Courtesy of F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office
Courtesy of F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office
Business Insider: Check out an inverted F-35 firing off a missile to test performance under negative G forces
As the F-35 marches closer to full combat readiness, pilots test the jet in ever more challenging environments, most recently by firing a AIM 9x air-to-air missile while flying upside-down.
"This unique missile launch is a situation we don’t expect a pilot to be in very often," read a release. Firing a missile upside-down is nothing new. Fighters have had this capability for decades, and the stealth F-35 shouldn't often find itself in a turning fight with adversaries.
But now they know that if they need to fire a missile while experiencing negative G forces and inverted, they can.
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Update: F-35 fires AIM-9X missile inverted (Aviation Analysis Wing)
WNU Editor: This is something that you do not see everyday.
