March 24, 2017 2017 Air Force Summer Employment Program Applications are now being accepted for temporary summer jobs at various Air Force installations. To apply, visit www.usajobs.gov. Job announcements are open until March 31. Questions regarding job opportunities can be addressed by calling the MyPers Total Force Service Center Customer Service line
March 23, 2017 416th FLTS working to upgrade F-16 radar The 416th Flight Test Squadron continually conducts developmental testing to enhance the warfighting capabilities of the F-16 Fighting Falcon. One focus of the F-16 testers here is the integration and testing of a new radar as part of the F-16 Radar Modernization Program. According to its
March 23, 2017 Small quadcopter test is first on active Air Force taxiway An unusual aircraft went through its motions on the Edwards Air Force Base flightline March 16 when a small quadcopter equipped with a camera took to the sky to perform a visual inspection of a B-52 Stratofortress. This was the first-ever test using a small unmanned aerial system near an active
March 23, 2017 AFTC commander visits new F-22 facilities Maj. Gen. David Harris, Air Force Test Center commander, dropped by the 411th Flight Test Squadron March 16 as part of his monthly visits with different units on Edwards. The general was accompanied by Col. Scott Cain, 412th Operations Group commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Christopher Lantagne,
March 23, 2017 This week in Edwards flight test history On March 23, 1948, the Douglas XF3D Skyknight made its first flight, with Douglas test pilot Russell Thaw at the controls. The F3D, a large twin-engine night fighter developed for the Navy, had been trucked in to Muroc Army Airfield from El Segundo, California, for its flight test program.
March 23, 2017 Detour coming to South Gate South Lancaster Blvd. will be closed from the Edwards AFB sign to Mercury Blvd. for a pavement repair project. South Gate will stay open throughout construction. Motorists will need to use a detour route -- 140th St. E. to Mercury Blvd. -- to bypass construction and reach south gate. Construction
March 23, 2017 Professional development The March 2017 First Term Airman’s Center class poses for a group photo on the rooftop patio area of Club Muroc March 17. FTAC is a five-day course that provides informative briefings and training for newly assigned Airmen who have just arrived at their first permanent duty station. Upon
March 20, 2017 Two Airmen get a surprise from the top Two outstanding Airmen got a big surprise March 16 when Brig. Gen. Carl Schaefer, 412th Test Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Todd Simmons, 412th TW command chief, dropped by their workplaces to present them with an early promotion. Airman 1st Class Sergio Cuevas, 412th Maintenance Squadron,
March 16, 2017 461st FLTS tests U.K. weapons for F-35B The 461st Flight Test Squadron recently conducted weapon delivery accuracy tests with two United Kingdom weapons. The weapons were released from a U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II, short takeoff/vertical landing variant, which will also be used by the U.K's Royal Air Force and Navy. The U.K.
March 16, 2017 Daughter visits crash site 59 years after father’s death On Jan. 28, 1958, 33-year-old test pilot Tom Kilgariff was killed when his Douglas A-3D Skywarrior caught fire, broke apart and crashed in a field just west of Barstow, California. The wife and children he left behind eventually moved away and went on with their lives in other parts of the country.