F-35 aerodynamic loads testing at Arnold AFB marks milestone in program
Tim Wright, an Aerospace Testing Alliance craftsman at AEDC, examines the Short Takeoff/Vertical Landing (STOVL) F-35 model in the 16 –foot transonic wind tunnel during a model change. The information from this testing, the final entry in a series of tests, will go into a large database to refine and validate the aircraft designs for flight testing and ultimately, production of the CTOL and STOVL F-35 variants.