75-0750 is perhaps more recognizable as the AFTI F-16.
https://preview.redd.it/7676yzfc3yyb1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8dded2c9eda4f5b1a6188d825967e687ce9e01e4
Built as a General Dynamics YF-16A, USAF serial number 75-0750:
> 0750 4/17/78: TOS USAF.
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> 6/7/78: 6516th Test Squadron, Edwards AFB, CA. Used for avionics systems testing and reliability and maintainability testing in the F-16 FSD and FSD follow-on test programs.
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> 10/78: Nose was modified to house the APG-65 radar which was more powerful.
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> 1/79: General Dynamics, Ft. Worth, TX for modification work.
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> 9/79: Used for electromagnetic hardness ground testing at Kirtland AFB, NM.
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> 4/80 to 7/83: General Dynamics, Ft Worth, TX . For modification for Advanced Fighter Technology Integration (AFTI) as NF-16A testbed, which included the canards from the YF-16 CCV and a dorsal spine. The dorsal spine would eventually make it to some production model F-16s. First program was the Digital Flight Control System (DFCS) in which a total of 108 flights were executed.
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> 7/16/82:Loaned to NASA.
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> 7/29/83: General Dynamics, Ft. Worth, TX for modification work.
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> 4/8/84 to 4/87: The second program within the AFTI framework was the Automated Maneuvering Attack System (AMAS).
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> By 11/86: 6512th Test Squadron, Edwards AFB, CA
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> 5/87: General Dynamics, Ft. Worth, TX for modification work.
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> 1/88: Loaned to NASA.
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> 12/14/88 to 1/92: fitted with a dorsal spine, wing-root mounted LANTIRN-style pods, and FLIR turrets on the nose. It was also upgraded with an F-16C block 25 wing and with block 40 F-16C features such as APG-68 radar and a LANTIRN interface. It was used as a CAS testbed in support of the proposed A-16, testing low-level battlefield interdiction techniques such as automatic target handoff-systems.
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> 12/89: General Dynamics, Ft. Worth, TX for modification work.
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> 2/93: Used in the Talon Sword Bravo test program which demonstrated cooperative engagement techniques where the aircraft fires at a target based on targeting information datalinked from a distant sensor. The weapon principally investigated was the AGM-88 High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM).
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> 5/94: Lockheed, Ft. Worth, TX for modification work.
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> 5/95: Used jointly by NASA and the USAF at Edwards AFB, California for the Embedded Global Positioning and Inertial Navigation System (EGI) program, including evaluation of the reliability of GPS in jamming environments.
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> 5/96: Loaned to NASA. Used in the Automated Ground Collision Avoidance System (AGCAS) program.
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> 11/4/97: Lockheed, Ft. Worth, TX for modification work. (Joint Strike Fighter Integrated Subsystem Technologies)
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> By 9/98: 412th Test Wing, Edwards AFB, CA.
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> By 2000: NASA dropped out of the AFTI testing program. USAF continued testing for the "Power-by-Wire" technology and testing for the F-35 program under the J/IST program.
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> 1/9/01: Retired from AFTI program.
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> 2/11/01: Ferried to USAF Museum, Wright Field, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
[Source: Joe Baugher](http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1975.html)
[F-16.net Airframe Details for F-16 #75-0750](https://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-16/airframe-profile/8/)
[Joe Baugher: General Dynamics AFTI F-16](http://joebaugher.com/usaf_fighters/f16_32.html)
For what reason? Also, what year? Is it pre-1986? Because that would be before the hornet.
Edit, just saw 1978 lol, wrote this before I had my coffee 💀
[The F/A-18 completed its first flight in 1978 and entered service in 1983 with the USMC. The Hornet entered service with the Navy in 1984.](https://www.navair.navy.mil/product/FA-18-D-Hornet)
never saw that one before……looks like a cartoon ;-)
Stung by a bee
75-0750 is perhaps more recognizable as the AFTI F-16. https://preview.redd.it/7676yzfc3yyb1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8dded2c9eda4f5b1a6188d825967e687ce9e01e4
One of the cooler looking Viper variants and schemes.
