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A time exposure of eight Peacekeeper (LGM-118A) intercontinental ballistic missile reentry vehicles passing through clouds while approaching an open-ocean impact zone during a flight test

A time exposure of eight Peacekeeper (LGM-118A) intercontinental balli...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Most fearsome weapon evolves

Most fearsome weapon evolves

An MC-130J prototype arrives at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., to receive modifications to become Air Force Special Operations Command's next generation gunship, the AC-130J Ghostrider, Jan. 3, 2013. The prototyp... More

The Missile Defense Agency, U.S. Pacific Command, and

The Missile Defense Agency, U.S. Pacific Command, and

The Missile Defense Agency, U.S. Pacific Command, and U.S. Navy sailors aboard USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) successfully conducted a flight test involving the launch of a medium-range ballistic missile target f... More

Two F-16D Fighting Falcons and two F-15E Strike Eagles

Two F-16D Fighting Falcons and two F-15E Strike Eagles

Two F-16D Fighting Falcons and two F-15E Strike Eagles from the 96th Test Wing, Eglin AFB, Fla., perform a formation flyover of the National Collegiate Athletic Association football season opener in Orlando, Fl... More

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency, in cooperation with

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency, in cooperation with

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency, in cooperation with the U.S. Air Force 30th Space Wing, the Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense and U.S. Northern Command, today successfully inter... More

Daniel Roth, 561st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aircraft

Daniel Roth, 561st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aircraft

Daniel Roth, 561st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aircraft mechanic, marshal’s an F-15 March 26, 2020, at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. Active-duty and Reserve units at Robins have continued flight operations ... More

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (Aug. 4, 2017) The Textron

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (Aug. 4, 2017) The Textron

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (Aug. 4, 2017) The Textron Scorpion experimental aircraft is prepared for takeoff at Holloman AFB. Scorpion is participating in the U.S. Air Force Light Attack Experiment (OA-X), a... More

An F-16D Fighting Falcon pilot from Eglin AFB, Fla.,

An F-16D Fighting Falcon pilot from Eglin AFB, Fla.,

An F-16D Fighting Falcon pilot from Eglin AFB, Fla., shows pride in his alma mater by displaying the Miami Hurricanes flag before a flyover in Orlando, Fla., Aug 24, 2019. Four fighter aircraft from the 96th Te... More

A US Army (USA) AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter, armed with AGM-114 Hellfire air-to-ground missiles and 2.75-inch rocket pods hovers from a concealed position, during flight test conducted at the Boeing/McDonnell Douglas facility, located near Mesa, Arizona (AZ)

A US Army (USA) AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter, armed with AGM-114 H...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Phoenix State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Lance Cheung, USAF Release Status: Released to P... More

A US Army (USA) AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter, armed with AGM-114 Hellfire air-to-ground missiles and 2.75-inch rocket pods hovers during flight test conducted at the Boeing/McDonnell Douglas facility, located near Mesa, Arizona (AZ)

A US Army (USA) AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter, armed with AGM-114 H...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Meza State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Lance Cheung, USAF Release Status: Released to Publ... More

AFRL XQ-58A Valkyrie expands flight envelope in fourth test

AFRL XQ-58A Valkyrie expands flight envelope in fourth test

The Air Force Research Laboratory and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., completed the successful fourth flight of the XQ-58A Valkyrie demonstrator, a long-range, high subsonic unmanned air vehicle, at ... More

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (July 31, 2017) A Textron

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (July 31, 2017) A Textron

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (July 31, 2017) A Textron Scorpion experimental aircraft sits at Holloman AFB. The Scorpion is participating in the U.S. Air Force Light Attack Experiment (OA-X), a series of trial... More

An F-16 Fighting Falcon flown by Maj. Jacob Schonig

An F-16 Fighting Falcon flown by Maj. Jacob Schonig

An F-16 Fighting Falcon flown by Maj. Jacob Schonig from the 416th Flight Test Squadron at Edwards Air Force Base, California, conducts a captive-carry flight test with a Gray Wolf cruise missile prototype over... More

