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CAP offers volunteer opportunities to youth, adults

Civil Air Patrol cadets meet former Apollo 11 astronaut, Buzz Aldrin, at a recent Lancaster Jethawks game. The cadets also presented the colors during opening ceremonies. As a non-auxiliary organization with the Air Force, Civil Air Patrol follows a form of military structure. The cadets participate in activities such as drill and formation, reciting the Cadet Oath, Honor Code and Safety Code as well as learn their chain of command. Cadets also receive basic knowledge about flight mechanics and aerodynamics by building rockets and improvised model airplanes. (Courtesy photo)

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Seasoned aviators, engineers learn flight test at TPS

Marine Maj. William Rothermel, U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School student, receives training from Spike Minczoeski, Te Ton Aviation L-39 Russian trainer pilot. Since 1944, TPS has been the training ground for future test pilots, test engineers, flight test navigators and weapons systems operators. The school's main mission is to produce test pilots and flight test engineers to test new and experimental aircraft. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Stacy Sanchez)

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AFFTC, NASA Dryden host Women's Equality Day

Team Edwards marches through Rosamond Boulevard during the Gratitude March from building 3000 to building 1 on Tuesday. The event was part of the Women's Equality Day week-long celebration sponsored by the Air Force Flight Test Center and NASA Dryden Flight Research Center. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Julius Delos Reyes)

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NASA launches first middle school BaseCamp

Kenton Hoshino, an 11-year-old camp participant, prepares his bottle rocket made of household items during the rocket launch activity at the NASA Dryden bottle rocket launch pad Aug. 3. The rocket launch was just one of many activities the campers participated in throughout the week. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Mike Young)

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ROTC cadets receive wisdom from commanders

Col. Bryan Gallagher (right), 95th Air Base Wing commander, Col. Mark Mueller (center), 412th Maintenance Group commander, and Marine Lt. Col. Thomas McCarthy (left), Marine Aircraft Group Detachment B commander, talk to Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps cadets during a senior leader seminar at the Conference Center here Tuesday. The commanders covered topics such as force reductions, joint service operations, the future of warfare and career devlopment advice. (Photo by Senior Airman Jason Hernandez)

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'Tench hut

From left: Col. Arnie Bunch, 412th Test Wing commander, Master Sgt. Michael Brown, 412th Operations Support Squadron tower chief, Col. Terry Luallen and Col. Andre Gerner stand at attention during the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School change of command ceremony at the Dick Scobee Auditorium on July 6. Colonel Luallen assumed command from Colonel Gerner. (Photo by Chad Bellay)

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Atlantis departs Edwards on cross-country journey

The Space Shuttle Atlantis, mounted on top of NASA's 747 Shuttle Aircraft Carrier, takes off from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. early Sunday morning. The shuttle ferry flight ends Atlantis' nine-day visit to Edwards after landing on June 22. (NASA photo by Carla Thomas)

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Space Shuttle Atlantis arrives at Edwards

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis, STS-117, performs a successful landing at Edwards on June 22. The shuttle started its mission June 8 to perform maintenance on the International Space Station. STS-117 was the 21st mission to the space station and the 118th shuttle mission overall. The Atlantis landing marks Edwards' 51st shuttle landing. The next shuttle mission is scheduled to launch in August. (Photo by Airman Mike Young)

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Space Shuttle Atlantis arrives at Edwards

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis, STS-117, performs a successful landing at Edwards on June 22. The shuttle started its mission June 8 to perform maintenance on the International Space Station. STS-117 was the 21st mission to the space station and the 118th shuttle mission overall. The Atlantis landing marks Edwards' 51st shuttle landing. The next shuttle mission is scheduled to launch in August. (Photo by Steve Zapka)

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Space Shuttle Atlantis arrives at Edwards

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis, STS-117, performs a successful landing at Edwards on June 22. The shuttle started its mission June 8 to perform maintenance on the International Space Station. STS-117 was the 21st mission to the space station and the 118th shuttle mission overall. The Atlantis landing marks Edwards' 51st shuttle landing. The next shuttle mission is scheduled to launch in August. (Photo by Senior Airman Jason Hernandez)

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U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School graduates 146th class

Col. Andre Gerner (left), U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School commandant, checks out an F-16B trailing cone assembly, as Maj. Swami Iyer (center), test pilot, and Lt. Col. Dean Ward (right), TPS operations officer, look on. (Courtesy photo)

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USAF Test Pilot School instructor conquers Mount Everest

Navy Lt. Cmdr. Michael Hsu, a Navy exchange instructor with the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, poses for a photo while ascending the Northeast Ridge of Mount Everest in Nepal. Commander Hsu reached the summit May 16. (Courtesy photo)

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Branch student wins NASA essay contest

Isabella Millman (left), 11, a Branch Elementary School sixth grade student, shows her sister, Tiffany, 8, a Bailey Elementary School second grade student, her astronomy book. Isabella won second place in a national NASA essay contest. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Julius Delos Reyes)

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Test Pilot School class 06A’s ‘Test Pirates’ graduate

The HAVE BAT team studies the effects of imposing boundaries on a dynamic point-tracking in flight. The team is composed of U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School Class 06A students who graduated Dec. 9, 2006. (Photo by Capt. Jason Dotter)

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AFOTEC, Det. 5 leads conclusion of first Global Hawk operational testing

The maintainers from the 9th Reconnaissance Wing pull an RQ-4A Global Hawk Block-10 from a Beale Air Force Base, Calif., hangar as part of the operational assessment's maintenance operation. The Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center, Detachment 5, based at Edwards, led the operational testing of the Global Hawk that concluded Nov. 17, 2006. (Photo by Jerome Perkins)

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Semper fidelis

Marine Aircraft Group 46, Detachment Bravo welcomes Sgt. Maj. Michael Brookman (right) and said farewell to Sgt. Maj. John McGovern during a relief and appointment ceremony held March 17, 2006, in hangar 1210. (Photo by Jim Shryne)

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TPS Class 05B graduates

Capt. Michael Dooley (front) and Capt. Troy Welker, U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School students, work on their final Test Management Project, "HAVE HALO." TPS Class 05B graduated June 10, 2006. (Courtesy photo)

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Atlas V solid rocket booster modifications validated

The Air Force Research Laboratory's Edwards Research Site helped static-fire the third Aerojet Block B Solid Rocket Booster for the Atlas V system. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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