XL—an F-16 stretched with a distinctive cranked-arrow wing—entered a USAF strike-fighter competition to replace the F-111, ...

Key Points and Summary - General Dynamics’ F-16XL was a radical F-16 derivative for the SCAMP/ETF push to replace the F-111: a lengthened fuselage and a vast cranked-arrow delta wing that boosted ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The two prototype aircraft performed admirably in the Air Force’s tests, which ultimately concluded that the F-16XL could fly twice as far, or carry twice as large a ...

The F-16XL was a bomb and missile truck – what we would call “beast mode” today. It was even faster than the standard F-16. You can’t picture the Air Force without the F-16 Fighting Falcon. It has ...

NASA's Dryden Flight Research Centre is examining the feasibility of returning to flight one of two unique cranked-arrow wing F-16XLs kept in "flyable" storage for a decade. The agency hopes to award ...

The last time we showcased a wacky airplane project from the General Dynamics Corporation, we showed you how the F-111B, aka the fatter prototype F-14, failed to live up to just about every imaginable ...

Aviation Week's October 23, 1995 cover showcased the General Dynamics F-16XL during its historic first flight on October 13. The aircraft featured a specialized large suction panel mounted on its left ...

In this historical photo from the U.S. space agency, an in-flight view of NASA's two-seat F-16XL #2 research aircraft from January 1996 clearly shows that the left and right wings are definitely not ...

The F-16 Fighting Falcon is one of the greatest American military success stories. Almost 50 years after its first flight back in 1974, the F-16 still attracts the attention of domestic and foreign ...

In this historical photo from the U.S. space agency, an F-16 Scamp model being tested in the BART on Oct. 6, 1992. The photo shows a basic flow visualization test using smoke and a laser light sheet ...