{"id":96169,"date":"2022-02-16T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-477346"},"modified":"2023-09-28T13:03:46","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T17:03:46","slug":"nasa-armstrong-assists-with-complex-f-a-18e-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/armstrong\/nasa-armstrong-assists-with-complex-f-a-18e-tests\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Armstrong Assists with Complex F\/A-18E Tests"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"padding-top-5 padding-bottom-3 width-full maxw-full hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-article-intro\"><div class=\"width-full maxw-full article-header\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-2 width-full maxw-full\"><p class=\"label carbon-60 margin-0 margin-bottom-3 padding-0\">4 min read<\/p><h1 class=\"display-48 margin-bottom-2\">NASA Armstrong Assists with Complex F\/A-18E Tests<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/afrc2021-0159-10_medium.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/afrc2021-0159-10_medium.jpg?w=1280\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A top view shows the wing loading test configuration of a F\/A-18.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/afrc2021-0159-10_medium.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/afrc2021-0159-10_medium.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/afrc2021-0159-10_medium.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/afrc2021-0159-10_medium.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/afrc2021-0159-10_medium.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/afrc2021-0159-10_medium.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/afrc2021-0159-10_medium.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/afrc2021-0159-10_medium.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">A top view shows the wing loading test configuration of a F\/A-18E from the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) in Patuxent River, Maryland. The aircraft is in NASA\u2019s Armstrong Flight Research Center Flight Loads Laboratory in Edwards, California, for the center\u2019s biggest load calibrations tests. This testing is needed before the aircraft can serve as a test vehicle for determining if it can safely manage maneuvers and proposed upgrades.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Joshua Fisher<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>NASA\u2019s Armstrong Flight Research Center\u2019s Flight Loads Laboratory in Edwards, California, is working on its most complex loads calibration tests on an F\/A-18E Super Hornet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The aircraft is from the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) in Patuxent River, Maryland. NAVAIR retired its previous loads test aircraft and NASA Armstrong staff are assisting to prepare the new aircraft for its role to help safely manage in flight maneuvers and determine how the F\/A-18E fleet will perform if proposed upgrades are incorporated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Larry Hudson, NASA Armstrong Flight Load Laboratory chief test engineer, explained a few elements of the work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe number of load control channels used at one time is nearly 40% more than the next largest test ever performed in the lab,\u201d Hudson said. \u201cTesting involves loading three areas of the aircraft: wings, vertical tails, and horizontal tails. We typically have done loads calibration tests on wings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/afrc2021-0159-02_medium.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/afrc2021-0159-02_medium.jpg?w=1280\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Left wing load hardware is setup for testing a F\/A-18\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/afrc2021-0159-02_medium.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/afrc2021-0159-02_medium.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/afrc2021-0159-02_medium.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/afrc2021-0159-02_medium.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/afrc2021-0159-02_medium.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/afrc2021-0159-02_medium.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/afrc2021-0159-02_medium.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/afrc2021-0159-02_medium.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Left wing load hardware is setup for testing a F\/A-18E from the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) in Patuxent River, Maryland. The aircraft is in NASA\u2019s Armstrong Flight Research Center Flight Loads Laboratory in Edwards, California, for the center\u2019s biggest load calibrations tests. This testing is needed before the aircraft can serve as a test vehicle for determining if it can safely manage maneuvers and proposed upgrades.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Joshua Fisher<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Testing on the horizontal tails wrapped up in October. The second phase began in December 2021 on the wings and is set to continue through March. A third phase is estimated to start in May to test the aircraft\u2019s two vertical tails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Testing includes the operation of 84 hydraulic actuators during the performance of 87 load cases, said Kim Tucker, NASA Armstrong F\/A-18E test project manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That includes the simultaneous operation of 56 actuators during the loading tests on the wings to determine the structure\u2019s response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor each test case, hydraulic actuators will push and\/or pull on the aircraft surface to put it into tension or compression with a known amount of force,\u201d Tucker said. \u201cStrain gages installed on the aircraft will measure the response.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The amount of load applied to the aircraft starts low and then increases with subsequent test cases.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/afrc2021-0132-17_medium.