Air Force Reserve Lt. Col. Matthew Griffin, 339th Flight

Air Force Reserve Lt. Col. Matthew Griffin, 339th Flight

Air Force Reserve Lt. Col. Matthew Griffin, 339th Flight Test Squadron F-15 pilot and director of operations, conducts and oxygen mask test during aircraft launch preparation March 26, 2020, at Robins Air Force... More

An F-16 Fighting Falcon waits as a B-1 Lancer lands after a flight test. Planes fly more than 5,500 hours a year at Edwards AFB. AIRMAN Magazine's article High-desert Hideaway by MASTER Sergeant Louis Arana-Barradas describes life on the desert base by Air Force members stationed there. The base has made major improvements in quality life issues such as housing, gymnasium, restaurants, off-duty education opportunities and recreation. (AIRMAN Magazine/July 1999)

An F-16 Fighting Falcon waits as a B-1 Lancer lands after a flight tes...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Mark Borosch Release Status: R... More

The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) weapon

The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) weapon

The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) weapon system intercepts a threat-representative intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) target during Flight Test THAAD (FTT)-18 on July 11, 2017.

A Boeing KC-135/514 Stratotanker aircraft undergoing flight test after being re-engined with Pratt and Whitney JT3D turbofan engines

A Boeing KC-135/514 Stratotanker aircraft undergoing flight test after...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Dennis L. Brooking Release Status: ... More

An air-to-air left side view of a KC-10A Extender aircraft during a refueling flight test

An air-to-air left side view of a KC-10A Extender aircraft during a re...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Young Release Status: Released ... More

A air-to-air top view of a KC-10A Extender aircraft as seen from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during a refueling flight test

A air-to-air top view of a KC-10A Extender aircraft as seen from a KC-...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Young Release Status: Released ... More

S08-13-361 - STS-008 - Mission Specialist (MS) Bluford exercises on middeck treadmill

S08-13-361 - STS-008 - Mission Specialist (MS) Bluford exercises on mi...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: On middeck, Mission Specialist (MS) Bluford, restrained by harness and wearing blood pressure (B/P) cuff on his left arm, holds upright support handle a... More

An LGM-118A Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missile is launched during the eighth flight test of the program

An LGM-118A Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missile is launched...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Walter Perkins Jr. Release ... More

An Aries ballistic missile target is launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii during the US Navy (USN) and The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) successful flight test in the continuing development of the Sea-Based Midcourse (SMD) element of the Ballistic Missile Defense System

An Aries ballistic missile target is launched from the Pacific Missile...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: PAC Msl Range Facility, Kauai State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: SM-3 Misisle test in Hawaii ... More

A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor

A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor

A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor is launched from Meck Island on its way to intercept of a ballistic missile target during MDA's historic flight test on Oct. 24, 2012. (Photo by Andrew Hall)

A U.S. Air Force EC-130H Compass Call from the 55th

A U.S. Air Force EC-130H Compass Call from the 55th

A U.S. Air Force EC-130H Compass Call from the 55th Wing prepares for in-flight refueling from a 155th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker during exercise Emerald Flag over the Gulf of Mexico, Dec. 3, 2020. ... More

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (Aug. 4, 2017) The Textron

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (Aug. 4, 2017) The Textron

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (Aug. 4, 2017) The Textron Scorpion experimental aircraft conducts handling and flying quality maneuvers above White Sands Missile Range. Scorpion is participating in the U.S. Air ... More

Photograph of Astronaut Alan E. Shepard, Jr.

Photograph of Astronaut Alan E. Shepard, Jr.

