Sept. 29, 2023 Edwards AFB Hosts Hypersonic Weapon Familiarization Training Operational crews from B-1 Lancer, B-2 Spirit, B-52 Stratofortress, and F-15E Strike Eagle units across Air Force Global Strike Command and Air Combat Command participated in hypersonic weapon familiarization training at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Sept. 28.
Sept. 15, 2023 412th Test Wing Hosts First-Ever Data Analysis Tool Summit The 412th Test Wing hosted a new type of first: the Data Analysis Tool Summit on Edwards Air Force Base, California, Sept. 12-13.
Sept. 11, 2023 Edwards AFB Honors the Fallen During 9/11 Memorial Run, Walk, Ruck March Members of Team Edwards participated in a 9/11 Memorial Walk, Run and Ruck March event, Sept. 11, on Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The event was hosted by the 412th Security Forces Squadron and 812th Civil Engineer Squadron.
June 20, 2023 Airpower Foundations Combined Test Force Ready for Flight at Edwards A change of command, expanded mission, and organizational structure change for the Emerging Technologies Combined Test Force (ET-CTF) occurred on June 7, 2023.
June 13, 2023 452nd Flight Test Squadron bids farewell to RQ-4 Global Hawk The 452nd Flight Test Squadron held a “sunsetting” event for the RQ-4 Global Hawk flight test program at Edwards AFB, June 9. The event marked the completion of the squadron’s test campaign for the aircraft.
June 1, 2023 STC completes most rigorous capstone event yet featuring multi-domain assets The latest iteration of the Space Test Course, class 23-1, at the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School recently completed their capstone exercise, the course’s most rigorous and comprehensive yet.
May 2, 2023 Week-long immersion brings Flight Test to life for USAFA cadets A group of U.S. Air Force Academy cadets were given an opportunity to live the life of a flight test pilot for a week with the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School on Edwards AFB, recently. The students, all enrolled at the Academy’s Aeronautical Engineering 456 Flight Test Techniques class, spent a
Jan. 10, 2023 F-35 Conducts First Flight with TR-3 A developmental test team from the 461st Flight Test Squadron conducted the first flight of an F-35 in the Technology Refresh 3 (TR-3) configuration on January 6, at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
Jan. 6, 2023 Edwards AFB resumes flight operations for 2023 An F-22 Raptor assigned to the 411th Flight Test Squadron, 412th Test Wing, takes off from Edwards Air Force Base, California, Jan, 4, 2023. Flight operations resumed this week at Edwards AFB following the holidays. (Air Force photo by Giancarlo Casem)
Dec. 12, 2022 Air Force conducts first ARRW operational prototype missile test A B-52H Stratofortress successfully released the first All-Up-Round AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon off the Southern California coast, Dec. 9.