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/afrc2021-0132-17_medium.jpg?w=1280\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Larry Hudson and Tony Chen inspect test data during horizontal tail testing\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/afrc2021-0132-17_medium.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/afrc2021-0132-17_medium.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/afrc2021-0132-17_medium.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/afrc2021-0132-17_medium.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/afrc2021-0132-17_medium.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/afrc2021-0132-17_medium.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/afrc2021-0132-17_medium.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/afrc2021-0132-17_medium.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Larry Hudson and Tony Chen inspect test data during horizontal tail testing on a F\/A-18E from the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) in Patuxent River, Maryland. The aircraft is in NASA\u2019s Armstrong Flight Research Center Flight Loads Laboratory in Edwards, California, for the center\u2019s biggest load calibrations tests. This testing is needed before the aircraft can serve as a test vehicle for determining if it can safely manage maneuvers and proposed upgrades.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Joshua Fisher<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe load cases for this test were designed to reach a maximum of approximately 60% of the airframe allowable limit load,\u201d she explained. \u201cThere are 11 horizontal tail load cases, 62 wing load cases, and 14 vertical tail load cases resulting in a total of 87 test cases.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As each phase is completed, equations are formulated from the test results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEquations are used to evaluate real time loads during test flights and simulations,\u201d she explained. \u201cThose real time loads consist of aerodynamic and inertia loads, or forces that the aircraft structure experiences during flight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The laboratory is not unfamiliar with load calibration programs and brings that experience to this work. For example, there was an important lesson learned from the F\/A-18 Active Aeroelastic Wing Loads Calibration Test in 2001 that involved reduction in the test load limit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe biggest lesson learned was the fact that you do not have to load test an aircraft wing beyond 60% of the design limit load to obtain accurate loads equations,\u201d Hudson explained. \u201cBeing able to test to a lower load limit reduces the risk of damaging the aircraft during testing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/afrc2021-0060-42_medium.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/afrc2021-0060-42_medium.jpg?w=1280\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"From left, Ronnie Haraguchi, Chris Mount, and Ray Sadler vacuum bag load pads on the aircraft surface of a F\/A-18\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/afrc2021-0060-42_medium.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/afrc2021-0060-42_medium.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/afrc2021-0060-42_medium.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/afrc2021-0060-42_medium.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/afrc2021-0060-42_medium.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/afrc2021-0060-42_medium.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/afrc2021-0060-42_medium.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/afrc2021-0060-42_medium.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">From left, Ronnie Haraguchi, Chris Mount, and Ray Sadler vacuum bag load pads on the aircraft surface of a F\/A-18E from the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) in Patuxent River, Maryland. The aircraft is in NASA\u2019s Armstrong Flight Research Center Flight Loads Laboratory in Edwards, California, for the center\u2019s biggest load calibrations tests. This testing is needed before the aircraft can serve as a test vehicle for determining if it can safely manage maneuvers and proposed upgrades.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Lauren Hughes<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>One of the biggest challenges early on for this project was bonding the 180 load pads to the wings and vertical tails. It provided an opportunity for NASA Armstrong staff to innovate, as they frequently do during a project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe had to develop a well thought out vacuum bonding process for both horizontal and vertical surfaces, which required doing it right the first time,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NAVAIR\u2019s F\/A-18E arrived at NASA Armstrong in October 2020. The aircraft was configured for test by removing parts not needed for the calibration and installing test-specific hardware where necessary, Tucker said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aircraft wing and tail pad bonding surfaces were prepared by removing the radar absorbent material and paint coatings and applying a fresh layer of primer to promote load-pad adhesion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA Armstrong completed set up of all the load pads and bonding and assembled test structures called whiffle trees needed to distribute prescribed hydraulic actuator loads. Before the F\/A-18E was brought into the laboratory and attached to the floor tracks with restraining hardware, center staff also worked on load pad bonding onto the aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, work was completed on the design, analysis, and fabrication of many hardware pieces for the test setup. The hardware pieces included fixtures for the wing test, horizontal spindle test, and vertical tail test, as well as aircraft restraining hardware, and hundreds of components for the load trains, or the columns of hardware through which load travels, and whiffle trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The overall effort is expected to be complete by summer 2022, when test-specific hardware will be removed, and the aircraft will be configured for flight and returned to NAVAIR. When it returns, the work NASA Armstrong staff assisted with will enhance safety for the F\/A-18E fleet by understanding the implications of proposed upgrades and in flight maneuvers.