Edwards AFB News

  • 418th FLTS loses in 'battle of the bulge'

    The 418th Flight Test Squadron lost 247 pounds to win in a battle to be fit and healthy during the squadron's "Biggest Loser" competition held from Jan. 9 to March 27. With eight, five-man teams, 16 military and 24 civilian and contractors participated in the squadron-wide competition. "The 'Biggest

  • 418th FLTS outfits Antarctic-bound C-130 with 8 blades

    The 418th Flight Test Squadron here replaced the C-130H Hercules' four-bladed propellers with new eight-bladed NP-2000 propellers Feb. 21 in support of the New York Air National Guard's Operation Deep Freeze mission to Antarctica.The 418th FLTS team started installing the propellers on a Wyoming Air

  • 418th FLTS prepares to test India's first C-17 at Edwards

    With Boeing's completion of the Indian Air Force's first C-17 heavy-lift aircraft in early January 2013, the 418th Flight Test Squadron became the first squadron to fly India's newest acquisition in order to begin testing it at Edwards.The 418th FLTS flew the C-17, known as IN1, during a ferry

  • 418th FLTS stands up detachment in support of KC-46

    In light of Boeing's recent announcement they have begun assembly of the first KC-46 wing spar for the Air Force tanker program, Air Force Materiel Command officially stood-up the 418th Flight Test Squadron, Detachment 1, during an activation ceremony July 11 in Seattle, Wash. "The detachment was

  • 418th FLTS supports Missile Defense Agency test success

    A C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 418th Flight Test Squadron air-launched a ballistic missile target over the Pacific Ocean north of Hawaii July 11. The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense weapon system located at Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska in Kodiak, Alaska, detected, tracked and

  • 418th FLTS supports NASA in Orion spacecraft parachute test

    Airmen and testers from the 418th Flight Test Squadron joined Army, NASA and contractor personnel to participate in an airdrop of a mockup of the Orion spacecraft. The capsule was airdropped from a C-17 Globemaster on loan from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, over the Yuma Proving Ground in

  • 418th FLTS takes testing new C-130 airdrop system to whole new level

    What was initially known as the most commonly used airdrop method for the aerial insertion of supplies for military and contingency operations called the Container Delivery System, the 418th Flight Test Squadron and the C-130 Flight Test Team at Edwards is taking that same airdrop method and testing

  • 418th FLTS tests CV-22 terrain-following radar in East Coast fog

    A CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., is operating out of Winchester Regional Airport in Virginia until late August. The Osprey, which can take off like a helicopter then rotate its proprotors forward to cruise like a conventional airplane, will be flying in the

  • 418th FLTS welcomes new commander

    Col. Rodney Todaro, 412th Operations Group commander (left), hands the 418th Flight Test Squadron guidon to Lt. Col. Eric Bippert (center) during the squadron's change of command ceremony June 18 in Hangar 1623. Bippert assumed command from outgoing commander, Lt. Col. C.B. Cain (right). At the