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April 28, 2022
Test team demonstrates new weapon to sink ships

85th Test and Evaluation Squadron F-15E Strike Eagle released a modified GBU-31 joint direct attack munition that successfully destroyed a full-scale stationary surface vessel.
April 28, 2022
The small museum with a big heart

The Air Force Flight Test Museum at Edwards Air Force Base is excited to welcome people back to explore the rich history this test base has to offer. Through escorted family visits, field trips, and home study groups, the museum offers several chances to engage with school-aged youth with Edwards
April 28, 2022
586th FLTS helps showcase data link improvement

The 586th Flight Test Squadron was involved last year in the testing and showcasing of the new Heimdall enhanced capability for legacy tactical data links.The 586 FLTS is part of the 704th Test Group at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. The 704 TG is a unit of AEDC, headquartered at Arnold Air Force
April 27, 2022
Airman's NASCAR paint scheme design debuts

96th Test Wing Airman-designed AF heritage paint scheme debuts at Talladega Superspeedway, race team almost wins.
April 26, 2022
411th Flight Test Squadron hosts Air Dominance Day

The 411th Flight Test Squadron hosted an annual Air Dominance Day celebration on Edwards Air Force Base, April 15. Members of the F-22 Raptor test team took time to honor past accomplishments that has resulted in American air dominance for almost 70 years.
April 21, 2022
NASA recognizes NFAC team for overcoming challenges, delivering quality results

It has been said that nothing worth doing is ever easy.And things weren’t easy for the National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Facility test team assigned to the Aerodynamic and Acoustic Rotoprop Test, or AART. The group was tasked with completing the first-ever urban air mobility rotor acoustic test
April 20, 2022
Benefield Anechoic Facility tests C-130 electronic countermeasures

An AC-130J Ghostrider assigned to the 1st Special Operations Wing from Hurlburt Field, Fla., recently underwent electronic weapons countermeasures testing at the Benefield Anechoic Facility at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
April 19, 2022
Test team proves Legion pod targeting capabilities

First-ever multi-platform operational test to effectively locate a target using shared Infra-Red Search and Track sensor data.
April 18, 2022
AEDC announces winners of 2021 Science, Engineering and Technical Management Awards

Arnold Engineering Development Complex senior leadership announced the complex-level winners for the Air Force Materiel Command Science, Engineering and Technical Management Awards on April 5.
April 14, 2022
Estep selected as Executive Director

The Air Force has selected Lorna B. Estep for the position of Executive Director, Air Force Materiel Command.

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