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A Pratt and Whitney F135 engine, one of two engines slated to power the F-35 Lightning II, undergoes altitude testing at the Arnold Engineering Development Center. AEDC is conducting a multi-year test program worth approximately $200 million in several test facilities for variants of the F135 engine. (AEDC photo)


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A Pratt and Whitney F135 engine, one of two engines slated to power the F-35 Lightning II, undergoes altitude testing at the Arnold Engineering Development Center. AEDC is conducting a multi-year test program worth approximately $200 million in several test facilities for variants of the F135 engine. (AEDC photo)

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Tim Wright, an Aerospace Testing Alliance craftsman at Arnold Engineering Development Center at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., examines the Short Take-off and Landing F-35 model in AEDC’s 16-foot transonic wind tunnel. The information from this testing, the final entry in a recent series of tests, will go into a large database to refine and validate the aircraft designs for flight testing and ultimately, production of the CTOL and STOVL F-35 variants. (Air Force photo by David Housch)
Four 2,000-pound Joint Direct Attack Munitions are released from an F-15E during a developmental test at Edwards Air Force Base in 2002. JDAM is known as the warfighter's weapon of choice because of its accuracy, reliability and low cost. More than 15,000 JDAMs have been used in combat since its debut in 1999 during Operation Allied Force. (Courtesy Photo)
OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO - Senior Master Sgt. Ken Albers refuels an F-15 Eagle from the 46th Test Wing during a Tomahawk cruise missile test while Senior Airman Josh Krenegel looks on. Using both of Eglin's water and land test ranges, a U.S. Navy Tomahawk cruise missile was launched from the USS Boise, a Los Angeles-class submarine that was under way in the Gulf of Mexico. The Airmen supporting the test in the KC-135 Stratotanker are boom operators from the 384th Air Refueling Squadron at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. (Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mike Meares)