Video by Keith C Lewis | Air Force Research Laboratory | 04.12.2022
Achieving speeds above Mach 5 is and was no easy feat - and that's why the X-15 made it look easy. Learn more about this legendary X-Plane with the help of AFRL senior historian Jeff Duford at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force ....
Video by Adam Bowles | 412th Test Wing | 04.02.2022
Unlocking the Past: The "Joe Walker 50th Anniversary Celebration" unveils time capsule honoring aerospace hero
Video by Bradley T Bowman | Air Force Research Laboratory | 08.17.2017
The X-15 hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft set speed and altitude records during the 1960s that remain unbroken to this day. It reached the edge of space and its research flights led to technology deployed in the Project Mercury tracking stations, Apollo spacecraft, and the space shuttle....
Video by Bradley T Bowman | Air Force Research Laboratory | 08.17.2017
Air Force pilots routinely fly faster than the speed of sound, but there was a time when it was considered impossible. Then in 1947, the Air Force broke the sound barrier for the first time in manned flight with its experimental Bell X-1 aircraft. Higher altitudes and greater speeds were also achieved with the X-2 research airplane. The X-15 hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft set speed and......
Courtesy Video | Defense Media Activity - Air Force | 04.01.2010
This special edition of Today’s Air Force features stories celebrating 100 years of military aviation. Hosted by Staff Sgt. Nicholas Kurtz. Part 2 of 3. ...
Courtesy Video | Defense Media Activity - Air Force | 03.11.2010
This edition features a special edition that celebrates 100 years of military aviation. Hosted by Staff Sgt. Nicholas Kurtz. Part 2 of 3....
Courtesy Video | 412th Test Wing | 10.03.1999
Fifty years ago on Oct. 3, 1967, Maj. William J. “Pete” Knight flew the modified X-15A-2 to a speed of Mach 6.72. The aircraft was flown with its full ablative coating and external fuel tanks. A dummy ramjet mounted on the lower ventral stub stabilizer fell away during the flight as a result of severe heat damage to the fairing. The flight marked the highest speed achieved in the X-15......
