March 30, 2011 Euro Hawk enters BAF The 772nd Test Squadron facilitated electromagnetic interference testing on a Euro Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle at the Benefield Anechoic Facility here March 10 and 11.Edwards workers teamed with Northrop Grumman Corporation employees and German government representatives to complete the testing.The
March 30, 2011 TPS's Test Management Program brings real-world projects to classroom United States Air Force Test Pilot School students endure a rigorous schedule where they have to balance intense academics while flying a wide variety of aircraft.Another portion of the 11-month course is the Test Management Program, a six- to eight-month project that gives the students hands-on
March 30, 2011 Base leadership sets example with AFAF donations Brig. Gen. Robert C. Nolan II, Air Force Flight Test Center commander (bottom left), Maj. Terry Sears, Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center Detachment 5 test director (bottom right), Chief Master Sgt. Bill Thomaston, 95th Air Base Wing command chief (top left) and Col. Gregory Schwab,
March 30, 2011 Stay alert, stay alive when encountering an active shooter From accused Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan to Virginia Tech murderer Seung-Hui Cho, the active shooter is a real threat to military bases as well as civilian workplace environments.Whatever reason, whatever motivation, certain people commit to violence.An active shooter is defined as "an
March 30, 2011 Communications Squadron installing official use wireless network A key tool in the war for information superiority is currently being installed across the base - a 2nd Generation Wireless Local Area Network.This new technology is a weapon system and should be treated as such, according to Pete Reichert, 95th Communication Squadron acting director."The 2GWLAN
March 30, 2011 Bowling center rolls strikes with state-of-art scoring, future party room From the outside High Desert Lanes looks like an ordinary bowling center, but manager Jim Williams considers it a strike or two above the rest.It seems like he would though, because in talking to him one gets the feeling the bowling center at Edwards is his baby."We have 20 lanes of bowling with AMF
March 24, 2011 Road Closures expected on base March 29 from 1 a.m. to 3:15 a.m. Base motorists are advised to expect road closures Tuesday morning, March 29, from approximately 1 a.m. until 3:15 a.m. due to the movement of an oversized load. Rosamond Blvd. and Lancaster Blvd. will be closed from Challenger Way near the western boundary of Edwards to the intersection of Rosamond
March 23, 2011 F-22 Raptor flown on synthetic biofuel An F-22 Raptor successfully flew at supercruise March 18 on a 50/50 fuel blend of conventional petroleum-based JP-8 and biofuel derived from camelina, a weed-like plant not used for food.The flight was the capstone of a series of ground and flight test events conducted by the 411th Flight Test
March 23, 2011 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