NASA F-18 Aircraft Gets New Paint | Armstrong Flight Research Center

NASA F-18 Aircraft Gets New Paint | Armstrong Flight Research Center

NASA’s F/A-18D entered the U.S. Air Force Corrosion Control Facility on Edwards Air Force Base, California, also known as the Paint Barn, in March 2023. Once complete, the aircraft was returned to its homebase at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California.

The aircraft is intended to track, or “chase,” the quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft and provide a platform for videographers and photographers to document research and tests.

The X-59 is central to NASA’s Quesst mission to expand supersonic flight and provide regulators with data to help change existing national and international aviation rules that ban commercial supersonic flight over land. The aircraft is designed to produce a gentle thump instead of a sonic boom.

For more information about NASA's quiet supersonic mission, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/Quesst

Credit: NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC)

Duration: 2 minutes

Release Date: June 7, 2023

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