Boeing 757 F-22 Avionics Testbed, N757A
at Palmdale, February 13, 2006

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The first Boeing 757-200, N757A which now serves as the F-22 Avionics testbed, arrived at Air Force Plant 42 at Palmdale on February 13, 2006 in the company of Boeing's Canadair T-33, N416X.

General Dynamics F-16B Block 15AS OCU Fighting Falcon, 92-0457 of the 412th Test Wing made a touch and go landing on Runway 25 just before 10:00 in the morning. It was ordered by Pakistan in the early 1990s. Due to technology transfer restrictions, the order of F-16s was embargoed. This F-16B was stored at AMARC for several years before being assigned to the 412th Test Wing at Edwards Air Force Base. The embargo was lifted in 2006 and this F-16 was delivered to the Pakistan Air Force on July 28, 2008 as 94623.

One minute later Beech Super King Air 200, N14NG landed on Runway 25. It is one of a fleet of Northrop-Grumman owned Beechcraft that shuttle between Hawthorne and Palmdale.

Boeing's Canadair T-33 Mk.3 N416X arrived at 10:10 A.M. PDT. it is carrying a DLQ-3 electronic countermeasures threat simulation pod under its right wing.

The T-33 was followed four minutes later by Boeing 757-200 F-22 Avionics testbed, N757A.

The F-22 Avionics testbed has the nose of an F-22 mounted on its forward fuselage. A sensor wing is mounted above the cockpit. F-22 electronic warfare (EW) and communication, navigation and identification (CNI) sensors are mounted on the sensor wing. A simulated F-22 cockpit is installed in the cabin.

The F-22 Avionics testbed carries construction number 22212. It first flew on February 18, 1982. It first flew after modification on March 11, 1999.

The F-22 Avionics testbed made flights in the R-2508 complex on February 14 and 15 and flew back to Boeing field on the evening of February 15.

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