March 17, 2022 Reserve Airman makes history with first USAF-piloted eVTOL vehicle flight Just south of his home in Brooklyn, New York, a young Terrence McKenna spent much of his childhood in Prospect Park tossing around wooden gliders and flying remote-controlled airplanes, each aircraft more complex and capable than the last.By the early 2000s, McKenna came across an ad for flying
March 17, 2022 Reserve Airman makes history with first USAF-piloted eVTOL vehicle flight Capt. Terrance McKenna, the test and experimentation lead for Agility Prime and a C-5 and T-38 pilot with the 370th Flight Test Squadron (FLTS), an Air Force Reserve Command unit out of Edwards Air Force Base, California, made history with first USAF-piloted eVTOL vehicle flight.
April 16, 2021 Reserve Airman makes history with innovative Project FoX/F-35 development For the first time ever, Air Force personnel livestreamed F-35 data directly from the aircraft’s mission systems computers to a connected computer tablet during a ground test March 31, 2021, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. The event was a milestone for the Fighter Optimization eXperiment (FoX), a
Aug. 10, 2016 Reserve seats now Women's Equality Day Luncheon The 412th Test Wing and NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center are sponsoring this year’s Women’s Equality Day Luncheon Aug. 25 at Club Muroc. The event will be from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The guest speaker will be Dr. Stephanie Smith, 412th TW historian. The menu consists of herb crusted stuffed
Jan. 18, 2008 Reservist wins sixth TPS instructor award Trained flight test pilots and engineers are fundamental to success in aerospace flight test and evaluation. Not only do they possess the requisite flying skills, but they are also required to have the necessary scientific and engineering knowledge, critical and reasoned judgment, and managerial
Dec. 7, 2019 Resiliency and drive keeps Airman focused on future goals Natural disasters and civil war: two life-altering events that would equate to monumental challenges for almost anyone. But for 23-year-old Team Edwards member Senior Airman Prince Jarbo, not only did he fight through those challenges, but he has also thrived and saw those events as opportunities to
Dec. 5, 2012 Resiliency, a way of life for WWII aviators like Zamperini There was nothing easy about life for those in the Pacific Theater during WWII, especially for B-24 Liberator crew members like Capt. Louis Zamperini. It was risky, the quality of life was minimal at best, and crew members knew if something went wrong, there was a good chance they would never make
April 9, 2013 Resources available for the Team Edwards community Although each Air Force command and installation has released its fair share of pertinent furlough information, Team Edwards leaders want to keep you as informed about the financial resources available to help minimize the impact of this projected furlough on you and your family as information
Feb. 16, 2011 Restoring a relic - Retired sailors re-fabricate retired Navy aircraft Like a giant dinosaur skeleton on display at a museum, a dinosaur of a plane sits among operational aircraft, patiently waiting to be restored to its original luster.A Navy A3D-1 Skywarrior bomber from 1955 is currently parked in Hangar 1210 while a group of retired Navy servicemen work to
Oct. 6, 2017 Retired Air Force pilots welcomed back on active duty The Voluntary Retired Return to Active Duty Program provides select retired Air Force pilots the opportunity