Nov. 14, 2018 AFRL, NASA partner on aerospace physiology to spin into next era of space travel WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – It’s not often that Wright-Patterson Air Force Base hosts astronauts testing in its facilities. In fact, it’s been since the 1960s. But due in part to the relationship between the Air Force and NASA as well as the location and unique capabilities of the
Sept. 24, 2018 Air Force awards contract for new helicopter Today the Air Force awarded the first portion of a $2.38 billion firm-fixed-price contract to The Boeing Company for a UH-1N Replacement helicopter.
July 13, 2018 KC-46 completes flight testing required for October first aircraft delivery The KC-46 Pegasus program achieved an important milestone July 6, 2018, at Boeing Field, Seattle, with completion of the final flight tests required for first aircraft delivery planned in late October.
May 25, 2017 F-22 Flying Test Bed is tip of spear for Raptor mission systems From time to time, the F-22 Raptor Combined Test Force at the 411th Flight Test Squadron gets a visit from an old friend. A highly modified and instrumented Boeing 757 called the F-22 Flying Test Bed is an F-22 avionics laboratory. The experimental FTB is the very first Boeing 757 ever produced,
Jan. 4, 2017 JB Charleston tests new equipment, saves Air Force millions JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. -- An operational evaluation of new synthetic tiedowns and winch cables for the C-17 Globemaster III took place here Nov. 28 and 29, 2016. Tiedowns are ropes, cords, straps or chains that secure items during airlift operations. Winch cables help adjust the tension on