Dec. 6, 2006 417th Flight Test Squadron stands up A stand-up ceremony to recognize the 417th Flight Test Squadron was held Thursday at the Birk Flight Test Facility on South Base.The 417th FLTS, under the command of Lt. Col. Barry St. Germain, is responsible for the Airborne Laser Program, formerly a part of the 452nd Flight Test Squadron's ABL
Dec. 6, 2006 EOD, FBI 'blast' into Edwards' classroom While battling sand storms and winds in excess of 25 mph, 55 people and one four-legged "investigator" combed a 50-foot desert area on Edwards searching for evidence that could lead them to the cause of a large vehicle explosion at the Precision Impact Range Area.Working along side the FBI, Edwards
Dec. 6, 2006 Edwards flight testers exercise for war performing real-world test for Taiwan Edwards deploys hundreds of Airmen in support of the Global War on Terror each year.But the base's unique mission of flight test "launches" support for GWOT each day from the Edwards flightline; support that was put to the test, Feb. 27 through March 3, as part of an Operational Readiness Exercise
Dec. 5, 2006 Global Hawk UAV-3 welcomed home after combat deployment After supporting the global war on terror intermittently for more than four years, Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle No. 3 (UAV-3) received its official homecoming Monday when its wheels touched down at 11:30 a.m. at Edwards.During its overseas deployment, UAV-3 logged more than 4,800 flight hours
Dec. 5, 2006 Atlas V solid rocket booster modifications validated As radios crackled with the countdown "five, four, three, two, one ... ignition," members of the Air Force Research Lab at Edwards witnessed the third validation-static firing of Aerojet's Block B Solid Rocket Booster.This 90-second static firing occurred Jan. 27 at the Lab's Edwards Research Site,
Dec. 5, 2006 Colonel's focus: teamwork, Edwards' role in AF mission He's back, and this time he's in charge.Col. Arnie Bunch stepped in as commander of the 412th Test Wing on Feb. 2, but Colonel Bunch is no stranger to Edwards, having spent nearly one-third of his Air Force career here. "Of my 21-and-a-half years, I spent seven of them at Edwards," Colonel Bunch
Dec. 5, 2006 Base trains for shuttle recovery More than 300 people teamed up in a joint exercise with NASA Dryden Flight Research Center Saturday.For the several hundred members of the Edwards Space Shuttle Recovery team, this is a duty in addition to their normal responsibilities. The exercise was designed to test the Edwards Space Shuttle
Dec. 5, 2006 JSF decontamination testing draws to close The Joint Strike Fighter Integrated Test Force will pull an F-16 out of a special hangar Saturday, marking the culmination of a series of unique tests here.The F-16 was used as a surrogate for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to test Department of Defense chemical and biological decontamination methods
Dec. 5, 2006 Team shares history of Speckled Trout's AF service Nearly a year ago, Speckled Trout tail number 61-2669 crews were preparing to return to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., from Southwest Asia when they received a phone call from the command post. A deployed Airman, was urgently trying to get home to see his dying daughter.Crews immediately phoned in the