Aug. 18, 2016 This week in Edwards flight test history On Aug. 16, 1948 the XF-89 Scorpion made its first flight, flown by Northrop test pilot Fred C. Bretcher. The twin-jet night fighter was selected by the Air Force after a fly-off with the XF-87 and the Navy’s Douglas XF3D-1 Skyknight because of its potential for development.
Aug. 12, 2016 B-52 releases JASSM from internal bay: Success marks another 'first-ever' for AFTC JASSM missiles release for the first time from a Conventional Rotary Launcher inside B-52 weapons bay