June 18, 2014 TPS celebrates 70 years with commemorative painting The U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School will reach its 70th anniversary this August, but the celebration has already begun. To coincide with the graduation of Class 13B, the school invited aviation artist and author Mike Machat to unveil his 70th anniversary painting June 13 in the school's Scobee
Dec. 13, 2006 TPS Class 05B to graduate Saturday The U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School will have more than 2,600 alumni, as Class 05B graduates 22 of it's finest, Saturday.Eleven pilots, 9 engineers and two navigators from the U.S. Air Force and Marine Corps, as well as students from Italy and Japan are added to its roll. As varied as the students
Jan. 6, 2010 TPS class 09A graduates The U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School class 09A graduated during a ceremony here Dec. 12.Students receive a Master of Science in Flight Test Engineering upon completion of the course. Class 09A degree recipients consisted of one flight test weapons systems officer, eight flight test engineers
June 13, 2018 TPS Class 17B graduates sending 26 new flight testers into world United States Air Force Test Pilot School Class 17B stood proudly before friends, families, base leadership and fellow testers in Hangar 1623 as they received their Master of Science Degree in Flight Test Engineering June 8. As each graduate crossed the stage they received the graduate plaque from
Dec. 11, 2018 TPS Class 18A graduates 23 new flight test professionals United States Air Force Test Pilot School Class 18A stood proudly before friends, families, base leadership and fellow testers at Club Muroc as they received their Master of Science Degree in Flight Test Engineering Dec. 7. Each graduate crossed the stage to receive the graduate plaque from TPS, the
June 19, 2012 TPS commandant bids farewell to Edwards, retires after 25 years of service Col. Noel Zamot, former United States Air Force Test Pilot School commandant, said farewell to the Edwards community when he retired from the USAF June 15 after 25 years of dedicated service.As the 39th Commandant of the Test Pilot School, Zamot set out on a mission to put the school on the map and
June 11, 2008 TPS confers its first master's degrees On May 27, the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School achieved a milestone by officially receiving accreditation to present its graduating students with a master's degree. Eighteen students from the Class 07B were the first to be granted a Master of Science in Flight Test Engineering degree during a
July 14, 2015 TPS grad returns as new 412th OG commander Col. Scott Cain took command of the 412th Operations Group July 2 in a change of command ceremony held in Hangar 1600. A US Air Force Test Pilot School graduate, Cain returns to Edwards to oversee the group that conducts developmental test and evaluation of nearly every aircraft in the Air Force
April 27, 2017 TPS graduate, astronaut launched to International Space Station On April 20, 2017, Col. Jack D. Fischer became the most recent American Airman to travel to space in support of the International Space Station mission. He was joined in flight by Fyodor Yurchikin, a Russian cosmonaut.