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Chopper delivers new cooling units to Bldg. 1600 on Edwards

Workers detach cables from an old cooling unit and then would reconnect the cables to a new unit to be lifted onto Bldg. 1600 April 7. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kenji Thuloweit)

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Chopper delivers new cooling units to Bldg. 1600 on Edwards

Siller Helicopters, Inc. flew in an S-61V Sikorsky to replace 22 evaporative coolers on the 412th Maintenance Group’s headquarters building. The chopper would dangle cable lines to be attached onto the old coolers, which were lifted off Bldg. 1600 and placed in a parking lot nearby. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kenji Thuloweit)

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Chopper delivers new cooling units to Bldg. 1600 on Edwards

Siller Helicopters, Inc. flew in an S-61V Sikorsky to replace 22 evaporative coolers on the 412th Maintenance Group’s headquarters building April 7. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kenji Thuloweit)

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Hybrid generator could make aircraft maintenance more efficient, effective, user friendly

Senior Master Sgt. Jason Tilley, Air Force’s lead for its Aerospace Ground Support Equipment Working Group, said the demonstrations at Edwards show hybrid generators can operate on the flightline and believes the Air Force can use more electric and hybrid-electric systems. (U.S. Air Force photo by Brad White)

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Hybrid generator could make aircraft maintenance more efficient, effective, user friendly

Several members from throughout Air Force Materiel Command (HQ AFMC/A4, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Air Force Research Lab, and Concurrent Technologies Corporation) descended on Edwards AFB to test out a new hybrid flightline generator the last week of March. They teamed up with members of the 412th Logistics Test Squadron to test their Hybrid Flightline Generator Technology Pathfinder on an F-16 fighter, KC-135 tanker and C-17 cargo plane. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christopher Okula)

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Hybrid generator could make aircraft maintenance more efficient, effective, user friendly

The demonstrations at Edwards convinced Senior Master Sgt. Jason Tilley, Air Force’s lead for its Aerospace Ground Support Equipment Working Group, that the flightline needs more electric and hybrid-electric systems. (U.S. Air Force photo by Brad White)

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Hybrid generator could make aircraft maintenance more efficient, effective, user friendly

Staff Sgt. Justin Aguilar, 412th Logistics Test Squadron, tows a hybrid flightline generator in front of a C-17 Globemaster III March 28. The generator, which runs mainly on batteries, was tested at Edwards to learn if its technology can one day be fielded by the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christopher Okula)

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Hybrid generator could make aircraft maintenance more efficient, effective, user friendly

The Hybrid Flightline Generator Technology Pathfinder is intended to demonstrate the efficiency and effectiveness of a hybrid flightline generator with various technologies such as advanced batteries, power conditioning and grid-charging capabilities. It can be used on legacy fighters such as the F-16 pictured or on fifth-generation fighters and heavy planes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Brad White)

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Hybrid generator could make aircraft maintenance more efficient, effective, user friendly

Senior Airman Paul McFarland, 912th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, checks systems on an Edwards KC-135 Stratotanker using a hybrid flightline generator to power the tanker March 28. The hybrid generator employs a high voltage battery-based system to supply power to aircraft at the precise power loads demanded while allowing for an onboard generator to recharge the batteries when needed. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christopher Okula)

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F-35 Completes Most Comprehensive Flight Test Program in Aviation History

Twlight refueling between a B model F-35 with a KC-135 Stratotanker in the skies over the Mojave Desert, California. (Courtesy photo by Chad Bellay/Lockheed Martin)

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F-35 Completes Most Comprehensive Flight Test Program in Aviation History

An F-35 from Edwards AFB flies over the Mojave Desert, California. (Courtesy photo by Chad Bellay/Lockheed Martin)

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F-35 Completes Most Comprehensive Flight Test Program in Aviation History

An F-35 from Edwards AFB flies over the California coastline. (Courtesy photo by Chad Bellay/Lockheed Martin)

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F-35 System Development and Demonstration (SDD) Flight Test Completion

(F-35 Joint Program Office graphic)

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This week in Edwards history

(Edwards History Office photo)

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This week in Edwards history

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AFAF Campaign 2018

(U.S. Air Force photo by Ethan Wagner)

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This week in Edwards history

(Edwards History Office file photo)

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Schaefer talks people, mission, innovation at commander’s call

Brig. Gen. Carl Schaefer, 412th Test Wing commander, held his first commander’s calls of 2018 in the base theater March 13. Two sessions were held with one in the morning the other in the afternoon. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matt Williams)

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Flight Surgeons Visit Edwards

A group of Air Force flight surgeons visited Edwards AFB March 8-9. One tour stop was the Air Force Flight Test Museum. The flight surgeons are part of the Air Force Residency in Aerospace Medicine program based out of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matt Williams)

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Flight surgeons visit Edwards

One of the nine flight surgeons who visited Edwards walks to a "lookout spot" to see Rogers Dry Lake and the base. The officers received briefings and tours at the 412th Medical Group facilities, NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center, Joint Strike Fighter units, the Benefield Anechoic Facility, U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School and finally a tour of the Air Force Flight Test Museum. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matt Williams)

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