NASA's plan to fire hypersonic Phoenix missiles from F-15s
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 Published On Jan 14, 2022

In the early 2000s, NASA came up with a plan to use the Air Force’s F-15 Eagle and the Navy’s famed AIM-54 Phoenix missile to slash the cost of experimenting with hypersonic flight. The effort wasn’t aimed at developing a new capability for America’s fleet of air superiority fighters, but rather at learning more about the unique challenges of flight at speeds in excess of Mach 5, or the hypersonic barrier.

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Huge thanks to Brrrt Nerd for the DCS footage! Check him out at:    / @brrrtnerd2450  

Special thanks to Boeing and NASA for the use of their promotional materials in this video.

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