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F-16A Advanced Fighter Technology Integration
The NF-16A Advanced Fighter Technology Integration (AFTI) airframe (s/n 75-0750) in flight, near the Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC) in Edwards, California. Note the right 'shoulder' inline wing-root mounted Westinghouse FLIR & Laser Designator pod, air intake-mounted chin canards (taken from the previous F-16 CCV program, s/n 72-1567), extended spinal sensor suite, and wingtip-mounted AIM-9 Sidewinders. Photo taken partway through Phase 1 of the AFTI program. By Phase 2, the chin canards would be removed and additional sensor pods mounted forward of the cockpit.
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