Edwards AFB News

  • Exploring the unseen with augmented reality

    Imagine walking into the Benefield Anechoic Facility, putting on an augmented reality visor and “seeing” your proposed test setup or being able to view test scenarios and test results, all without being disconnected from those around you. What if you could see virtual antenna polar patterns

  • F-15 marks 40 years of flight

    Friday, July 27, marked the 40th anniversary of the first flight of the F-15 Eagle.The first F-15A flight was made in July 1972 here at Edwards Air Force Base, and the first flight of the two-seat F-15B (formerly TF-15A) trainer was made in July 1973. The first Eagle (F-15B) was delivered in

  • F-16 flies at Red Flag-Alaska with Edwards-tested upgrades

    Edwards pilots and flight test engineers recently returned from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, where they had the opportunity to participate in Red Flag-Alaska -- a 10-day air combat training exercise. Red Flag-Alaska featured Eielson F-16's with new M4.1 software tested at Edwards in 2005. "It was

  • F-16 test pilots hit the 'road' to help train USAFE pilots

    Two F-16 test pilots from the 416th Flight Test Squadron recently returned from a "roadshow" to Europe where they provided High Angle of Attack academics to U.S. Air Forces in Europe pilots.Maj. Raven LeClair, 416th FLTS assistant director of operations, and Capt. Michael Pacini, 416th FLTS F-16

  • F-16, tankers, reach IOC

    The 412th Test Wing's F-16 and Tanker Consolidation Team, at the culmination of a 13-month effort to merge the 416th and 445th Flight Test Squadrons along with the 418th and 412th Flight Test Squadron (Speckled Trout), posed for a group photo to celebrate the major milestone of reaching Initial

  • 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