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Testers 'set sights' on Joint Strike Fighter

Capt. Chris Jenkins, Pilot Vehicle Interface lead for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program Integrated Test Force, tries on the commercially available helmet-mounted display his team adapted for use with the JSF simulator. The team used the helmet for risk-reduction studies, which were completed June 20, 2006. (Photo by Christopher Ball)
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JSF decontamination testing draws to close

Members of the Joint Strike Fighter Integrated Test Force here prepare an F-16 for a final chemical decontamination test here Jan. 30, 2006. The F-16, used in place of an F-35, was sprayed with a chemical simulant, washed, then towed into a hangar and heated from 165- to 185-degree temperatures to accelerate the weathering of the remaining chemical. The goal of the testing is to decontaminate an entire aircraft to quickly return it to service should it be exposed to a chemical or biological agent. (Photo by Mark McCoy)
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Maintainers train on hazardous material clean-up

Senior Airman Wayne General, 411th Flight Test Squadron weapons load crew member, measures readouts of hazardous samples as part of a flightline HAZMAT training exercise. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Julius Delos Reyes)
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Maintainers train on hazardous material clean-up

Hazardous Material trainees "decontaminate" Staff Sgt. Shawn Whittemore (center), 412th Maintenance Squadron F-35 propulsion systems journeyman. The students sprayed down and scrubbed Sergeant Whittemore after a mock-up exercise scenario involving hazardous materials. The training prepares the maintainers should a spill ever occur. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Julius Delos Reyes)
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F-22 CTF tests AIM-120D noise, vibration

Senior Airman Daniel Myers, Staff Sgt. Daphne Jaehn and Staff Sgt. John Davenport load an AIM-120D Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile on an F-22A Raptor recently in preparation for noise and vibration testing here. The Airmen are all part of the 412th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and are assigned to the F-22 Combined Test Force weapons flight. (Photo by Kevin Robertson)
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Edwards pilots celebrate holiday in California skies

Maj. Sherman Kearl, 416th Flight Test Squadron F-16 pilot, prepares for his early-morning flight, July 4, 2006, in support of local Fourth of July festivities. Edwards' support of Southern California flyovers included three more pilots and more than 40 maintainers and support personnel. (Photo by Senior Airman Francesca Carrano)
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Edwards flight testers exercise for war performing real-world test for Taiwan

An F-16 from the 416th Flight Test Squadron tests a replacement pylon designed to carry towed decoys for the Taiwan Air Force. The Taiwan High Angle of Attack program was rolled into Edwards' Operational Readiness Exercise, Feb. 27 through March 3, 2006, to prove the squadron's capability to "test surge" in support of real-world Global War on Terror requirements. (Photo by Tom Reynolds)
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Team tests pod at 'LITENING' speed

The crew of F-16 tail number 392 prepares to launch before a recent sortie in support of the LITENING-AT plug-and-play test acceleration here. (Photo by Tom Reynolds)
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Team tests pod at 'LITENING' speed

A LITENING pod, like the dark grey cylinder attached to the bottom of this F-16's fuselage, is an operational precision targeting pod system used with a wide variety of combat air forces aircraft. Edwards began accelerated testing of a LITENING-AT targeting pod here March 17, 2006. The LITENING-AT test will update the existing LITENING pod with several new capabilities, including a video downlink transmitter currently used in the Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. (Courtesy photo)
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Edwards flight testers exercise for war performing real-world test for Taiwan

The Taiwan High Angle of Attack F-16 test team conducts a pre-flight briefing during the exercise. The overall test objective of the program was to evaluate the Block 30 F-16's high angle-of-attack handling, resistance to uncontrollable flight, and recovery characteristics while flying with a pylon designed to carry towed decoys. (Photo by Andy Wolfe)
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Colonel's focus teamwork, Edwards' role in AF mission

Maj. Gen. Curtis Bedke, Air Force Flight Test Center commander (left), hands the command flag to Col. Arnie Bunch, 412th Test Wing commander, during the test wing change of command ceremony here, Feb. 2, 2006. (Photo by Chad Bellay)
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C-5 Galaxy undergoes dynamic runway testing

Airfield Management personnel checked for proper placement of custom designed ramps for the C-5 landing gear tests. The C-5 Galaxy completed a series of high and low-speed taxi tests on the ramps here Aug. 9, 2006. (Photo by Jet Fabara)
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C-5 Galaxy undergoes dynamic runway testing

A C-5 Galaxy taxis across a series of ramps on Rogers Dry Lakebed here Aug. 2, 2006, as part of the C-5's Reliability Enhancement and Re-Engining Program. The dynamic tests are designed to evaluate the structural modes of the aircraft with newer CF6 jet engines installed. (Photo by Jet Fabara)
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Ramping up

John Cracchiolo (left), Randy Morehead and Senior Airman Marlon Peeler, all structural maintenance craftsmen with the 412th Maintenance Squadron, assemble a ramp designed for C-5 landing gear tests scheduled for August 2006. The maintainers were tasked to build 16 ramps for low-speed taxi tests, and 20 for high-speed testing, and have used more than 200 sheets of aluminum, 300 sheets of plywood, 300 gallons of glue and thousands of fasteners putting the ramps together. (Photo by Christopher Ball)
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Fueling the future

A B-52 Stratofortress touches down on Edwards' main runway June 5, 2006, to undergo testing on a synthetic fuel. Before testing can begin, the aircraft's engines will be modified with instrumentation to measure key engine pressures, temperatures and physical characteristics like fuel flow. This will allow testers to determine if the new F-T fuel has changed the operating characteristics of the engine. The first on-aircraft engine runs with F-T fuel are planned to take place in early September. These runs are expected to take two weeks, followed by another two weeks of flight testing by the 419th Flight Test Squadron. (Photo by Chad Bellay)
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417th Flight Test Squadron stands up

The Airborne Laser program, formerly of the 452nd Flight Test Squadron, now falls under the 417th Flight Test Squadron, which was activated in a ceremony March 16, 2006. The 417th FLTS, comprised of about 750 people, including the contractor workforce and the government workforce, is responsible for flight testing the YAL-1A Airborne Laser aircraft, shown above. The aircraft is currently in Wichita, Kan., receiving modifications to the sub-structure of the aircraft to accommodate the integration of the weapons system. (Photo by Master Sgt. James Graham)
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