Original caption: Alan E. Shepard, Jr., a commander in the U.S. Navy, was born November 18, 1923 in East Derry, New Hampshire. Shepard attended primary school in East Derry and was graduated from Pinkerton Scho... More

An air-to-air left rear view of a B-1B bomber approaching the refueling boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during a flight test. This is the first flight in four years for this particular B-1B

An air-to-air left rear view of a B-1B bomber approaching the refuelin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. William B. Belcher Relea... More

A time exposure of 10 Peacekeeper (LGM-118A) intercontinental ballistic missile reentry vehicles approaching an open-ocean impact zone near Kwajalein Atoll during a flight test

A time exposure of 10 Peacekeeper (LGM-118A) intercontinental ballisti...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: South Pacific Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (July 31, 2017) Flight

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (July 31, 2017) Flight

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (July 31, 2017) Flight test pilot Stu Rogerson descibes emergency shutdown procedures for the Textron Scorpion experimental aircraft to fire response personnel at Holloman AFB. The... More

Master Sgt. Allen Clutter, a flight engineer attached

Master Sgt. Allen Clutter, a flight engineer attached

Master Sgt. Allen Clutter, a flight engineer attached to 514th Flight Test Squadron, inspects the rudder while performing a pre-flight functional flight check on a U.S. Navy C-130 Hercules April 11, 2019 at Hil... More

Air Force Reserve Master Sgt. Ronald Bacon, 339th Flight

Air Force Reserve Master Sgt. Ronald Bacon, 339th Flight

Air Force Reserve Master Sgt. Ronald Bacon, 339th Flight Test Squadron C-130 flight engineer, conducts pre-flight checks to a C-130 April 2, 2020, at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. Reserve Citizen Airmen of th... More

The Wright Brothers test fly their aircraft on Fort Myer's parade field. This series of test flights resulted in the Army purchasing its first aircraft. In the first flight, Sept. 9, 1908, Orville Wright kept the plane aloft 71 seconds. The second flight resulted in a crash that left Wright severely cut and bruised and his passenger, Army LT. Thomas Selfridge dead -- the first powered-aviation fatality. (Exact date shot UNKNOWN)

The Wright Brothers test fly their aircraft on Fort Myer's parade fiel...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Myer, Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Pub... More

A U.S. Navy Tomahawk cruise missile flies by an isolated industrial complex during a flight test

A U.S. Navy Tomahawk cruise missile flies by an isolated industrial co...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mojave Desert State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public C... More

S08-14-380 - STS-008 - Mission Specialist (MS) Thornton prepares to eat meal on middeck

S08-14-380 - STS-008 - Mission Specialist (MS) Thornton prepares to ea...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: On middeck, Mission Specialist (MS) Thornton holds meal tray assembly (ASSY) above MS seat positioned for Detailed Supplementary Objective (DSO) 401 Fli... More

A US Army (USA) AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter, armed with AGM-114 Hellfire air-to-ground missiles and 2.75-inch rocket pods hovers from a concealed position, during flight test conducted at the Boeing/McDonnell Douglas facility, located near Mesa, Arizona (AZ)

A US Army (USA) AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter, armed with AGM-114 H...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mesa State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Lance Cheung, USAF Release Status: Released to Publ... More

F-35C Conducts 1st Operational Test of Live-fire AIM-120 Missile

F-35C Conducts 1st Operational Test of Live-fire AIM-120 Missile

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (Jan. 24, 2019) U.S. Navy Lt. Daniel "Crib" Armenteros, piloting an F-35C Lightning II assigned to Naval Air Station China Lake's Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Nine (VX-9), con... More

Master Sgt. Allen Clutter, a flight engineer attached

Master Sgt. Allen Clutter, a flight engineer attached

Master Sgt. Allen Clutter, a flight engineer attached to 514th Flight Test Squadron, inspects the propellers while performing a pre-flight functional flight check on a U.S. Navy C-130 Hercules April 11, 2019 at... More

An F-16D Fighting Falcon assigned to the 40th Flight

An F-16D Fighting Falcon assigned to the 40th Flight

An F-16D Fighting Falcon assigned to the 40th Flight Test Squadron flies a training mission off the Emerald Coast of FLa. April 3 2019. The 40FLTS mission is to execute exceptional fighter developmental test an... More

A U.S. Air Force F-16C Falcon from the 96th Test Wing

A U.S. Air Force F-16C Falcon from the 96th Test Wing

A U.S. Air Force F-16C Falcon from the 96th Test Wing prepares for in-flight refueling from a 155th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker during exercise Emerald Flag over the Gulf of Mexico, Dec. 3, 2020. Mor... More

