• October 1, 2010: Edwards AFB Safety Fly-In

    For the first time in Edwards AFB history, almost 100 civilian general aviation aircraft, as well as 15 civilian-owned retired military aircraft, flew to the base and touched down on the Rosamond Dry Lake for the Flight Test Nation 2010 Lakebed Fly-In. Some 325 people flew in for the occasion (most

  • September 30, 2016: Testing 1...2....3

    Maj Gen David A. Harris, Air Force Test Center commander published the October 2016 issue of Testing... 1... 2...3, his newsletter to the people of the Air Force Test Center. In this, the third issue of the year, he discussed activities related to the Air Force Test Center Strategic Plan’s fifth

  • September 29, 1995: Closure of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory on North Base

    The Jet Propulsion Laboratory closed its facility at North Base, and its permit to operate was terminated. The facility was created in June 1945 as a rocket test site, and eventually consisted of 571 acres, 70 buildings, six test stands, two test stand barricades and an open burn unit. It was a

  • September 28, 2005: Good-Bye to the Research Laboratory's C4I Test Bed

    The Air Force Research Laboratory’s C‑135E Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C41) test bed, whose primary purpose had been to support airborne communications, departed Edwards AFB for the boneyardA unique flying antenna testbed plays a significant role in the development

  • September 25, 1986: X-Wing Helicopter Testing

    The X-Wing, a one-of-a-kind helicopter/fixed wing aircraft built by Rotor Systems Research, arrived at the National Aeronautic Space Administration's Dryden facility aboard a Super Guppy transport. The craft was designed to take off, hover, and land like a helicopter but cruise like a conventional

  • September 24, 1971: Aerial Rescue at Waugh Lake Dam

    An Army team used a test UH-1N helicopter to rescue a Southern California Edison Company inspector who had fallen from a dam at Waugh Lake. The Twin Huey was assigned here to support high altitude performance and flying qualities testing at Bishop. The helicopter saved rescuers from an 18-mile trek

  • September 23, 2002: FIMN-92 Stinger Surface-to-Air Missile VS Predator

    The Air Force Flight Test Center received a one-week suspense from the Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force to conduct a short-notice, quick reaction test of the Army’s FIMN-92 Stinger surface-to-air missile against a Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Colonel Steven Cameron, the 412th Test

  • September 22, 1942: Early experimental Guided Missiles

    A GMA-1 power driven controllable bomb swerved out of control and was destroyed during a high-speed taxi run. The incident took place during a series of tests of the remotely controlled Bug equipped with tricycle landing gear.The Aviation Section of the Signal Corps* first became involved with

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