C-17 makes first flight on synthetic fuel blend

The Global Reach Combined Test Force began testing a C-17 Globemaster III using a Fischer-Tropsch synthetic fuel blend here Oct. 18. Flight tests began the following day and was the first time a C-17 was flown using the F-T fuel blend. Another test flight was conducted Monday as part of the Air

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

Dare to Soar

95th SFS adds instructors for ATV certification training

Eight members of the 95th Security Forces Squadron recently received instructor certification on Air Force all-terrain vehicles. Through the certification, instructors are able to train more riders on the use of ATVs to patrol the Edwards perimeter.  "We recently funded one of the five certified Air

EOD sergeant receives Bronze Star Medal for outstanding performance

An explosive ordnance division sergeant received a Bronze Star Medal for his performance during his deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Master Sgt. David Larriva, 95th Civil Engineering and Transportation Directorate Explosive Ordnance Division chief, received a Bronze Star Medal

Global Hawk passes fuel test at 20 degrees

The 452nd Flight Test Squadron pushed the RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 20 to its fuel system limits during a weeklong starvation test here from Oct. 1 to 4. The testing involved tilting the aircraft to a 20-degree attitude while running the aircraft out of fuel inside the weight and balance hanger. "The

Buff in the rough

First Mach flight propels Yeager, Air Force into history

It was just another test mission for Capt. Chuck Yeager. Captain Yeager arrived at Muroc Air Force Base, Calif., the morning of Oct. 14, 1947, for what would be his ninth powered flight piloting the Bell X-1. Each of the previous flights demonstrated incremental speed increases as the aircraft

95th AMDS takes CBRN challenge

The 95th Aerospace Medicine Squadron bioenvironmental engineering flights showed what they are made of during the CBRN Challenge Oct. 1 through 5. CBRN challenge tests Air Force Materiel Command bases' bioenvironmental engineering flights on their chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear

New commander takes charge of AFFTC

After 13 years, a brigadier general returned to Edwards on Wednesday to assume command of the Air Force Flight Test Center. Brig. Gen. David Eichhorn was first stationed here in 1985 to attend the U.S Air Force Test Pilot School. He later returned in 1994 to be the 452nd Flight Test Squadron