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  • Jikai Feng, test developer, connects cables from the tester to a C-130. Robins Automatic Wire Test Set Team has developed software to automatically test aircraft wiring systems in minutes, whereas manual testing takes weeks. (U. S. Air Force photo/Sue Sapp)

    Software team now tests wiring in minutes, not days

    Testing complex electrical wiring systems inside aircraft mainframes may sound a bit intimidating, but for a team from the 580th Software Maintenance Squadron here, it's just another day at the office. The team uses the Automatic Wire Test Set to support aircraft wire testing across not only multiple Air Force platforms, but Navy ships as well. The
  • From left, Capt. Nicholas Bauer, STAT test director / conductor; Lt. Akshay Tripathi, STAT test conductor; Mike Ketron, Space CTF director; Alex Freehardt, STAT lead test conductor; Jim Nichols, STAT test director and lead analyst; Steve Macarino, STAT test conductor; and Jim Burns, CTF technical director, listen as Lt. Col. Gregg Leisman, AEDC Space and Missile Test Chief welcomes the team and celebrated stand-up of the new organization within his mission area. (Photo by Jacqueline Cowan)

    New combined test force established for AEDC's newest test capability

    Arnold Engineering Development Complex's leadership recently heralded two firsts at the Complex -- the activation of the Space Combined Test Force, and acceptance of the new test and evaluation mission that the CTF will execute. The CTF integrates Air Force engineers with Aerospace Testing Alliance contracted engineers and support personnel to
  • BF-17 arrival at Edwards Air Force Base March 5. The F-35B is the short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) variant of the F-35 Lightning II and is operated by the Marine Corps. It's the first mission systems B-variant to arrive at Edwards. (Photo by Tom Reynolds/Lockheed Martin)

    F-35B arrives at Edwards for missions systems testing

    The F-35 Integrated Test Force expanded their aircraft inventory March 5 with the arrival of BF-17, which is the short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) variant of the F-35 Lightning II and is operated by the Marine Corps. The aircraft arrived from Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., and will remain at Edwards to conduct mission system
  • F-35 A and B operations began again March 1 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., after a two-week cautionary suspension grounded the aircraft. An engine blade crack discovered at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Feb. 19 caused the recent suspension.(U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Karen Roganov)

    Joint program suspension lifted, F-35s fly again at Eglin

    Another short-lived season of "cautionary suspension" has been lifted for F-35 Lightning II flying operations here, and the 33rd Fighter Wing resumed sortie generation March 1.An engine blade crack discovered at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Feb. 19 caused the entire joint strike fighter fleet to be grounded. Before that, the F-35B was "grounded"
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    Magnetic levitation track reaches new world record in speed

    The 846th Test Squadron successfully performed its most ambitious test to date on the magnetic levitation track here Feb. 7. Members of the 846th were able to use the Maglev track in conjunction with a new propulsion system to reach an astounding speed of more than 500 miles per hour."We went faster than we've ever gone before," said Jim Daniel,

  • Committed to safety, mishap prevention

    Before returning to flight operations, Team Edwards welcomed the new year with the annual Back in the Saddle briefing Jan. 7, focusing on safety, teamwork and mishap prevention.For nearly 20 years, Back in the Saddle has helped the Edwards community shift their focus back to safely and effectively accomplishing the mission after spending time with
  • The F-35A, AF-4, can be seen outfitted with a spin recovery chute (SRC) during High Angle of Attack testing accomplished by the F-35 Integrated Test Force team at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. (Photo by Darin Russell/Lockheed Martin)

    F-35 'pushes the envelope'

    The F-35 Integrated Test Force made significant progress expanding the flight envelope of the F-35A conventional takeoff and landing variant over the past few months with numerous successes in High Angle of Attack flight test, with the completion of the first intentional departure of controlled flight Dec. 4, 2012, and now having tested the
  • F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 40th Flight Test Squadron and 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron fly over the Emerald Coast Dec. 6 on a design-try-out mission for a new operational flight program software upgrade. The newest OFP for Block 40 and 50 model F-16s will be tested developmentally and operationally at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., in 2014. This marks the first time ever an F-16 OFP has undergone developmental and operational testing in the same location. (Courtesy photo)

    New F-16 software platform to be tested by 40th, 85th

    For the first time ever, developmental testing for an F-16 operational flight program will occur at the 40th Flight Test Squadron here.The testing for Block 40 and 50 model F-16s is scheduled to begin in 2014 and will also be the first time developmental testing and operational testing of the OFP will be conducted at the same base."This not only
  • Staff Sgt Brittney Lehr, 412th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron JSF, and Marine Staff Sgt.Thomas Mitsch, Marine Tiltrotor Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron 22, work to remove a panel on an F-35. For more than 18 months, developmental test personnel from the F-35 Integrated Test Force have been responsible for training operational maintainers from the 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron and Marine Tiltrotor Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron 22; the marines who will maintain the F-35B Short Takeoff Vertical Landing variant. Seventy-six personnel have successfully completed the program with 15 maintainers currently participating.

    F-35 ITF preps maintainers for operational test

    When the Joint Strike Fighter Operational Test Team begins testing the F-35 this month, maintenance personnel will be fully self-sufficient and prepared to transition to flight operations. By the time the first aircraft arrives, personnel will have successfully completed all initial training requirements and have already demonstrated the ability to
  • From left to right, Dr. Saeed Zadeh, AEDC Test Systems Sustainment Division’s chief of acquisitions; Kirk Rutland, technical director of the Test Systems Sustainment Division at AEDC; Britt Covington, AEDC executive director; Rosemary Matty, AEDC’s program manager for the Advanced Large Military Engine Capability (ALMEC) program; Dan Flanigan, ATA project manager; Col. Patrick Tom, AEDC Test Division director; and Lt. Col. Brent Peavy, AEDC’s Turbine Engine Ground Test Complex director, take part in a ribbon-cutting event marking the completion of the ASTF C1/C2 Temperature-controlled Cell Cooling project. (Photo by Rick Goodfriend)

    Ribbon-cutting marks first milestone for new mission-critical capability at AEDC's large military engine test facility

    A ribbon-cutting celebrating the success of a $3.6 million investment project to modernize and expand the capabilities of the nation's largest military aircraft engine ground test facility, located at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex, was held Nov. 19, 2012. "This is the first of the Advanced Large Military Engine Capability program
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