute. [F-16.net photo]
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    The first YF-16 (#01567) was used in the early eighties on the Controlled Configured Vehicle (CCV) program, seen here banking during a test flight. [F-16.net photo]
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    Original in-flight photo of USAF F-16B block 15 #81-0816 near Edwards AFB shown flying over the compass rose of Rogers Dry Lakebed with the main base in the background. [USAF photo]