• November 30, 2005: New Acquisitions for Air Force Flight Test Center Museum

    The Air Force Flight Test Center Museum acquired the YF-15A, S/N 71-0287, the eighth prototype built. It was primarily used for high angle of attack testing early in the program and was later used to test the new F100-PW-220 engines for the F-15C. The -220 engine introduced single-crystal turbine

  • November 29, 1943: 412th Fighter Group Call Flight Test Base Home

    The 412th Fighter Group was activated by Fourth Air Force and temporarily assigned to the Flight Test Base. Capt Brunner R. Coke was named initial commander. The mission of the 412th was to prepare itself to be the first operational jet fighter group in the Army Air Forces. A large part of its job

  • November 28, 1960: Water Brake Trough Replacement

    The P.J. Walker Company began replacing the old water brake trough at the west end of the 20,000 foot High Speed Track, which had become damaged from successive high-kinetic sled impacts. The new trough, constructed of heavier-gauge steel plates, would be capable of stopping test vehicles traveling

  • November 27, 1990: Project HAVE TERRA International Testing

    The Air Force Flight Test Center deployed an F-15E and an F-16 to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, to perform Project HAVE TERRA testing in support of Operation Desert Storm.  In addition to 66.5 hours of HAVE TERRA testing dedicated to support Operation Desert Storm, the primary focus of the test

  • November 26, 1951: Edwards Base Housing Expansion

    Headquarters, Air Research and Development Command, advised the Center that the Secretary of the Air Force had issued a Certificate of Need for the construction of 500 additional rental units at Edwards Air Force Base. These dwellings will be of the duplex type, built under the Wherry Act allowing

  • November 25, 2008: Captain Edwards Diaries

    The Air Force Flight Test Center Museum received several diaries by Capt. Glen W. Edwards, a military test pilot who perished  June 5, 1948 while co-piloting a YB-49 “flying wing” bomber prototype. The diaries were donated by his surviving family. On December 8, 1949, Muroc Air Force Base was

  • November 24, 2004: Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer Testing

    The Air Force Flight Test Center supported a series of flights by the Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer. The one-of-a-kind aircraft was designed by Burt Rutan and built by Scaled Composites of Mojave to make the first solo nonstop, non-refueled flight around the circumference of the world. The Center

  • November 23, 1959: Operations Plan Serial Number 18-59

    The Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations at the Center published Operations Plan Serial Number 18-59 which stated Headquarters, United States Air Force had directed the Tactical Air Command to attempt to recapture the world air record for maximum speed-closed course (100 KM, unrestricted altitude)

  • November 22, 2002: East Data Acquisition Transmission System Testing

    The new East Data Acquisition Transmission System (EDATS) was tested for the first time, with an F/A-22. The EDATS was a joint Air Force Flight Test Center and Federal Aviation Administration project to establish a data link with the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico by means of a series of 28

  • November 21, 1952: Center Management Analysis Division Control Room

    The Air Force Flight Test Center Management Analysis Division completed a Control Room to display in one place all reference information on the progress of any specific test project, and the exact status of all phases of base operations including budget, manpower, and efficiency areas. The new

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