Two NASA F/A-18 aircraft are participating in the Autonomous Formation Flight mission over California's Mojave Desert.
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Two NASA F/A-18 aircraft are participating in the Autonomous Formation Flight mission over California’s Mojave Desert. The two-seat Systems Research Aircraft (tail number 845) leads the formation for the drag-reduction study that mimics the flight pattern of migrating birds. The aircraft are approximately 55 feet apart from tail of the lead to nose of the trailing F/A-18 tail number 847.› Read Project DescriptionSeptember 20, 2001NASA Photo / Lori Losey