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  • Maj. Gen. (Retired) David Harris, former AFTC Commander, Col. Angela Suplisson, Air Force Test Center Vice Commander, and Maj. Gen. Christopher Azzano, AFTC Commander, pose for a photo prior to Suplisson's retirement ceremony at Edwards Air Force Base, California, July 12. (U.S. Air Force photo by Giancarlo Casem)

    AFTC vice commander bids farewell to Air Force

    After 28 years of service, Col. Angela Suplisson, the Air Force Test Center Vice Commander, retired following a ceremony at Edwards Air Force Base, California, July 12.
  • Milton McKay, a research chemist from the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Rocket Propulsion Division at Edwards AFB, California, examines a sample of the AFRL developed ASCENT (Advanced Spacecraft Energetic Non-toxic Propellant) green propellant. (Courtesy photo)

    Green Propellant Infusion Mission to test AFRL-developed green propellant

    NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate, along with co-investigators, including the Air Force Research Laboratory, Ball Aerospace, SpaceX, the Space and Missile Systems Center, and Aerojet, are scheduled to launch Ball’s Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM) spacecraft, enabling the first ever on-orbit demonstration of the AFRL developed ASCENT (Advanced Spacecraft Energetic Non-toxic Propellant) green propellant on orbit.
  • Summer 2019 brings leadership change across AFMC

    Summer 2019 brings leadership change across AFMC

    Summer 2019 marks a number of key leadership changes for the Air Force Materiel Command.
  • Chris Liebmann, 773rd Test Squadron, Aero Club pilot, Chloe Angulo, 771st TS, and David Cortes, 775th TS, pose for a photo with a Cessna 172 airplane following their inaugural Airmanship flight at the Aero Club on Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., May 24. (U.S. Air Force photo by Giancarlo Casem)

    Airmanship Program takes flight

    Flying on Edwards Air Force Base, California, is not just for test pilots. The 412th Test Wing’s Airmanship Program allows flight test engineers to also take to the skies.
  • EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- James Briggs, Air Force Test Center, strategic initiatives, shared his one-page strategy for continuous transformation during the Innovation Share and Connect Workshop May 1 in Niceville, Fla. Innovation activities tie closely into the Air Force Materiel Command drive towards maintaining a culture of Continual Process Improvement throughout the command. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ilka Cole)

    CPI office augments mission effectiveness, efficiency

    The Air Force Materiel Command Continued Process Improvement program leverages Airmen innovation and new technologies to create a continuous cycle of process improvement and change in the service culture. The goal of the program is to improve mission execution while reducing costs, which ultimately maximizes customer, i.e. taxpayer, value of the force.
  • A Skyborg conceptual design for a low cost attritable Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV). (Artwork courtesy of AFRL)

    Skyborg program seeks industry input for artificial intelligence initiative

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force office of Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation at the Air Force Research Laboratory is working on fielding a prototype Autonomous, Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle as an Early Operational Capability as early as 2023.The program is known as Skyborg, and the SDPE office issued what is
  • Fernando Sanchez and Minta Huddleston, 412th Civil Engineer Squadron, work in the new Industrial Control Systems Innovation Lab Feb. 7. The ICS Innovation Lab will be used primarily by field service technicians to research, develop, test and evaluate new and existing controls on Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Equipment, water distribution, emergency power, sewage and more. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kenji Thuloweit)

    Innovative lab gives civil engineers place to manage infrastructure

    The 412th Civil Engineer Squadron stood-up a new enabler for Industrial Control Systems; the ICS Innovation Lab is at full operational capability! The innovation lab was designed specifically to bring emerging technologies from the industry directly to the technicians that use them.  “Our aim is to bridge the gap between the electronic controls
  • Above: Col. Sean Bradley, 412th Electronic Warfare Group commander, poses for a photo with new 772nd Test Squadron civilian leader Kirk Harwood during an assumption of leadership ceremony held Jan. 25. After leaving the Air Force as an officer, Harwood became a flight test engineer at Edwards AFB in March 1993 and has worked a variety of test programs before coming to the 772nd TS. The 772nd TS operates and maintains test facilities and capabilities for a wide spectrum of electronic warfare and information operations systems. The squadron oversees the Benefield Anechoic Facility, a uniquely large anechoic chamber that provides a comprehensive, robust and scalable radio frequency test and evaluation infrastructure and capability to ensure weapons system survivability and mission effectiveness for the DOD, industry (military and commercial) and allies.

    772nd TS appointment to leadership

    Pictured above: Col. Sean Bradley, 412th Electronic Warfare Group commander, poses for a photo with new 772nd Test Squadron civilian leader Kirk Harwood during an appointment to leadership ceremony held Jan. 25 at the Airman and Family Readiness Center. After leaving the Air Force as an officer, Harwood became a flight test engineer at Edwards AFB
  • An Edwards Air Force Base F-16 sits at Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California, along with an AQM-37D supersonic target, Nov. 28, 2018. Two F-16s and maintenance Airmen from Edwards assisted the U.S. Navy and Royal Australian Navy with a test of a RAN ship’s combat system late last year. (U.S. Navy photo by BU3 Dakota Fink)

    Edwards AFB answers call for assistance in high-priority Navy, RAN test

    Late last year, the Air Force Test Center and Team Edwards stepped up to help the U.S. Navy and Royal Australian Navy with a critical test off the coast of California.The Navy was assisting the RAN in testing the combat system on their newest guided missile destroyer, the HMAS Hobart (DDG 39). Due to a conflict in scheduling, the navies were left
  • An artist's rendering showcases the planned 70,000 square foot Joint Simulation Environment facility. JSE is a scalable, expandable high fidelity government-owned, non-proprietary modeling and simulation environment to conduct testing on 5th+ generation aircraft and systems accreditable for test as supplement to open air testing. (U.S. Air Force graphic illustration couresty of 412th Electronic Warfare Group)

    Joint Simulation Environment inches closer to reality

    The 412th Electronic Warfare Group is one step closer to bringing the Joint Simulation Environment to life at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The 412th EWG recently began work to pave the way for ultimately building a new facility to house the JSE.
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