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T-7A Red Hawk Arrival at Edwards AFB Reflects Integrated Team Effort

The first T-7A Red Hawk, piloted by USAF test pilot Maj. Jonathan “Gremlin” Aronoff and Boeing test pilot Steve “Bull” Schmidt, soars over Edwards Air Force Base, California, Nov. 8, prior to arrival. The T-7A will replace the 1960s-era T-38 aircraft by providing advanced pilot training capabilities for aviators learning to fly both tactical and bomber aircraft. (Air Force photo by Joshua McClanahan)
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T-7A Red Hawk Arrival at Edwards AFB Reflects Integrated Team Effort

The first T-7A Red Hawk arrives at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Nov. 8. The aircraft’s test campaign is being executed by the T-7A Integrated Test Force, part of the Airpower Foundations Combined Test Force in association with the 416th Flight Test Squadron. The Integrated Test Force is a partnership between the USAF and T-7A manufacturer, The Boeing Company. (Air Force photo by Joshua McClanahan)
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T-7A Red Hawk Arrival at Edwards AFB Reflects Integrated Team Effort

Col. Christopher, Individual Mobilization Augmentee to the 412th Test Wing Commander, and Col. Ahave Brown Jr., take a closer look at the T-7A Red Hawk after it arrived at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Nov. 8. The aircraft’s test campaign is being executed by the T-7A Integrated Test Force, part of the Airpower Foundations Combined Test Force in association with the 416th Flight Test Squadron. The Integrated Test Force is a partnership between the USAF and T-7A manufacturer, The Boeing Company. (Air Force photo by Giancarlo Casem)
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T-7A Red Hawk Arrival at Edwards AFB Reflects Integrated Team Effort

The first T-7A Red Hawk taxis at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Nov. 8. The aircraft’s test campaign is being executed by the T-7A Integrated Test Force, part of the Airpower Foundations Combined Test Force in association with the 416th Flight Test Squadron. The Integrated Test Force is a partnership between the USAF and T-7A manufacturer, The Boeing Company. (Air Force photo by Giancarlo Casem)
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F-15C Eagle display at Arnold AFB honors Duricy

Irene and Art Duricy, parents of Maj. Jim Duricy, speak during the August 2007 ceremony to dedicate the F-15 Eagle static display at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., in memory of their son. Maj. Duricy died April 30, 2002, when he was forced to eject at a high speed as the F-15C he piloted crashed into the Gulf of Mexico. His body was never found. A 12-year test pilot, Maj. Duricy was assigned to the 40th Flight Test Squadron based at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., at the time of his death. He was on a captive flight development test of a new missile when the aircraft crashed. (U.S. Air Force photo by David Housch)
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F-15C Eagle display at Arnold AFB honors Duricy

Brig. Gen. C.D. Moore II, then-commander of the 478th Aeronautical Systems Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, speaks to attendees of the August 2007 ceremony to dedicate the F-15 Eagle static display at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., in memory of Maj. Jim Duricy. Duricy died April 30, 2002, when he was forced to eject at a high speed as the F-15C he piloted crashed into the Gulf of Mexico. His body was never found. A 12-year test pilot, Duricy was assigned to the 40th Flight Test Squadron based at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., at the time of his death. He was on a captive flight development test of a new missile when the aircraft crashed. (U.S. Air Force photo by David Housch)
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F-15C Eagle display at Arnold AFB honors Duricy

The static F-15 Eagle on display outside the Main Gate and Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., is dedicated to Maj. Jim Duricy. He died April 30, 2002, when he was forced to eject at a high speed as the F-15C he piloted crashed into the Gulf of Mexico. His body was never found. A 12-year test pilot, Duricy was assigned to the 40th Flight Test Squadron based at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., at the time of his death. He was on a captive flight development test of a new missile when the aircraft crashed. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Brooke Brumley)
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F-15C Eagle display at Arnold AFB honors Duricy

