Overlooking the Armstrong Flight Research Center.

ex RNZAF serial NZ6218

A slightly modified F-16D about to touch-down at the massive runway of Edwards.

This F-16B (FMS 78-0210) was delivered to the RDAF on 30 Sep'81. It served Esk 723, later Esk 726 and Esk 727, before it received a Mid-Life Update in the early 2000s. It was redelivered to Esk 726 and served with that unit until it was disbanded on 31 December 2005. Via Esk 727 it was moved to the US and assigned to the 461st Flight Test Squadron for the Joint Strike Fighter Test Support. It crash-landed on 23 June 2011 on a lakebed at Edwards and suffered unspecified damage, repaired by September 2011. It eventually returned to Denmark on 9 December 2016, serving with Esk 730 to June 2019 when it became an instructional airframe at Skrydstrup.

A Fiscal Year 2010 F-35B from the Low Rate Initial Production 4 (LRIP 4). The Bravo was first flown on 15 October 2012 and delivered to the US Marine Corps in that same month.

Pictured from the characteristic looking tower of Edwards AFB (CA), this NT-34C of the Armstrong Flight Research Center. This Mentor is former BuNo 160266. It was transferred to NASA on 26 June 2005.

The fourth F-35A prototype (first flight 30 December 2010 and delivered to Edwards on 22 January 2011) is seen here loaded with AIM-9X Sidewinders and four GBU-12 Paveway II 500-lb. un-powered, laser-guided bombs.

This Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) IV F-35A made its first flight from Lockheed Martin Fort Worth (TX) on 7 November 2012. It stayed with the Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems (LMTAS) up to early 2014 when it was delivered to the USAF Weapons Center in June 2013 at Tyndall. It was then moved to the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron and the 31st TES in June 2014 where it stayed until 2017. It was then transferred to Luke AFB (AZ)

The 50th A330 for Air China with special corresponding stickers.. Delivered as B-5977

KLM1934 from Geneva starting up for the flight to Amsterdam, after diverting to Eelde due to thunderstorms over the Western part of the country. At this point in time, the thunderstorms had disappeared, but the rain and wind didn't go anywhere, as is evident above the front part of the fuselage.