Edwards AFB News

  • Final flight for long-time aerial photographer

    Tom Reynolds, Lockheed Martin aerial photographer, leaves the cockpit for the last time as he completes his final ejection seat flight Sept. 29 after 28 years of immortalizing pilots and aircraft through photos and video. He has been an aerial photographer since 1988 where he supported the continued

  • Team Edwards member wins DOD’s 2016 Spirit of Hope Award

    Timothy Bryant, 412th Operations Support Squadron, Space Positioning Optical Radar Tracking operations chief, was one of five people honored by the Department of Defense as a recipient of the 2016 Spirit of Hope Award, which is given for exemplary service and support to the troops. Bryant was among

  • This week in Edwards flight test history

    On Oct. 3, 1967 Maj. William J. “Pete” Knight flew the modified X-15A-2 to a speed of Mach 6.7 (4,520 mph). The aircraft was flown with its full ablative coating and external fuel tanks. A dummy ramjet mounted on the lower ventral stub stabilizer fell away during the flight as a result of severe

  • Activities highlight Fire Prevention Week 2016 at Edwards AFB

    Team Edwards will observe Fire Prevention Week 2016 Oct. 9-15 with the theme “Don’t Wait – Check the Date.” The emphasis is on replacing batteries yearly in all smoke alarms and replacing the alarms themselves every 10 years. During Fire Prevention Week the Edwards AFB Fire Department will be

  • Interorganizational synergy fuels successful test outcome

    Synergy across organizations and across services was on full display during a recent deployment of three F-35B Joint Strike Fighter aircraft, 75 Marines and 21 JSF operational test team members from Edwards to Florida where they successfully completed five live-fire events using AIM-120 air-to-air

  • Edwards test team wins ITEA award

    The HAVE LIGHT Test Team, comprised of local members from the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School and 775th Test Squadron, has been selected as the winner for the 2016 International Test and Evaluation Association Awards, in the Technical Achievement Category. This team was a compilation of

  • This week in Edwards flight test history

    This week we remember Air Force test pilot Capt. Milburn “Mel” Apt who lost his life during a flight test mission Sept. 27, 1956 at Edwards. Apt was making his first flight in the Bell X-2 and flew it to an unofficial record speed of Mach 3.196, thus becoming the first person to exceed Mach 3. It is

  • Meeting of the minds – Innovation team hears energy-saving proposal

    The 412th Test Wing Innovation Team is always looking for a few good ideas, and it may have received one Sept. 23. Jack Frazier from the 412th Civil Engineering Group proposed that the base install solar-powered attic fans in buildings on base.   Frazier is a resource efficiency manager for the

  • Just wing it!

    Two cranes and a forklift steadily moved the newly-acquired XB-47 wing into place to be attached to the fuselage Sept. 26. The Air Force Flight Test Museum acquired the historic test bomber last week after it spent the last six decades on static display at Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois. The