412 TW is the host wing for Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. — the 2nd largest base in the Air Force.
The wing oversees base day-to-day operations and provides support for over 10,000 military, federal civilian and contract personnel assigned to a 481-square mile installation. The 412 TW plans, conducts, analyzes, and reports on all flight and ground testing of aircraft, weapons systems, software and components as well as modeling and simulation for the U.S. Air Force. There are three core components for this mission: flying operations, maintenance and engineering.
Mission We test and evaluate advanced aerospace systems – with world-class installation and mission support – to accelerate war-winning capabilities to the warfighter
Vision The center of the aerospace testing universe, testing tomorrow’s war-winning capabilities today!
The 412 TW operates under the Air Force Test Center (AFTC), which operates under the Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) as described below.
Headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, the AFMC is a major command created July 1, 1992. The command conducts research, development, test and evaluation, and provides the acquisition management services and logistics support necessary to keep Air Force weapon systems ready for war.
There are six AFMC's Centers carrying its six core missions:
The Air Force Test Center (AFTC) conducts developmental and follow-on testing and evaluation of manned and unmanned aircraft and related avionics, flight-control, munitions, and weapon systems. It has flight-tested every aircraft in the Army Air Force's and the Air Force's inventory since World War II. AFTC also operates the Air Force Test Pilot School where the Air Force's top pilots, navigators, and engineers learn how to conduct flight tests and generate the data needed to carry out test missions.
The mission of the Air Force Sustainment Center (AFSC) is to provide sustainment and logistics readiness to deliver combat power for America. The center provides globally integrated, agile logistics and sustainment to the warfighter through world-class depot maintenance, supply chain management and installation support.
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) mission is to deliver affordable and sustainable war-winning capabilities to U.S. and international partners, on time, on cost, anywhere, anytime from cradle to grave. AFLCMC is the single center responsible for total life cycle management of all aircraft, engines, munitions, and electronic systems. AFLCMC's workforce of more than 26,000 is located at over 60 locations across the globe — from Peterson AFB, to Oslo, Norway.
Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is the Department of the Air Force's only organization wholly dedicated to leading the discovery, development and integration of warfighting technologies in air, space and cyber for the U.S. Air and Space Forces. AFRL leverages a diverse science and technology portfolio that ranges from fundamental and advanced research to advanced technology development. The lab also provides a wide range of technical services to joint acquisition, logistics, aerospace medicine and operational warfighting communities.
The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AFNWC), established March 31, 2006, is the nuclear-focused center within AFMC synchronizing all aspects of nuclear materiel management on behalf of the AFMC commander in direct support of Air Force Global Strike Command. Headquartered at Kirtland Air Force Base, the center has about 1,800 personnel assigned at 17 locations worldwide and consists of five major execution directorates: Air Delivered Capabilities; Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Systems; Minuteman III Systems; Nuclear Command, Control and Communications (NC3) Integration; and Nuclear Technology and Integration. It also has several functional directorates and its commander is dual-hatted as the Air Force Program Executive Officer for Strategic Systems.
The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center (AFIMSC) serves as the single intermediate-level headquarters responsible for providing installation and mission support capabilities to 83 Air Force and Space Force installations, eight major commands and two direct reporting units. The AFIMSC cross-functional team provides globally integrated management, resourcing and combat support operations for Airman and family services, base communications, chaplain programs, civil engineering, contracting, logistics readiness, public affairs, security forces and financial management. The center manages an annual budget of approximately $10 billion.
There are three major installations under the AFTC:
The 412th Test Wing (412 TW) performs test and evaluation on aircraft and systems and influences weapon systems design to make sure they meet operational warfighting, combat support or training requirements. The 412 TW also operates the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School.
The 96th Test Wing's mission is to conduct developmental testing and evaluation of conventional munitions, command and control systems, aircraft avionics and guidance systems, and radar cross section measurement. The 96th TW has eight groups and 32 squadrons, operates 38 uniquely modified test aircraft, and manages 120,000 square miles of over-water test ranges plus facilities in six states.
Arnold Engineering and Development Complex scientists and engineers perform ground tests, engineering analysis and technical evaluations for all the U.S. armed forces, other government agencies and commercial aerospace industry on aircraft, missiles and space systems at the conditions they will experience during a mission for research, system development and operational programs.
