March 23, 2011 F-22 completes synthetic biofuel flight test An F-22 Raptor completed a test flight March 18 on a 50/50 fuel blend of conventional petroleum-based JP-8 and a hydrotreated renewable jet fuel, HRJ. This flight test marked the first time this type of biofuel has been used in a fifth-generation fighter like the F-22.The flight was the capstone in
March 23, 2011 Medical Group Decontamination Team freshens up skills The set-up outside of the 95th Medical Clinic March 17 looked like a scene from a disaster movie. Medics dressed in plastic suits worked to decontaminate patients while acting as a barrier between the infected and the clean.Fortunately, the scene outside of the Med Clinic was simulated. The patients
March 23, 2011 Haven't run out of gas yet - Ordinary Heroes: Cliff Cunningham, 95th Mission Support Group Fuels and Testing Latin for "toward the unexplored," AD EXPLORATA appears on the Air Force Flight Test Center crest and passes through the air of Edwards Air Force Base. Day in and day out, the men and women of Edwards AFB push the envelope on behalf of the United States military in support of the warfighter, working
March 23, 2011 Airman hits hole-in-one - no ifs ands or putts Senior Airman Trevor Taylor, 31st Test Evaluation Squadron, putts in a ball on the Eighth Hole at Edwards' Muroc Lake Golf Course. Airman Taylor hit a hole-in-one at the same hole March 12 during a morning golf game. "It was on Hole Eight, playing 162 yards and the pin location was back left corner.