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418th FLTS completes 10-year support of NASA Orion parachute tests

A C-17 Globemaster III and a mock Orion spacecraft fly high over Yuma, Arizona, Sept. 12, 2018. The Orion test capsule was pulled out from the aircraft's cargo bay to perform a test of the spacecraft's parachute system. This final test qualified the parachute system for flights with astronauts, checking off an important milestone on the path to send humans on missions to the moon and beyond. (U.S. Army photo)
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418th FLTS completes 10-year support of NASA Orion parachute tests

An Orion test capsule with its three main parachutes touches down in the Arizona desert Sept. 12, 2018. The evaluation was the final test to qualify Orion’s parachute system for flights with astronauts. (U.S. Army photo)
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418th FLTS completes 10-year support of NASA Orion parachute tests

A mockup of an Orion spacecraft is released from a C-17 Globemaster III Sept. 12, 2018, over the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. Airmen and testers from the 418th Flight Test Squadron joined Army, NASA and contractor personnel to participate in the final test of the Orion’s parachute landing system. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kyle Larson)
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418th FLTS completes 10-year support of NASA Orion parachute tests

A team of NASA, U.S. Army and 418th Flight Test Squadron personnel secure the NASA Orion test capsule in the cargo area of C-17 Globemaster III Sept. 10, 2018. The mock capsule was later pulled out the back of the cargo plane Sept. 12 for its final parachute system test over the U.S. Army’s Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kyle Larson)
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418th FLTS completes 10-year support of NASA Orion parachute tests

The NASA Orion test capsule is loaded into a C-17 Globemaster III on loan from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Sept. 10, 2018. The mock capsule was later pulled out the back of the cargo plane Sept. 12 for its final parachute system test over the U.S. Army’s Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kyle Larson)
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HAZMAT program streamlines, improve operations

The 412th Civil Engineer Group Environmental Branch Hazardous Materials Improve Team are: (left to right) Shawn Hyde, D. Malama Chock, Jeanette Van Norden, Jennifer Weber and Larry Echaves. The team has been responsible for improving HAZMAT processes that saved the U.S. Air Force time and money. (Photo courtesy of 412th CEV HAZMAT Improvement Team)
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Edwards Airmen walk through darkness to fight suicide

Participants of the Fight for Life Suicide Prevention and Awareness Event finish the final leg of the 12-hour relay at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Sept. 28-29. The event was an overnight relay ruck march, run or walk. (U.S. Air Force photo by Giancarlo Casem)
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Edwards Airmen walk through darkness to fight suicide

Staff Sgt. Ashley Hookey, 412th Operations Support Squadron, welcomes participants to the Fight for Life Suicide Prevention and Awareness Event at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Sept. 28-29. The event was an overnight relay ruck march, run or walk. (U.S. Air Force photo by Giancarlo Casem)
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Edwards Airmen walk through darkness to fight suicide

Two participants write down who they are marching for during the Fight for Life Suicide Prevention and Awareness Event at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Sept. 28-29. The event was an overnight relay ruck march, run or walk. (U.S. Air Force photo by Giancarlo Casem)
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New mobile app puts Edwards at Airmen’s fingertips

The new Edwards Air Force Base mobile app is now available for download. Search "Edwards Air Force Base" on the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Giancarlo Casem)
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Edwards team creates aerial refueling test tool to save time, money

An F-16 Fighting Falcon piloted by Maj. Philip Downing, 416th Flight Test Squadron, receives fuel mid-air from a KC-135 Stratotanker over the California desert Sept. 21, 2018. The ability to conduct aerial refueling is key to the Air Force’s Global Reach mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kyle Larson)
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Edwards team creates aerial refueling test tool to save time, money

Members from engineering and technical support company JT4 and the 418th Flight Test Squadron sit in the mobile control room of the newly created Receiver Simulation Tool. This is where aerial refueling simulation tests are monitored and recorded. The RST is a ground-based system designed to simulate events that happen during aerial refueling between receiver aircraft and new tankers such as the KC-46 Pegasus, Australian KC-30 and Italian 767. (U.S. Air Force photo by Brad White)
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Edwards team creates aerial refueling test tool to save time, money

The Receiver Simulation Tool sits behind a KC-10 Extender aerial refueler on the Edwards flightline earlier this year. The RST is a ground-based system designed to simulate events that happen during aerial refueling between receiver aircraft and new tankers such as the KC-46 Pegasus, Australian KC-30 and Italian 767. The team has been testing the RST with legacy tankers such as the KC-10 and KC-135 to get baseline data before testing on the new aerial refuelers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Brad White)
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Edwards team creates aerial refueling test tool to save time, money

Members from engineering and technical support company JT4 and the 418th Flight Test Squadron use the newly created Receiver Simulation Tool on a KC-10. The RST is a ground-based system designed to simulate events that happen during aerial refueling between receiver aircraft and new tankers such as the KC-46 Pegasus, Australian KC-30 and Italian 767. The team has been testing the RST with legacy tankers such as the KC-10 and KC-135 to get baseline data before testing on the new aerial refuelers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Brad White)
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Chaplain supports Security Forces through ‘ministry of presence’

Chaplain (Capt.) Richardson Honore gets tased by 412th Security Forces Squadron personnel as part of a capabilities demonstration at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Sept. 13, 2018. Honore serves as the 412th SFS chaplain and volunteered to be tased in order to get better understanding of different stress factors that Defenders face every day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Giancarlo Casem)
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Chaplain supports Security Forces through ‘ministry of presence’

Chaplain (Capt.) Richardson Honore, 412th Security Forces Squadron, grills hot dogs for SFS Airmen at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Sept. 23, 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo by Giancarlo Casem)
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POWs and MIAs honored at wreath-laying ceremony

Edwards personnel render honors to the Nation’s flag during a wreath-laying ceremony commemorating National POW/MIA Recognition Day at the Airman Leadership School Drill Pad at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Sept. 21. (U.S. Air Force photo by Giancarlo Casem)
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POWs and MIAs honored at wreath-laying ceremony

Col. Kirk Reagan, Vice Commander, 412th Test Wing, addresses those in attendance at a wreath-laying ceremony commemorating National POW/MIA Recognition Day at the Airman Leadership School Drill Pad at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Sept. 21. (U.S. Air Force photo by Giancarlo Casem)
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POWs and MIAs honored at wreath-laying ceremony

Carl Hernandez, Commander, American Legion Post 348 of Palmdale, California, gives a speech about POW/MIAs during a wreath-laying ceremony commemorating National POW/MIA Recognition Day at the Airman Leadership School Drill Pad at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Sept. 21. (U.S. Air Force photo by Giancarlo Casem)
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POWs and MIAs honored at wreath-laying ceremony

Staff Sgt. Ashley Hookey, 412th Operations Suport Squadron, recounts the story of the sinking of the Japanese “Hell Ship” Junyo Maru at a wreath-laying ceremony commemorating National POW/MIA Recognition Day at the Airman Leadership School Drill Pad at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Sept. 21. The unmarked Junyo Maru was transporting prisoners of war when it was sunk of the coast of Sumatra on Sept. 18, 1944. Hookey’s great-grandfather was one of those killed during the sinking. (U.S. Air Force photo by Giancarlo Casem)
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