Edwards AFB News

  • Test team verifies procedures to recover downed F-35

    Even the most advanced aircraft in the world may not always have a successful landing. Or, it can just simply get stuck somewhere. That’s why a team of testers from Edwards AFB linked up with representatives from Lockheed Martin to go over crash recovery procedures for the F-35 Lightning II

  • Test wing commander speaks at Memorial Day ceremony in Bakersfield

    Brig. Gen. Carl Schaefer, 412th Test Wing commander, was among several distinguished guests who came to honor the men and women who gave their lives in the fight for freedom at Bakersfield National Cemetery May 26. Veterans, family members and volunteers attended the Memorial Day weekend ceremony,

  • Test wing commander, chief, experience weapons loading first-hand

    Pictured above: Brig. Gen. E. John Teichert, 412th Test Wing commander (right), and Chief Master Sgt. Roosevelt Jones, 412th TW command chief (left), help 412th Maintenance Squadron first sergeant, Master Sgt. Robert Forbes, load an AIM-9X Sidewinder short-range air-to-air missile on an F-16

  • Test Wing leaps 'Back in the Saddle' with focus on safety, teamwork, fitness

    Members of the 412th Test Wing started the new year off with a focus on safety, teamwork and fitness at the wing's annual "Back in the Saddle" event Jan. 3. Briefings highlighted the importance of working as a team, recognizing human limitations and resiliency, as well as identifying and mitigating

  • Testers end high-energy laser tests, dismantle Airborne Laser SIL facility

    Dismantling of System Integration Laboratory components began recently at the Birk Flight Test Center here following the conclusion of laser testing for the Missile Defense Agency's Airborne Laser program. The SIL was established to test the operation of the program's high-energy laser at a

  • Testers 'set sights' on Joint Strike Fighter

    What if a pilot could turn in any direction, but still have access to the information displayed on the heads-up display at the front of the cockpit?That's the question members of the 412th Test Wing answered when they completed a project Tuesday to help evaluate a helmet-mounted display system for

  • Testers time Reaper's ability to deploy

    The Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center Detachment 5 and the 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron recently tested the MQ-9 Reaper Unmanned Aerial Vehicle system's ability to deploy to a forward operating location in support of mission tasking. The team performed the testing at Kandahar Air