Kevin Petersen (left), NASA Dryden Flight Research Center director, is congratulated by Maj. Gen. David Eichhorn (right), Air Force Flight Test Center commander, following Mr. Petersen's last flight as NASA Dryden director. General Eichhorn flew chase in an Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon during the sortie. (NASA photo/Tom Tschida)
Maj. Gen. David Eichhorn, Air Force Flight Test Center commander, pilots an F-16 Fighting Falcon alongside a NASA F/A-18 Hornet flown by NASA research pilot Frank Batteas during a sortie. Kevin Petersen, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center director, was in the rear cockpit of the F/A-18 during the mission April 2, the day before he retired from NASA. (NASA photo/Jim Ross)