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Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: Lockheed Martin X-35B Joint Strike Fighter, with other modern day jet aircraft
Image by Chris Devers
Quoting Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | Lockheed Martin X-35B STOVL:
This aircraft is the initial X-35 ever constructed. It was initially the X-35A and was modified to include the lift-fan engine for testing of the STOVL notion. Amongst its several test records, this aircraft was the very first in history to obtain a quick takeoff, level supersonic dash, and vertical landing in a single flight. It is also the first aircraft to fly utilizing a shaft-driven lift-fan propulsion program. The X-35B flight test system was 1 of the shortest, most effective in history, lasting from June 23, 2001 to August 6, 2001.
The lift-fan propulsion technique is now displayed next to the X-35B at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near Dulles Airport.
On July 7, 2006, the production model F-35 was officially named F-35 Lightning II by T. Michael Moseley, Chief of Staff USAF.
Transferred from the United States Air Force.
Date:
2001
Dimensions:
Wing span: ten.05 m (33 ft in)
Length: 15.47 m (50 ft 9 in)
Height: about 5 m (15 ft in)
Weight: about 35,000 lb.
Components:
Composite material aircraft skin, alternating steel and titanium spars. Single-engine, single-seat configuration involves lift-fan and steering bars for vertical flight.
Physical Description:
Quick takeoff/vertical landing variant to be utilized by U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marines and the United Kingdom, equipped with a shaft-driven lift fan propulsion program which enables the aircraft to take off from a quick runway or small aircraft carrier and to land vertically.
Engine: Pratt & Whitney JSF 119-PW-611 turbofan deflects thrust downward for brief takeoff/vertical landing capability. The Air Force and Navy versions use a thrust-vectoring exhaust nozzle. The Marine Corps and Royal Air Force/Navy version has a swivel-duct nozzle an engine-driven fan behind the cockpit and air-reaction manage valves in the wings to offer stability at low speeds.
Other major subcontractors are Rolls Royce and BAE.
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Quoting Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | Grumman A-6E Intruder:
The Navy’s knowledge in the Korean War showed the need for a new extended-range strike aircraft with high subsonic efficiency at quite low altitude–an aircraft that could penetrate enemy defenses and uncover and destroy little targets in any climate. The Grumman A-six Intruder was created with these wants in mind. The Intruder initial flew in 1960 and was delivered to the Navy in 1963 and the Marine Corps in 1964.
The Navy accepted this airplane as an "A" model in 1968. It served below harsh combat conditions in the skies more than Vietnam and is a veteran of the 1991 Desert Storm campaign, when it flew missions for the duration of the initial 72 hours of the war. It has accumulated more than 7,500 flying hours, more than 6,500 landings, 767 carrier landings, and 712 catapult launches.
Transferred from the United States Navy, Workplace of the Secretary
Date:
1960
Country of Origin:
United States of America
Dimensions:
Overall: 16ft 2in. x 52ft 12in. x 54ft 9in., 26745.8lb. (four.928m x 16.154m x 16.688m, 12131.8kg)
Components:
Conventional all-metal, graphite/epoxy wing (retrofit), aluminium control surfaces, titanium high-strength fittings (wing-fold).
Physical Description:
Dual place (side by side), twin-engine, all-weather attack aircraft a number of variants.
