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X-31 Enhanced Fighter Maneuverability Demonstrator
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The X-31 program demonstrated the value of thrust vectoring (directing engine exhaust flow) coupled with advanced flight control systems, to provide controlled flight during close-in air combat at very high angles of attack. The result of this increased maneuverability was a significant advantage over most conventional fighters. X-31 Home Page
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Photo Date |
Image Description |
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X-31 Enhanced Fighter Maneuverability Demonstrator Photo Collection Contact Sheet |
| X-31 VECTOR Program Phase I begins (DFRC Press Release 98-09) |
| EC98-44433-49 |
3 Mar 1998 |
X-31 engine fit check |
| EC92-04233-9 |
Apr 1992 |
X-31 Enhanced Fighter Maneuverability aircraft in flight |
| EC93-42152-8 |
Aug 1993 |
X-31 in flight over Edwards AFB |
| EC94-42478-10 |
1994 |
X-31 in flight over Edwards AFB |
| EC94-42478-12 |
1994 |
X-31 in banked flight over Edwards AFB |
| EC94-42478-13 |
1994 |
X-31 in banked flight over Edwards AFB |
| EC93-41056-1 |
1993 |
X-31 in flight |
| EC94-42478-4 |
1994 |
X-31 demonstrating high angle of attack - Herbst Maneuver |
| EC94-42478-3 |
1994 |
X-31 at high angle of attack |
| EC94-42478-15 |
Mar 1994 |
X-31 at high angle of attack |
| EC95-43105-10 |
1995 |
X-31 landing with drag chute deploy |
| EC94-42478-8 |
1994 |
X-31 in flight with F-18 chase |
| EC94-42478-17 |
1994 |
X-31 in flight with F-18 chase |
| EC94-42478-16 |
1994 |
X-31 at high angle of attack |
| ED94-42734-6 |
1994 |
X-31 quasi-tailess (artist concept) |
| ED93-42152-10 |
1993 |
X-31 quasi-tailess (artist concept) |
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| X-31 Kiel Probe and Pitot Tube |
| EC93-42024-1 |
Jun 1993 |
X-31 Kiel Probe - side view |
| EC93-42024-4 |
Jun 1993 |
X-31 Kiel Probe - close-up showing inside |
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| X-31 and the 1995 Paris Air Show |
| EC95-43114-50 |
1995 |
X-31 being loaded into C-5 cargo plane |
| EC95-43114-69 |
1995 |
X-31 wing removal |
| EC95-43114-4 |
1995 |
X-31 wing storage for shipping |
| EC95-43153-2 |
1995 |
X-31 loaded in C-5 cargo bay |
| EC95-43153-1 |
1995 |
X-31 unloading returning from Paris Air Show |
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| EC93-41012-3 |
1993 |
Dryden Research Aircraft Fleet on ramp - 1993: X-15 (mockup), F-18, SR-71, X-31, X-29 |
| Thrust-Vectoring aircraft fleet - 1994 |
| EC94-42513-3 |
1994 |
Dryden/Edwards 1994 Thrust-Vectoring aircraft fleet: F-18 HARV, X-31, F-16 MATV |
| EC97-44165-149 |
16 Jul 1997 |
Dryden 1997 Research Aircraft Fleet on ramp - X-31, F-15 ACTIVE, SR-71, F-106, F-16XL Ship #2, X-38, and X-36 |
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