Maj. Jim Duricy (Photo provided)
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F-15C Eagle display at Arnold AFB honors Duricy

Maj. Jim Duricy (Photo provided)
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F-15C Eagle display at Arnold AFB honors Duricy

The static F-15 Eagle on display outside the Main Gate at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., is dedicated to Maj. Jim Duricy. He died April 30, 2002, when he was forced to eject at a high speed as the F-15C he piloted crashed into the Gulf of Mexico. His body was never found. He was on a captive flight development test of a new missile when the aircraft crashed. The F-15 dedicated in Duricy’s honor has been on display at Arnold since 2003. It was assigned to the 46th Test Wing, the same wing Duricy flew with at the time of his death. The 46th was part of the now-inactive Air Force Air Armament Center at Eglin AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kali Bradford)
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F-15C Eagle display at Arnold AFB honors Duricy

The static F-15 Eagle on display outside the Main Gate at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., is dedicated to Maj. Jim Duricy. He died April 30, 2002, when he was forced to eject at a high speed as the F-15C he piloted crashed into the Gulf of Mexico. His body was never found. A 12-year test pilot, Duricy was assigned to the 40th Flight Test Squadron based at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., at the time of his death. He was on a captive flight development test of a new missile when the aircraft crashed. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kali Bradford)
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F-15C Eagle display at Arnold AFB honors Duricy

The static F-15 Eagle on display outside the Main Gate at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., is dedicated to Maj. Jim Duricy. He died April 30, 2002, when he was forced to eject at a high speed as the F-15C he piloted crashed into the Gulf of Mexico. His body was never found. A 12-year test pilot, Duricy was assigned to the 40th Flight Test Squadron based at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., at the time of his death. He was on a captive flight development test of a new missile when the aircraft crashed. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kali Bradford)
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F-15C Eagle display at Arnold AFB honors Duricy

This plaque is located next to the static F-15 Eagle on display outside the Main Gate at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. The display is dedicated to Maj. Jim Duricy. He died April 30, 2002, when he was forced to eject at a high speed as the F-15C he piloted crashed into the Gulf of Mexico. His body was never found. A 12-year test pilot, Duricy was assigned to the 40th Flight Test Squadron based at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., at the time of his death. He was on a captive flight development test of a new missile when the aircraft crashed. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kali Bradford)
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F-15C Eagle display at Arnold AFB honors Duricy

Maj. Jim Duricy’s parents Art and Irene Duricy, sister Christine Benigar and her son; widow Elaine Johnson and daughters Erin and Kate stand in front of the plaque honoring Maj. Duricy following the August 2007 ceremony to dedicate the F-15 Eagle static display at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., in memory of Maj. Duricy. Maj. Duricy died April 30, 2002, when he was forced to eject at a high speed as the F-15C he piloted crashed into the Gulf of Mexico. His body was never found. A 12-year test pilot, Maj. Duricy was assigned to the 40th Flight Test Squadron based at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., at the time of his death. He was on a captive flight development test of a new missile when the aircraft crashed. (U.S. Air Force photo by David Housch)
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AFRL Inspire 2023

Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Commander Brig. Gen. Scott Cain, far right, and AFRL Public Affairs Specialist and event host Kenneth McNulty, far left, stand onstage with the 2023 AFRL Inspire speaker lineup at the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Kenney Hall Oct. 26, 2023. This year’s program featured 10 distinguished speakers from across the AFRL enterprise who delivered a series of nine live TEDx-style talks designed to inspire listeners and highlight the passion, innovation and pioneering spirit of AFRL’s science and technology workforce. The 2023 roster of AFRL Inspire speakers were unified in driving home the message “One AFRL Team, One Fight.” The program was the first AFRL Inspire event to occur under AFRL Commander Brig. Gen. Scott Cain’s leadership, as well as the first to take place in front of a live and in-person audience since the coronavirus pandemic. (U.S. Air Force photo / Cherie Cullen)
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AFRL Inspire 2023

