Edwards AFB News

  • F-22 Combined Test Force gets AF Collier Trophy nomination

    The Air Force Chief of Staff nominated the F-22 Combined Test Force here for the National Aeronautic Association's 2005 Robert J. Collier Trophy.The trophy is awarded annually for the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America, with respect to improving the performance,

  • 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

  • F-22 CTF celebrates 20th birthday of Raptor first flight

    The F-22 Combined Test Force held a ceremony Oct. 19 to commemorate the first flight of the F-22 Raptor. The first flight of the first F-22 aircraft took place Sept. 7, 1997. The fighter took off from Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Georgia, with F-22 chief test pilot Paul Metz at the

  • F-22 CTF tests AIM-120D noise, vibration

    The F-22 Combined Test Force here achieved another first when a Raptor flew with an AIM-120D missile in its weapons bay to test the effect of noise and vibration on the missile, April 14.What was unique about the flight was that the weapon on board, the latest version of the AIM-120 Advanced Medium

  • F-22 endures 3-week, cold-weather test at Eielson

    An F-22 Raptor came here for three weeks in November to test the aircraft's braking system on ice in time for the first snow at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, home to several F-22s since August. "We were validating the F-22 braking system's stability and performance as well as evaluating

  • F-22 Flying Test Bed is tip of the spear for Raptor mission systems

    From time to time, the F-22 Raptor Combined Test Force at the 411th Flight Test Squadron gets a visit from an old friend. A highly modified and instrumented Boeing 757 called the F-22 Flying Test Bed is an F-22 avionics laboratory. The experimental FTB is the very first Boeing 757 ever produced and

  • F-22 loaders prevail in Load Crew of the Quarter competition

    At the King Fahd International Airport, Saudi Arabia, 1991, an A-10 "Warthog" performs a high speed taxi as it returns to its parking spot, fuel and munitions expended in combat.As the aircraft receives fuel, the weapons load crew rushes to load munitions for the threat that still exists. Within

  • F-22 pilot reaches 1,000 flight hours

    Four-year-old Steve Rainey sat on the hood of his father's car at a local airshow watching the small airplanes and helicopters at the airport. When the Thunderbirds in their F-100s sped by, Rainey fell off the car, looked up at the sky and thought, "I've got to do that."Jan. 22, the now chief test