• February 3, 2010: Testing of YAL-1 Airborne Laser Test Bed

    The recently redesignated YAL-1 Airborne Laser Test Bed’s (ALTB’s) infrared sensors detected a solid-fuel ballistic missile during its boost phase within seconds after launch over the Point Mugu Naval Air Warfare-Weapons Division Sea Range. The ALTB’s battle management system issued engagement and

  • February 1, 2010: F‑35 Joint Strike Force Office Restructured

    Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates announced restructuring of the F‑35 Joint Strike Force Office. The purpose of the restructuring was to provide increased oversight of a program that had fallen behind in meeting key benchmarks. Gates also had withheld $614 million in performance fees from lead

  • January 31, 1989: Edwards Conducts First Phase of F‑15 STOL Tests

    The Short Take off and Landing/ Maneuver Technology Demonstrator Joint Test Force completed the first phase of F‑15 STOL tests. The goal of the program was to demonstrate that an F-15 fitted with new technologies could land without navigational aid from the ground, on a bumpy field only 1,500 feet

  • January 30, 2004: F-22 Completed Four Missile EMD Profile Events

    The F-22 Combined Test Force achieved yet another milestone when it successfully completed four missile EMD profile events in a single day, including a pair of AIM-9 missile separation test over the Pacific Ocean and a pair of AIM-120C AMRAAM guided launches against two target drones by a two-ship

  • January 27, 2007: F-22 CTF Nominated for Collier Trophy

    The Chief of Staff of the Air Force nominated the F‑22 Combined Test Force for the National Aeronautic Association’s 2005 Robert J.Collier Trophy, awarded annually for the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics with respect to improving performance and safety of air and space vehicles

  • January 26, 1943: Bombing and Gunnery Range Operations

    The Bombing and Gunnery Range consisted of: five practice day bomb targets; five practice night bomb targets; one high explosive target; four air-to-ground gunnery ranges; one pistol range; one rifle range; one chemical range; one ground pattern target; and one land borne target.On the afternoon

  • January 25, 1991: X-29 Agility Testing Begins

    A series of X-29 high Angle of Attack agility test sorties began.  The forward-swept wing experimental jet exhibited better flying qualities in the high angle of attack range than many current operational fighters, and without the weight and complexity of special flaps, slats, or thrust vectoring

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