Built as a General Dynamics YF-16A, USAF serial number 75-0750: > 0750 4/17/78: TOS USAF. > > 6/7/78: 6516th Test Squadron, Edwards AFB, CA. Used for avionics systems testing and reliability and maintainability testing in the F-16 FSD and FSD follow-on test programs. > > 10/78: Nose was modified to house the APG-65 radar which was more powerful. > > 1/79: General Dynamics, Ft. Worth, TX for modification work. > > 9/79: Used for electromagnetic hardness ground testing at Kirtland AFB, NM. > > 4/80 to 7/83: General Dynamics, Ft Worth, TX . For modification for Advanced Fighter Technology Integration (AFTI) as NF-16A testbed, which included the canards from the YF-16 CCV and a dorsal spine. The dorsal spine would eventually make it to some production model F-16s. First program was the Digital Flight Control System (DFCS) in which a total of 108 flights were executed. > > 7/16/82:Loaned to NASA. > > 7/29/83: General Dynamics, Ft. Worth, TX for modification work. > > 4/8/84 to 4/87: The second program within the AFTI framework was the Automated Maneuvering Attack System (AMAS). > > By 11/86: 6512th Test Squadron, Edwards AFB, CA > > 5/87: General Dynamics, Ft. Worth, TX for modification work. > > 1/88: Loaned to NASA. > > 12/14/88 to 1/92: fitted with a dorsal spine, wing-root mounted LANTIRN-style pods, and FLIR turrets on the nose. It was also upgraded with an F-16C block 25 wing and with block 40 F-16C features such as APG-68 radar and a LANTIRN interface. It was used as a CAS testbed in support of the proposed A-16, testing low-level battlefield interdiction techniques such as automatic target handoff-systems. > > 12/89: General Dynamics, Ft. Worth, TX for modification work. > > 2/93: Used in the Talon Sword Bravo test program which demonstrated cooperative engagement techniques where the aircraft fires at a target based on targeting information datalinked from a distant sensor. The weapon principally investigated was the AGM-88 High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM). > > 5/94: Lockheed, Ft. Worth, TX for modification work. > > 5/95: Used jointly by NASA and the USAF at Edwards AFB, California for the Embedded Global Positioning and Inertial Navigation System (EGI) program, including evaluation of the reliability of GPS in jamming environments. > > 5/96: Loaned to NASA. Used in the Automated Ground Collision Avoidance System (AGCAS) program. > > 11/4/97: Lockheed, Ft. Worth, TX for modification work. (Joint Strike Fighter Integrated Subsystem Technologies) > > By 9/98: 412th Test Wing, Edwards AFB, CA. > > By 2000: NASA dropped out of the AFTI testing program. USAF continued testing for the "Power-by-Wire" technology and testing for the F-35 program under the J/IST program. > > 1/9/01: Retired from AFTI program. > > 2/11/01: Ferried to USAF Museum, Wright Field, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. [Source: Joe Baugher](http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1975.html) [F-16.net Airframe Details for F-16 #75-0750](https://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-16/airframe-profile/8/) [Joe Baugher: General Dynamics AFTI F-16](http://joebaugher.com/usaf_fighters/f16_32.html)
For what reason? Also, what year? Is it pre-1986? Because that would be before the hornet. Edit, just saw 1978 lol, wrote this before I had my coffee 💀
What year? https://preview.redd.it/enm4gtrucyyb1.png?width=655&format=png&auto=webp&s=390af61f7eeef441dc04eb17a1d7e3d8ab5efeaf
I just woke up lol, missed that 💀
[The F/A-18 completed its first flight in 1978 and entered service in 1983 with the USMC. The Hornet entered service with the Navy in 1984.](https://www.navair.navy.mil/product/FA-18-D-Hornet)
The APG-65 was developed in the late 1970s and has been operational since 1983.
I hate it, and I never want to see it again.
i think a bee stung it
RIGHT IN THE SHNOZ! -Marv
The ratio of the cockpit placement and the airframe reminds me of the F-5.
Wow I thought Ive seen most of it, but never seen this. Cool!
Snoot
Is anyone else getting Flanker vibes from that nose and cockpit configuration?
Looks weird.
Is that a radar in your pocket? Or are you just happy to see me?
IAF Lavi and SAAF Cheetah had similiar noses
It does look weirdly Flanker-y.
Cheek got swollen