洛克希德公司的一架装推力矢量喷管的F-16在进行美空军多轴推力矢量(MATV)试验计划中,飞行迎角达到瞬态110°和稳态80°。前者是在一次模仿苏-27所做的“眼镜蛇”机动时达到的,此时,飞机没出现失速和加力燃烧室熄火问题。在MATV计划中,空军打算评价俯仰角/偏航推力矢量系统对改善飞机格斗能力及大迎角特性的效用。 Lockheed’s F-16, a thrust vectoring nozzle, reached the 110 ° transient and 80 ° steady-state flight angles for the Air Force Multi Axis Thrust Vector (MATV) pilot program. The former was achieved during a maneuver of the Cobra made from a mock Su-27, at which point the aircraft did not stall and stall the afterburner. In the MATV program, the Air Force intends to evaluate the utility of pitch / yaw thrust vector systems to improve aircraft combat capabilities and high-angle of attack characteristics.