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  • An Edwards Air Force Base engineer consults a Technical Report in the 812th Test Support Squadron archives. The Scientific and Technical Information Program Distribution Statements identify who may view the contents of a report and are prominently displayed on the front cover. (Courtesy photo)

    Nothing stops STINFO not even COVID-19

    In 1963, the year the Scientific and Technical Information Program came to Edwards AFB. Now better known by its acronym of STINFO, it operates as a 412th Test Wing program led by the 812th Test Support Squadron in one of the squadron’s many support roles. STINFO means many different things to people at Edwards depending on their role.
  • Jess Peterson, U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School instructor, explains the school’s COVID-19 response from inside a mission control at TPS on Edwards Air Force Base, California, June 17. (Air Force photo by Giancarlo Casem)

    Air Force Chief of Staff visits Edwards AFB

    The Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. David Goldfein, paid a special visit to the Center of the Aerospace Testing Universe, Edwards Air Force Base, California, June 17.
  • Randy Quinn, right, Arnold Engineering Development Complex Space and Missile Rocket Propulsion Test Capability manager, speaks with Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett about testing at the Large Rocket Motor Test Facility J-6 during her visit, June 18, 2020, to Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

    SECAF visits Arnold AFB to view developmental test capabilities

    Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett visited Arnold Air Force Base June 18 to get a first-hand look at critical ground-based developmental test mission activities.The visit highlighted the contribution of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex team to a variety of national priority test missions such as nuclear modernization, flight
  • Air Force Materiel Command Commander Gen. Arnold Bunch, Jr. spoke in front of a KC-135 Stratotanker at a press conference July 24 to address his visit to Tinker Air Force Base. After touring several workplaces, Bunch and AFMC Command Chief Master Sgt. Stanley Cadell gained a broader understanding of AFSC and Team Tinker missions and their impact to the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kelly White)

    Bunch reflects on first year in command, outlines AFMC future

    During a year that has included an Air Force-wide focus on modernization, lethality and readiness through faster, more agile business processes, the ability of the Air Force Materiel Command to successfully meet the needs of the National Defense Strategy was a major focus of Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr.’s first year as commander.
  • Test Engineering Bootcamp

    Virtual bootcamp trains new test engineers

    Held virtually for the first time due to COVID-19 restrictions
  • Digital twin

    AFMC Digital Campaign aims to modernize, streamline life cycle process

    The Air Force Materiel Command has launched a new Digital Campaign to modernize and streamline the life cycle process of Air Force platforms and systems, ensuring warfighters have the technology required to maintain a competitive advantage over adversaries.“Transitioning to a digital AFMC enterprise is a priority for our command and is foundational
  • Joseph Cowan, left, an outside machinist, and other Team AEDC personnel work in the control room of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) Aerodynamic and Propulsion Test Unit (APTU), May 20, 2020, while wearing masks to help mitigate risk associated with the coronavirus pandemic. The APTU team has performed their tasks, providing hypersonic testing capabilities, without interruption during the pandemic. Hypersonics is considered a critical field for national defense. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

    APTU team mitigates coronavirus risk, continues hypersonic testing

  • Airman 1st Class Rehanna Payne, a medical technician, uses medical monitoring technology called the Battlefield Assisted Trauma Distributed Observation Kit, or BATDOK, to check the vitals of a patient while she stands in a hallway of the Wright-Patterson Medical Center April 28. The Air Force Research Laboratory adapted this technology, originally developed for the pararescue community, for medical facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. (U.S. Air Force photo by Wesley Farnsworth)

    Datalinks flight helps test mobile health monitor

    Battlefield Assisted Trauma Distributed Observation Kit connects to a variety of medical sensors that measures a patient’s vital signs such as heart and respiratory rates as well as blood oxygen saturation.
  • Various aircraft participating in Orange Flag Exercise (OFE) fly over Edwards Air Force Base, California, during OFE 19-2. COVID-19 telework operations have created new opportunities for engineers from the 412th Test Wing teams to spend more time on software development environments to support weapons analysis, and to support multi-platform multi-service analysis for large force exercises such as OFE.

    COVID-19 Telework Operations Create New Opportunities for 412 TW Teams

    Although the day-to-day work of avionics and flight test engineers looks dramatically different due to the advent of telework operations during the COVID-19 pandemic, a few groups within the 412th Test Wing are taking full advantage of these unique times to accelerate their development of Python analysis tool capabilities using industry standard tools.
  • U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School Classmates

    NASA Test Pilots and Astronaut for Launch America Share Common Bond

    In 1998 when NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center’s research pilots Troy Asher, Jim Less and Tim Williams attended the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School (TPS) in Edwards, California, with classmate and now astronaut Robert Behnken, they did not know he would make this big of a mark on spaceflight.Behnken, or as they fondly call him “Dr. Bob,” was
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