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X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft in flight
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X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft in flight

NASA / AFRC · 1997-10-30 · photograph (digital archive)

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The X-36 technology demonstrator shows off its distinctive shape as the remotely piloted aircraft flies a research mission over the Southern California desert on October 30, 1997.

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X-36Dryden Flight Research CenterBoeing Phantom WorksMcDonnell DouglasAmes Research CenterWilliams InternationalMoffett FieldF112 engineturbofanAir Force Research LaboratoryAFRLRESTORE
Credit lineX-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft in flight. NASA/AFRC, 1997-10-30. Public domain. ID: EC97-44294-23.
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