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 article_a hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-credits-and-details\">\n<section class=\"padding-x-0 padding-top-5 padding-bottom-2 desktop:padding-top-7 desktop:padding-bottom-9\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-2 padding-right-4 margin-bottom-5 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-top-3 border-top-1px border-color-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-14\">Share<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"social-icons social-icons-round\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"social-icon 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flex-align-center label related-article-label margin-bottom-1 color-carbon-60\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"display-flex flex-align-center margin-right-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" class=\"square-2 margin-right-1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"16px\" height=\"16px\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 16 16;\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><g><g><path d=\"M8,0C3.5,0-0.1,3.7,0,8.2C0.1,12.5,3.6,16,8,16c4.4,0,8-3.6,8-8C16,3.5,12.4,0,8,0z M8,15.2 C4,15.2,0.8,12,0.8,8C0.8,4,4,0.8,8,0.8c3.9,0,7.2,3.2,7.2,7.1C15.2,11.9,12,15.2,8,15.2z\"\/><path d=\"M5.6,12c0.8-0.8,1.6-1.6,2.4-2.4c0.8,0.8,1.6,1.6,2.4,2.4c0-2.7,0-5.3,0-8C8.8,4,7.2,4,5.6,4 C5.6,6.7,5.6,9.3,5.6,12z\"\/><\/g><\/g><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Article<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1 day 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line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Armstrong Flight Research Center<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"color-nasa-red\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1229\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/afrc2018-0020-06_eclipse_composite_cropped-1.jpg?w=1229\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" 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The aircraft is from the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) in Patuxent River, Maryland. NAVAIR retired its previous loads test aircraft and NASA Armstrong staff are assisting to prepare the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":101987,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nasa_hds_core_meta_l10n":"en-US","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_editor":"54","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_contacts":["297619"],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_topic":"184318","nasa_hds_core_meta_linked_locations":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_related_articles":[],"hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_id":"","hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_type":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_x":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_y":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_gallery_images":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2855,2660,2874,10843,3367,10533,2665],"news-tags":[],"internal-terms":[10924,10221],"coauthors":[11625,11597],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"NASA Armstrong Assists with Complex F\/A-18E Tests","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/armstrong\/nasa-armstrong-assists-with-complex-f-a-18e-tests\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/armstrong\/nasa-armstrong-assists-with-complex-f-a-18e-tests\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/afrc2021-0159-10_medium.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/afrc2021-0159-10_medium.jpg"},"articleSection":"NASA Centers & Facilities","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jay Levine"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Elena Johnson"}],"creator":["Jay Levine","Elena Johnson"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"NASA","logo":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/themes\/nasa\/assets\/images\/nasa-logo.svg"},"keywords":["NASA Centers & Facilities","Armstrong Flight Research Center","Aeronautics","Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate","Aeronautics Technology","F-18","Flight Demos Capabilities"],"dateCreated":"2022-02-16T21:00:00Z","datePublished":"2022-02-16T21:00:00Z","dateModified":"2023-09-28T17:03:46Z"},"rendered":"<meta name=\"parsely-title\" content=\"NASA Armstrong Assists with Complex F\/A-18E Tests\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-link\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/armstrong\/nasa-armstrong-assists-with-complex-f-a-18e-tests\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-type\" content=\"post\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-image-url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/afrc2021-0159-10_medium.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-pub-date\" content=\"2022-02-16T21:00:00Z\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-section\" content=\"NASA Centers & Facilities\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-tags\" content=\"NASA Centers & Facilities,Armstrong Flight Research Center,Aeronautics,Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate,Aeronautics Technology,F-18,Flight Demos Capabilities\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-author\" content=\"Jay Levine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-author\" content=\"Elena Johnson\" \/>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/nasa.gov\/p.js"},"read_time":4,"time_ago":"2 years","featured_image":{"id":101987,"file":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/afrc2021-0159-10_medium.jpg","title":"afrc2021-0159-10_medium","alt":"A top view shows the wing loading test configuration of a F\/A-18.","caption":"A top view shows the wing loading test configuration of a F\/A-18E from the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) in Patuxent River, Maryland. 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