Recently Retired Aircraft

  • F-16XL number one in flight

    F-16XL

    NASA's single-seat F-16XL (ship #1), tail number 849, is stationed at Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA. It arrived at Dryden in March 1989, from General Dynamics in Fort Worth, TX

  • F-15B flying of Borax mine in Boron CA.

    F-15B #837

    The F-15B research aircraft (tail number 837), the first two-seat F-15 built by McDonnell Douglas, was used initially for developmental testing and evaluation.