Dec. 12, 2006 AF test team launches 'overhauled' Iraqi aircraft It's not uncommon for the skies over Edwards to buzz with the test and evaluation of new capabilities for America's warfighters, but recently that same buzz has been vigorous in providing test support to the Iraqi Air Force.A combined team from Edwards, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., Hill AFB, Utah,
Dec. 12, 2006 F-22 CTF tests AIM-120D noise, vibration The F-22 Combined Test Force here achieved another first when a Raptor flew with an AIM-120D missile in its weapons bay to test the effect of noise and vibration on the missile, April 14.What was unique about the flight was that the weapon on board, the latest version of the AIM-120 Advanced Medium
Dec. 12, 2006 Team tests pod at 'LITENING' speed The 416th Flight Test Squadron here, working together with the 85th Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., and the 422nd OT&E Squadron, Nellis AFB, Nev., began accelerated testing of a LITENING-AT targeting pod here March 17.The LITENING-AT test will update the
Dec. 12, 2006 Palmdale detachment takes testing to new heights Edwards Air Force Base has a long history of testing cutting-edge weapons systems for the Air Force. A little-known detachment at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif., is no exception, but the aircraft tested there are not as well-known as the newest Air Force assets.Warner Robins Air Logistics
Dec. 6, 2006 Edwards Global Hawk 'sets sail' to Navy A Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle known as N-1 took off from Edwards' main runway Monday evening on a one-way mission to Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md.The N-1, an RQ-4A Global Hawk -- one of two acquired by the U.S. Navy through the Global Hawk Maritime Demonstration Program -- is the
Dec. 6, 2006 Edwards to enforce new cell phone policy for on-base drivers Beginning in early April, drivers on Edwards and across all Air Force Materiel Command bases will be cited by security forces for talking on cell phones while operating their vehicles, unless they are using a hands-free device.Cell phone use while driving is now categorized as a moving violation in
Dec. 6, 2006 Conference readies Reservists for present, future tasking Edwards' reservists gathered here March 10 and Saturday to attend the second annual Individual Mobilization Augmentee Warrior Skills Update conference.Ninety IMAs -- reservists who are called to active duty individually, instead of as a unit -- from various organizations across the base participated