James “Sass” Bieryla, director of the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL’s, Strategic Partnering Directorate, left, and Kevin Price, a computer analyst in AFRL’s Aerospace Systems Directorate, right, share their perspectives as former active-duty pilots in their speech “Amplifying Warfighter Culture” at the seventh annual AFRL Inspire event at the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Kenney Hall, Oct. 26, 2023. Bieryla and Price both lost friends in aircraft accidents, the pair acknowledged as they took the stage together to deliver the last talk of the afternoon. One way to bring military pilots home safely is to amplify warfighter culture, which means actively considering the perspective and experiences of Airmen and Guardians when making the decisions or developing the technologies that will directly affect them, Price said. (U.S. Air Force photo /Cherie Cullen)
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AFRL Inspire 2023

Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Commander Brig. Gen Scott Cain delivers closing remarks to the audience at AFRL’s Inspire event at the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Kenney Hall, Oct. 26, 2023. “I want to give a very special thanks to our speakers today,” Cain said. “I give them those thanks because they had the courage to take on tough problems and the courage to get on this stage. Your guts are inspiring.” The day’s program provided a glimpse into the people of AFRL, Cain said, and “the fire in all of them.” (U.S. Air Force photo / Cherie Cullen)
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AFRL Inspire 2023

Anissa Lumpkin, an operations research analyst and acting mission area lead for the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL’s, Customer Engagement Directorate, delivers her speech titled “The Power of Influence” at the seventh annual AFRL Inspire event at the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Kenney Hall, Oct. 26, 2023. Lumpkin shared her experience using the power of influence to impact positive change and close the diversity gap. While managing AFRL’s Small Business Innovation Research, or SBIR, and Small Business Technology Transfer, or STTR, programs, Lumpkin noticed there were no Historically Black Colleges or Universities, or HBCUs, partnered with those programs and resolved to find out why. Lumpkin went on to establish the Department of the Air Force’s HBCU outreach initiative. “It's so important to take a hard look at your tables and figure out who is missing,” Lumpkin said. “Then use the power of influence to fill those chairs.” (U.S. Air Force photo / Cherie Cullen)
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AFRL Inspire 2023

Dr. Andrew Gillman, a research materials engineer based in the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL’s, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, delivers a speech titled “Striking Where the Innovation’s Hot” at the seventh annual AFRL Inspire event at the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Kenney Hall, Oct. 26, 2023. Gillman described his experience working as part of an extended team of collaborators from industry, academia and government to find a solution to lack of agility in the manufacturing supply chain. Recently, the DAF has confronted challenges in maintaining fleet readiness, Gillman said, as there is an immediate need to obtain small lots of customizable aircraft replacement parts that many manufacturers do not make anymore. To help solve this problem, Gillman and his team developed a robotic blacksmithing system that uses incremental forming to craft small lots of customized manufactured parts. The robotic system models the consistency, reliability and agility of a human blacksmith, Gillman said, and can make significant forming decisions on its own without the need for a human operator. (U.S. Air Force photo / Cherie Cullen)
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AFRL Inspire 2023

Dr. Richard Beblo, a mechanical engineer in the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL’s, Aerospace Systems Directorate, delivers his talk “Groundbreaking Innovation at the Speed of Failure” at the seventh annual AFRL Inspire event at the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Kenney Hall, Oct. 26, 2023. Beblo opened his talk by recounting a time when he and his research team conducted a sled test — a type of nondestructive experiment that reproduces the dynamic conditions of a full-scale crash scenario — that “failed” spectacularly. While others present at the testing site deemed the test a total flop, Beblo said, he and his team were ecstatic about their supposed failure. “We were excited because we knew the test just gained value,” Beblo said. “We knew we were about to learn things that we hadn’t even anticipated as things we needed to learn.” The quickest path to success is to fail fast and fail often, Beblo said, and this perspective applies to the development of new technologies. (U.S. Air Force photo / Cherie Cullen)
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