April 20, 2022 Benefield Anechoic Facility tests C-130 electronic countermeasures An AC-130J Ghostrider assigned to the 1st Special Operations Wing from Hurlburt Field, Fla., recently underwent electronic weapons countermeasures testing at the Benefield Anechoic Facility at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
April 19, 2022 Making of a flyover: Behind the scenes of the Dodgers home opener flyover Two F-35's from the 461st Flight Test Squadron and conducted an integrated test mission with an Air Force flyover for the Los Angeles Dodgers home opener against the Cincinnati Reds. This test mission included an unique formation with a USAF F-35A and USN F-35-C. This mission must have been good
April 19, 2022 VIRTUAL FLAG: Homeland Defense exercise sharpens skills, deters enemy aggression VIRTUAL FLAG 22-2: Homeland Defense exercise was successfully executed at the 705th Combat Training Squadron’s Distributed Mission Operation Center, or DMOC, located at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, and distributed locations around the world from March 28 – Apr. 1.
April 14, 2022 AFMC leaders to host virtual town hall Air Force Materiel Command leadership will host a command-wide virtual town hall, Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at 2 p.m. ET.
April 11, 2022 Edwards Air Force Base hosts the 2022 Month of the Military Child 5K/10K Edwards Air Force Base shows their support for military children everywhere by hosting the 2022 Month of the Military Child 5K/10K.
April 11, 2022 AFRL completes series of 1 Newton ASCENT monopropellant thruster testing The Chemical Propulsion Flight Programs Group at the Air Force Research Laboratory has successfully completed the Advanced Spacecraft Energetic Non-toxic Propellant (ASCENT) monopropellant 1 Newton (1N) thruster testing in the Chemical in-Space Thruster Test and Research Site test facility.
April 11, 2022 Maintenance personnel honored during annual ceremony The 412th Maintenance Group held an award ceremony on Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., for the Maintenance Professional of the Year, on April 11, 2022.
April 7, 2022 A B-1B Lancer takes off from Edwards AFB for PDM A B-1B Lancer takes off from Edwards AFB to Tinker AFB for PDM.
April 6, 2022 Unlocking the Past: The "Joe Walker 50th Anniversary Celebration" unveils time capsule honoring aerospace hero Local test pilots and school officials honored the legacy of NASA Test Pilot Joe Walker during the "Joe Walker 50th Anniversary Celebration" at Joe Walker Middle School in Lancaster Calif., April 2.
April 6, 2022 AWACS demonstrates historic firsts, receives and processes in-air EW updates in minutes For the first time, the U.S. Air Force’s E-3G airborne warning and control system aircraft, or AWACS, demonstrated the ability to receive and process in-air electronic warfare software updates derived from EW data collected and transmitted while in flight.