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Nose art pays tribute to B-52’s top secret past

Aviation artist Mike Machat recently completed nose art on the 419th Flight Test Squadron’s B-52 #60-0036. About 50 years ago, the bomber was used in a top secret test program named Tagboard. The program involved testing the D-21, which was a ramjet-powered reconnaissance drone that could reach Mach 3 speed. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kenji Thuloweit)
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Nose art pays tribute to B-52’s top secret past

A D-21 reconnaissance drone is on display at Blackbird Air Park at U.S. Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California. The D-21 was a ramjet-powered reconnaissance drone that could reach Mach 3 speed. Ideally, the drone would air launch from a mothership and after conducting its reconnaissance mission it would eject a hatch with photo equipment to be recovered either mid-air or after the hatch landed. (Courtesy photo by Danny Bazzell/Flight Test Historical Foundation)
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Nose art pays tribute to B-52’s top secret past

A D-21 reconnaissance drone is on display at Blackbird Air Park at U.S. Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California. The D-21 was a ramjet-powered reconnaissance drone that could reach Mach 3 speed. The drone required a mothership to air launch it. (Courtesy photo by Danny Bazzell/Flight Test Historical Foundation)
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Nose art pays tribute to B-52’s top secret past

A B-52 currently used for testing by the 419th Flight Test Squadron, sits on the flightline at Edwards Air Force Base Oct. 16. The bomber, tail# 60-0036, was used in a top secret test program that began with the code name Tagboard. The program involved testing the D-21, which was a ramjet-powered reconnaissance drone that could reach Mach 3 speed. The D-21 would be launched from underneath the wings of the bomber. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kenji Thuloweit)
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‘Tis the season…to get your flu shot

Brig. Gen. Carl Schaefer, 412th Test Wing commander, receives his annual flu shot from Staff Sgt. Moana Bailey, 412th Medical Operations Squadron, at test wing headquarters. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kyle Larson)
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AFMC commander presents TPS with AF-level award

Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski, commander of Air Force Materiel Command, speaks to an audience at the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School’s Dick Scobee Auditorium Oct. 12. Pawlikowski presided over a ceremony where TPS was recognized for winning the Air Force Organizational Excellence Award. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kenji Thuloweit)
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AFMC commander presents TPS with AF-level award

Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski, commander of Air Force Materiel Command, placed a new award streamer on the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School guidon Oct. 12 with the assistance of Col. Matthew Higer, U.S.A.F. TPS commandant. The streamer is for TPS winning the Air Force Organizational Excellence Award recently. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kenji Thuloweit)
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Little teeth, big ideas: Dental clinic offering new service to at-risk children

Staff Sgt. Abigale Barnes, 412th Medical Group dental assistant (center), trains Maj. Jacob Sheff, 412th MDG Pediatrics Flight commander, and Capt. Kara Garcia, 412th MDG pediatrician, on how to apply fluoride varnish. (Courtesy photo)
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Allies in the sky

(U.S. Air Force photo by Donald R. Allen)
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Allies in the sky

(U.S. Air Force photo by Donald R. Allen)
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Going Solar: 368 homes to get solar panels as part of the Air Force’s broader energy resilience strategy

Contractors work to install solar panels on this house in the Tamarisk Plains neighborhood on Edwards Air Force Base. Workers will install solar panels on 368 homes on the base beginning with vacant homes first. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kenji Thuloweit)
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Going Solar: 368 homes to get solar panels as part of the Air Force’s broader energy resilience strategy

Members of the 412th Civil Engineer Group, Corvias and a solar panel contracted company stand in front of the first base home with installed solar panels Oct. 11. The vacant house is the first of 368 base homes to be equipped with solar panels. Installation of the solar panels is expected to be completed in the spring of 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kenji Thuloweit)
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Going Solar: 368 homes to get solar panels as part of the Air Force’s broader energy resilience strategy

A member of an inspection team looks at the newly installed solar panels on this vacant house in the Tamarisk Plains neighborhood Oct. 11. This house is the first of 368 homes to be fitted with solar panels on Edwards Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kenji Thuloweit)
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Edwards Air Force Base Fire Department personnel visit students at Branch Elementary at Edwards AFB.

Branch Elementary students got the opportunity to walk through the portable house that the Edwards Air Force Base Fire Department brought by to teach the children about common fire hazards around the home Oct. 10. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kenji Thuloweit)
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Edwards Air Force Base Fire Department personnel visit students at Branch Elementary at Edwards AFB.

Branch Elementary students learn about common fire hazards around the home and how to develop an escape plan in case of a fire. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kenji Thuloweit)
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Edwards Air Force Base Fire Department personnel visit students at Branch Elementary at Edwards AFB.

Sparky the Fire Dog greets students at Branch Elementary Oct. 10 to kick off Fire Prevention Week activities conducted by the Edwards Air Force Base Fire Department. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kenji Thuloweit)
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Edwards Air Force Base Fire Department personnel visit students at Branch Elementary at Edwards AFB.

Branch Elementary School youngsters were treated to fire-fighting helmets, stickers and pamphlets, as well as valuable learning lessons about fire prevention during a visit by the Edwards Air Force Base Fire Department Oct. 10. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kenji Thuloweit)
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Edwards Air Force Base Fire Department personnel visit students at Branch Elementary at Edwards AFB.

While the younger students were outside, fourth- and fifth-graders at Branch Elementary got the chance to meet members of the Edwards Air Force Base Fire Department and even don a real fire-fighting uniform Oct. 10. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kenji Thuloweit)
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Edwards Air Force Base Fire Department personnel visit students at Branch Elementary at Edwards AFB.

Edwards Air Force Base Fire Department fire fighters watch as a Branch Elementary student leaps out a window of the inflatable fire training house that was brought to the school Oct. 10 to kickoff Edwards AFB’s Fire Prevention Week 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kenji Thuloweit)
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Japan Air Self-Defense Force testers visit Edwards

Maj. Haruhiku Naganawa, Japan Air Self-Defense Force test pilot, poses for a photo in front of an Edwards F-16 Fight Falcon Sept. 26. Naganawa visited the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School as part of the school’s student exchange program and got to fly in the F-16 and in a T-38 Talon Supersonic Trainer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Joseph Pol Sebastian Gocong)
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