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X-62A VISTA

Modified F-16 test aircraft used by the Air Force Test Pilot School for variable flight-characteristic simulation.

by Lockheed Martin

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The X-62A VISTA experimental aircraft in flight above Edwards Air Force Base

Photo: U.S. Air Force 412TW by Richard Gonzales via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (PD-USGov-Military-Air Force) · Resized and reencoded as WebP with metadata removed; no additional crop.

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Sources2

  1. 1.
    OtherInside The Air Force's Elite Test Pilot School

    Sam Eckholm · Sep 27, 2025 · Supports: System · name

    “X-62 Vista”
  2. 2.
    Government recordX62A Vista

    Supports: System

    “The VISTA, which is operated by the Air Force Test Pilot School with the support of Calspan and Lockheed Martin”

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