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  • Col. Angela Suplisson, Air Force Test Center vice commander, and Bill Gray, Air Force Test Pilot School chief test pilot, pose for a photo in front of a TPS F-16. Suplisson graduated from the TPS in 1995 and is set to retire later this year. (U.S. Air Force photo courtesy of Col. Angela Suplisson)

    Mentorship propels AFTC vice commander’s career

    Later this year, Col. Angela Suplisson is set to retire and bid farewell to her Air Force family after almost 30 years of service. She said her final assignment as the AFCT vice commander at Edwards Air Force Base, California, was fitting considering it had been a launching pad for her career into the testing world.
  • Chief Master Sgt. James Coleman, 412th Test Wing acting command chief, Airman 1st Class Cameron Hawthorne, 412th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, Staff Sgt. Akina Jones, 412th AMDS, and Brig. Gen. E. John Teichert, 412th TW commander, pose for a photo during a Strong Family Program event at the Mojave Sky Community Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California, March 18. (U.S. Air Force photo by Giancarlo Casem)

    Breakfast, bacon bolsters base bonds

    Airmen and their families enjoyed breakfast for dinner during a Strong Family Program event at the Mojave Sky Community Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California, March 18.
  • Maj. Gen. Dawn Dunlop, Special Access Program Central Office director, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, poses for a photo in front of an F-22 Raptor at Edwards Air Force Base, California Feb. 20, 2019. Dunlop was accompanied by more than 80 fellow female aviators to take part in filming of an Air Force Recruiting Service television commercial. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kenji Thuloweit).

    Former 412th Test Wing commander embodies ‘Captain Marvel’ spirit

    In early February, roughly 80 female pilots gathered together on Edwards Air Force Base, California, to take part in the video filming of an Air Force Recruiting Service commercial. The commercial was made to coincide with the release of the new film “Captain Marvel,” which also involved filming at Edwards. One of the Airmen showcased in the recruiting video was Maj. Gen. Dawn Dunlop. Dunlop currently serves as the Director of Special Programs in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. She is also the highest ranking female fighter pilot in the Air Force today. Earlier in her career, Dunlop served right here as the 412th Test Wing vice commander and eventually the wing commander, the first woman ever to command a Test Wing.
  • Col. Tyler N. Hague, a NASA astronaut, waits to be lowered into the pool containing a mock-up of the International Space Station at the Johnson Space Flight Center's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory for Extravehicular Activity training in Houston, Texas, April 27, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr.)

    Former Edwards test pilot, now astronaut makes second launch to ISS

    Col. Nick Hague, an astronaut, is scheduled for a second mission to the International Space Station aboard a Soyuz MS-12, March 14, 2019, from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
  • Brig. Gen. E. John Teichert, 412th Test Wing commander, raises his hand to "slap the table" to symbolically solidify a formal multi-year partnership to conduct alternating air shows within the region at the Learn4Life meeting room in Lancaster, California, March 13. This paves the way to resume air shows at Edwards Air Force Base, the new schedule will bring a “double header” air show year for the region, with air shows scheduled for March 2020 at General William J. Fox Air Field in Lancaster and October 2020 at Edwards Air Force Base. After 2020, the air shows will alternate with Edwards’ as the venue on even years, and Fox Field hosting on odd years. (U.S. Air Force photo by Michelle Thomas)

    L.A. County Air Show, Inc., Edwards AFB announce air show update

    As announced last October, the Los Angeles County Air Show, Inc. Board of Directors and senior
  • U.S. Congresswoman Katie Hill (left) is welcomed by U.S. Air Force Plant 42 director John Esch Feb. 21. The newly elected congresswoman was given a tour of the sprawling facility in Palmdale, California. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kenji Thuloweit)

    Congresswoman Hill gets inside look at Plant 42

    Members of U.S. Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, and the 412th Test Wing hosted

  • 412th Test Wing commander addresses local leaders

    The 412th Test Wing commander, Brig. Gen. E. John Teichert, addressed members of the Antelope Valley Board of Trade during their Business Outlook Conference at the Antelope Valley Fair and Event Center in Lancaster, California, Feb. 22.
  • Brig. Gen. Christopher Azzano, commander of the Air Force Test Center, right, speaks with Lance Baxter, director of the AEDC Hypersonic Systems Combined Test Force, during a Nov. 16 tour of the Aerodynamic & Propulsion Test Unit. Azzano and other AFTC leadership visited Arnold Air Force Base in mid-November to take part in the 2018 AFTC Strategic Offsite, Azzano’s first offsite since assuming the role of AFTC commander in August. (U.S. Air Force photo by Brad Hicks) (This image was altered by obscuring badges for security purposes)

    Air Force Test Center command team outlines vision

    As the lead agency in the realm of test and evaluation, the Air Force Test Center is tasked with testing tomorrow’s aerospace systems while keeping an eye on an ever-changing technological horizon. “The test center has a long history of providing great value to the warfighter, but the national security environment has been evolving at a pace I haven’t seen across my entire career,” said Brig. Gen. Christopher Azzano, AFTC commander. “So while we are executing our vital mission today, the mission of testing Air, Space, and Cyberspace systems; we also have to be thinking about how we’re going to do it tomorrow, the year after, and 10 to 15 years beyond.”
  • An Airman at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, works on the Interim Work Information Management System, which was widely used by base civil engineers across the Air Force to track man hours, request parts and build maintenance schedules. The system is in the process of being replaced by NexGen IT. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman James Hensley)

    NexGen IT coming to 412th Civil Engineer Group

    In order to more accurately track facility assets and make better risk management decisions with
  • The 461st Flight Test Squadron’s F-35 aircraft AF-04 sits in Hangar 1600 as a test team verifies crash and disabled aircraft recovery procedures Dec. 12, 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kenji Thuloweit)

    Test team verifies procedures to recover downed F-35

    Even the most advanced aircraft in the world may not always have a successful landing. Or, it can
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