Asset Management Branch | CEA Explosive Ordnance Disposal Branch | EOD Fire Protection Branch | CEF Operations Branch | CEO Programs Branch | CEP Resources Branch | CER Environmental Management Branch | CEV Readiness Emergency Management Branch | CEX
445th Test Squadron | 445 TS 771st Test Squadron | 771 TS 772nd Test Squadron | 772 TS Business Division | EWB Project Development Division | EWP Range Division | EWR Site Support Division | EWS
Quality Assurance Division | MXQ Maintenance Training Division | MXT 412th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron | 412 AMXS 912th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron | 912 AMXS 412th Maintenance Squadron | 412 MXS Plans, Programs, and Operations Division | MXF Weapons Standardization Division | MXW 412th Logistics Test Squadron | 412 LTS 412th Aircraft Instrumentation Test Squadron | 412 AITS
412th Operational Medical Readiness | OMRS 412th Healthcare Operations | HCOS
412th Force Support Squadron | FSS Force Development Flight | FSS/FSD Airman Leadership School (ALS) | FSS/FSDA Education and Training | FSS/FSDE 412th Security Forces Squadron | SFS Logistics Readiness Squadron | LRS 412th Communications Squadron | CS Operations Flight | SCO Infrastructure | SCOI Knowledge Management | SCOK Network Operations | SCOO Client Services Center | SCOS Cable/Antenna Systems | SCOW Wireless Systems | SCOT Plans and Resources Flight | SCX CIO Support | SCXO Plans, Programs, Resources | SCXP Information Assurance | SCXS Force Development and Training | SCXX Special Missions Flight | SCP Software Sustainment | SCPD Test Transition | SCPT Policy and Evaluations | SCQ
412th Operations Support Squadron | 412 OSS 411th Flight Test Squadron (Air Dominance Combined Test Force) | 411 FLTS 416th Flight Test Squadron (Airpower Foundations Combined Test Force) | 416 FLTS ◉ F-16 Integrated Test Force ◉ Emerging Technologies Integrated Test Force ◉ T-7A Red Hawk Integrated Test Force 418th Flight Test Squadron (Global Reach Combined Test Force) | 418 FLTS 419th Flight Test Squadron (Global Power Bombers Combined Test Force) | 419 FLTS 420th Flight Test Squadron (Combined Test Force) | 420 FLTS 452nd Flight Test Squadron (Global Vigilance Combined Test Force) | 452 FLTS 461st Flight Test Squadron (F-35 Integrated Test Force) | 461 FLTS
773rd Test Squadron | 773 TS 775th Test Squadron | 775 TS 812th Test Support Squadron | 812 TSS 412th Range Squadron | 412 RS Test Instrumentation Division | ENI
Audits, Blue Book, MCP/SOA, ROS FME - FM Systems 3AOs - Functional Management
Project Management | TMGG Resource, Planning & Analysis | TMGB Special Projects Branch | TMGS
Command Post | CP Protocol Office | CCP Sexual Assault Response Coordinator | CVK Equal Opportunity | EO Financial Management | FM Chapel | HC Inspector General | IG Individual Mobility Augmentee (Flight Test & Installation) | IMA Information Protection | IP Staff Judge Advocate Office | JA AFFTC Museum | MU Public Affairs | PA Plans and Programs Office (CAC Required) | XP Financial Management | FM
31st Test and Evaluation Squadron AAFES AFOTEC Air Force Audit Agency Air Force Research Laboratory Air Force Test Center Det 1, Studies and Analysis Squadron Det 111, AF Office of Special Investigation Det 3, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Det 4, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Edwards Federal Credit Union Federal Aviation Administration General Services Administration NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Royal Air Force 17(R) Squadron U.S. Postal Service (USPS) VX-9, Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Nine Det Edwards
EDO/Technical Services Operations Gauntlet Aerospace General Electric Company Joby Aviation JT4 L3Harris Technologies Inc. Lockheed Martin Corporation Modern Technology Solutions Inc Northrop Grumman Corporation Poarch Creek Indians Federal Services Pratt and Whitney Rockwell International RTX Corporation Symvionics Inc. The Boeing Company TYBRIN Corporation
Air Force Association (AFA) Air Force Sergeant's Association (AFSA-HQ) American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics American Society of Military Comptrollers (ASMC) Company Grade Officers Council Federal Managers' Association International Test and Evaluation Association (ITEA) Antelope Valley Chapter Society of Experimental Test Pilots Society of Flight Test Engineers
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