* YAL-1A (high energy laser)
* F-15 STOL/MTD (canards + 3D thrust vectoring)
* F-16XL (laminar flow program)
* F-16 w. DSI (F-35 intake)
* F-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle (3D thrust vectoring)
* Su-27LL-PS (2D thrust vectoring)
* 757 “Catfish” (F-22 sensors)
* JB-52E (JTD9D turbofan)
* 767BA (Airborne Optical Adjunct, IR MASINT for missile launches)
* CRJ-700 w. SABR (F-16 AESA)
* I don’t know the turboprop on the side but it’s funny af
When I saw I'd targeted an F-16XL for the first time in AC6 I felt bad about needing to shoot it down.
The fear i felt facing four of them and four f-35s in ace combat zero is unrivaled. Atleast in scares from ace combat.
Don't forget the P-61 Blackwidow. It was used post war to help study thunderstorms.
HOW did i not know about Square Ass Round Ass Plane until now??
did someone say more rituals?
How else are we going to get FB-22 for the Royal Emutopia Air Force?
Hey we gotta get the YF 23s flying somehow
waiter! waiter! more NASA AD-1 please!
what the everliving fuck is that plane in the top right corner?
Rockwell-MBB X-31, based eurofighter Progenitor made with parts from "British Aerospace Experimental Aircraft Programme, the German TKF-90, F/A-18 Hornet , F-16 Fighting Falcon, F-16XL V-22 Osprey, Cessna Citation, F-20 Tigershark and B-1 Lancer," in 1990.
Dale Brown has entered the chat
No love for the X-29?
We should 100% make another YAL-1A, call it the YAL-2 or something.
We have so much better tech by this point. Who knows what you could do with a laser that has 20x more power and energy load? We could use it as a mobile anti cruise missile platform.
Isn't STOL/MTD just 2d though. AFAIK the nozzles could only produce moment only on the pitch and roll rotational axises
Yeah, F-15 ACTIVE, built on the same airframe had the 3D TVC.
Those B757s with a raptor (or lightning) noses kinda look like a weird bird. Like, they make the fighter radome look like a beak
Ukrainian drones love them too!