Dec. 12, 2018 31st TES begins F-35 Initial Operational Test and Evaluation The 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron kicked off the Defense Department’s F-35 Lightning II Initial Operational Test and Evaluation with a large force employment sortie from Edwards AFB, California, Dec. 5.
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
Dec. 11, 2018 Squadron gets new lab space to improve instrumental role in test mission Data collection is the number one goal in flight test. With that said, Edwards AFB squadrons cannot take just any plane out of the air and conduct flight test missions. They have to be specially instrumented to record and transmit data during test sorties. This means taking planes apart for
Dec. 10, 2018 Team Edwards shares holiday spirit with local communities Airmen from Edwards Air Force Base participated in a pair of holiday parades in the local communities of Lancaster and Rosamond, California, Dec. 1.
Dec. 10, 2018 Edwards AFB kicks off holiday season with Winterfest Friends and families of the Edwards Air Force Base, California, community attended the annual Winterfest event kicking off the holiday season, Nov. 30.Various organizations throughout Team Edwards banded together to put together the event which saw hundreds of community members enjoying the night’s
Dec. 10, 2018 Wanted: Volunteer income tax preparers The Edwards AFB Tax Center is looking for volunteers to help during the upcoming 2019 tax season. Each year, the U.S. Air Force assists military members and their families by providing free income tax preparation and filing. The upcoming tax center season officially starts early February and ends
Dec. 7, 2018 STARBASE officially blasts off with ceremony, rocket launch Edwards Air Force Base became one of nine active duty bases to officially open a STARBASE program during a ribbon cutting ceremony in its classroom at Branch Elementary, here, Dec.7. STARBASE familiarizes elementary students from all backgrounds to the world of science, technology, engineering and
Dec. 7, 2018 Airmen battle enemy, elements in latest readiness exercise On a cold, dark and dreary day, 80 Airmen put on their mission oriented protected posture suits, grabbed their weapons and went to war. Their mission was to protect their forward operating base from enemy attack. Sporadic machine gun fire and loud bangs could be heard from outside the FOB. This
Dec. 6, 2018 KC-46 completes Phase II receiver testing ABOVE: A KC-46A Pegasus aerial refueling aircraft connects with an F-15 Strike Eagle test aircraft from Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, last month. The flight test was part of KC-46 Phase II receiver certification testing, which has been completed according to a Boeing company statement Dec. 3. The
Dec. 6, 2018 One weekend at The Center of the Aerospace Testing Universe This past weekend was not particularly different than the norm here at Edwards Air Force Base. Yet, our routine provided another stark example of how we are making history here today at the Center of the Aerospace Testing Universe as our mission has global and lasting impact: We celebrated our