Photo: An F-35A test aircraft flies over Space Shuttle Endeavour at Edwards Air Force Base

September 27, 2012 F-35

David Cenciotti

On Sept. 21, the space shuttle Endeavour mounted atop a Boeing 747 SCA (Shuttle Carrier Aircraft), from Edwards Air Force Base to Los Angeles International Airport overflying the most iconic places in the LA area.

On arrival at Edwards AFB from Ellington field, Texas, on Sept. 20, the Boeing 747 with the Endeavour taxied by an F-35A CTOL (Conventional Take Off and Landing) with 461st FLTS (Flight Test Squadron).

Test flight activity on that day included another F-35A, that flew over the base as the following stunning picture just released by Lockheed Martin shows.

Can you spot all the other aircraft in the other picture of the same set?

Three Global Hawk drones, three F-18s, a single F-15, and so on….

Image credit: Lockheed Martin

Photo: Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with space shuttle Endeavour taxies by an F-35A at Edwards AFB (theaviationist.com)
[Photo Gallery] Space Shuttle Endeavour final flight over Los Angeles as seen from NASA escort jets (theaviationist.com)

About David Cenciotti

David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.