Logo: Farfield Investigation of Noboom Thresholds (FaINT)

Title: Farfield Investigation of Noboom Thresholds (FaINT)

Designer: David Faust/AFRC Graphics

Year the patch was created: 2012

Explanation or back story: As part of the High Speed Project, FaINT investigated and collected data at the edge of the sonic boom carpet on the ground and below Mach cutoff using an F-18 aircraft generating booms and a TG-14, blimp, and ground microphone array to record the booms.

For more information on sonic booms: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/supersonic-technologies#schlieren