Editing Thrust vectoring (section)

== List of vectored thrust aircraft ==
Thrust vectoring can convey two main benefits: VTOL/STOL, and higher maneuverability. Aircraft are usually optimized to maximally exploit one benefit, though will gain in the other.

=== For VTOL ability ===
* [[Bell Model 65]]
* [[Bell X-14]]
* [[Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey]]
* [[Boeing X-32]]<ref name="Sweetman 1999">{{cite book
  | last = Sweetmano
  | first = Bill
  | author-link = Bill Sweetman
  | title = Joint Strike Fighter: Boeing X-32 vs Lockheed Martin X-35
  | publisher = MBI
  | series = Enthusiast Color Series
  | year = 1999
  | isbn = 0-7603-0628-1
  }}</ref>
* [[Dornier Do 31]]
* [[EWR VJ 101]]
* [[File:BAe Harrier GR9 ZG502 landing arp.jpg|thumb|The [[Hawker Siddeley Harrier|Harrier]]—the world's first operational fighter jet with thrust vectoring, enabling [[VTOL]] capabilities]][[Harrier jump jet]]
** [[British Aerospace Harrier II]]
** [[BAE Sea Harrier|British Aerospace Sea Harrier]]
** [[Hawker Siddeley Harrier]]
** [[McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II]]
* [[Hawker Siddeley P.1127|Hawker Siddeley Kestrel]]
* [[Hawker Siddeley P.1127]]
* [[Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II|Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II]]
* [[VFW VAK 191B]]
* [[Yakovlev Yak-38]]
* [[Yakovlev Yak-141]]
=== For higher maneuverability ===

==== Vectoring in two dimensions ====
* [[F-15 STOL/MTD|McDonnell Douglas F-15 STOL/MTD]] (experimental)
* [[Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor]] (pitch only)<ref name="Barham">{{cite journal |last1=Barham |first1=Robert |title=Thrust Vector Aided Maneuvering of the YF-22 Advanced Tactical Fighter Prototype |journal=AIAA Biennial Flight Test Conference Proceedings |date=June 1994 |url=https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.1994-2105 |access-date=14 May 2020 |location=Hilton Head, SC |doi=10.2514/6.1994-2105 |id=AIAA-94-2105-CP |archive-date=26 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626073626/https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.1994-2105 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
* [[Chengdu J-20]] (earlier variants with [[Shenyang WS-10|WS-10C]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-15 |title=China's J-20 stealth fighters are getting an engine upgrade, source says |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3170433/chinas-advanced-j-20-stealth-fighters-are-getting-engine |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en |archive-date=2022-04-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413192418/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3170433/chinas-advanced-j-20-stealth-fighters-are-getting-engine |url-status=live }}</ref> pitch and roll)
* [[McDonnell Douglas X-36]] (yaw only)<ref name="Sweetman 1999"/>
* [[Boeing X-45|Boeing X-45A]] (yaw only)
* [[Me 163]] B experimentally used a rocket steering paddle for the yaw axis

==== Vectoring in three dimensions ====
[[File:Iris vectoring nozzle.jpg|thumb|GE Axisymmetric Vectoring Exhaust [[Jet engine#Nozzles|Nozzle]], used on the [[F-16 VISTA|F-16 MATV]]]]

* [[McDonnell Douglas F-15 STOL/MTD|McDonnell Douglas F-15 ACTIVE]] (experimental)
* [[Mitsubishi X-2]] (experimental)
* [[High Alpha Research Vehicle|McDonnell Douglas F-18 HARV]] (experimental)
* [[General Dynamics F-16 VISTA]] (experimental)
* [[Rockwell-MBB X-31]] (experimental)
* [[Chengdu J-10B|Chengdu J-10B TVC testbed]] (experimental)
* [[Mikoyan MiG-35]] (MiG-29OVT, not in production aircraft)
* [[Sukhoi Su-37]] (demonstrator)
* [[Sukhoi Su-47]] (experimental)
* [[Sukhoi Su-57]]
* [[Sukhoi Su-30MKI]] /[[Sukhoi Su-30MKM|MKM]]/ MKA/ SM (pitch and roll, with canted engine nozzles (for yaw), emulating but not direct 3D thrust vectoring)
* [[Sukhoi Su-35S]] (roll and yaw, however engines are canted at an angle for pitch, providing 3D thrust vectoring; more advanced version than the SU-30MKI and derivatives)

=== For STOL ability ===
[[File:YA2F-1 tilting pipes NAN6-60.jpg|thumb|Grumman YA2F-1 Intruder with tilting STOL nozzles]]
* [[Grumman A-6 Intruder|Grumman YA2F-1 Intruder]] (First 7 examples)<ref>https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19810016529/downloads/19810016529.pdf</ref>

=== Airships ===
* [[23 class airship]], a series of British, World War 1 airships
* [[Airship Industries Skyship 600]] modern airship
* [[Zeppelin NT]] modern, thrust–vectoring airship

=== Helicopters ===
* [[Sikorsky XV-2]]
* [[NOTAR]]