S07-09-433 - STS-007 - MS Fabian prepares for Flight Test photographic documentation

S07-09-433 - STS-007 - MS Fabian prepares for Flight Test photographic...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Mission Specialist (MS) Fabian's foot leg is positioned in front of gridded black backdrop by MS Thagard for Flight Test photographic documentation. Fab... More

An air-to-air left rear view of a B-1B bomber being refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during a flight test. This is the first flight in four years for this particular B-1B

An air-to-air left rear view of a B-1B bomber being refueled by a KC-1...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT William B. Belcher Release Sta... More

Apollo 7 pioneer Walt Cunningam poses for the camera with two pilots from the 62nd Fighter Squadron in front of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. Cunningham paid Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, a two day visit commemorating the 30-year anniversay of his historic eleven day voyage aboard the first manned flight test of third-generation US spacecraft

Apollo 7 pioneer Walt Cunningam poses for the camera with two pilots f...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Luke Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Shanna Y. Jones, USAF Release Status:... More

Col. Ryan Blake, the former Test Pilot School Commandant,

Col. Ryan Blake, the former Test Pilot School Commandant,

Col. Ryan Blake, the former Test Pilot School Commandant, provides his farewell remarks during a Change of Command ceremony at Edwards Air Force Base, California, July 10. (Air Force photo by Ethan Wagner)

About 8,000 members of Team Edwards and their guests

About 8,000 members of Team Edwards and their guests

About 8,000 members of Team Edwards and their guests were treated to a display of planes from all ages, music and demonstrations from units around base. The first day of the celebration ended with Edwards AFB’s... More

A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle from the 96th Test

A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle from the 96th Test

A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle from the 96th Test Wing prepares for in-flight refueling from a 155th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker during exercise Emerald Flag over the Gulf of Mexico, Dec. 3, 202... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Sean McLean (left), Combat Videographer, Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) Combat Visual Information Center (CVIC), and USMC MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) James Roberts (center left), STAFF Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge (SNCOIC), MARFORRES CVIC, conduct an interview with US Marines from Helicopter Marine Light Attack-169 (HMLA-169) at Ali Al Salem Air Base (AB), Kuwait, before it takes off for a flight test. US Marines deployed to Southwest Asia in support of Operations ENDURING FREEDOM and IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Sean McLean (left), Comba...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ali Al Salem Air Base Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: HMLA-169 Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Andrew Williams, USMC Release Status... More

Air Force Reserve Lt. Col. James Magrath, 339th Flight

Air Force Reserve Lt. Col. James Magrath, 339th Flight

Air Force Reserve Lt. Col. James Magrath, 339th Flight Test Squadron C-130 test pilot, prepares for a C-130 functional check flight April 2, 2020, at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. Reserve Citizen Airmen of th... More

On Dec. 21, 2020, The AFRL LASH Lysander XCub stopped

On Dec. 21, 2020, The AFRL LASH Lysander XCub stopped

On Dec. 21, 2020, The AFRL LASH Lysander XCub stopped at the Lewis A. Jackson Regional Airport in Greene County, Ohio, on its journey to the AFRL 711th Human Performance Wing’s contracted research flight test o... More

Air Force Reserve Lt. Col. Daniel Windham, 339th Flight

Air Force Reserve Lt. Col. Daniel Windham, 339th Flight

Air Force Reserve Lt. Col. Daniel Windham, 339th Flight Test Squadron C-130 flight commander, performs pre-flight checks on a C-130 April 2, 2020, at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. Reserve Citizen Airmen of th... More

Members of the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response

Members of the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response

Members of the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon Instrumented Measurement Vehicle 2 test team make final preparations prior to a captive-carry test flight of the prototype hypersonic weapon at Edwards... More

U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School students conduct a

U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School students conduct a

U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School students conduct a qualitative evaluation flight on a B-52 Stratofortress at Edwards Air Force Base, California, May 8. USAF TPS teaches pilots, navigators and engineers how to ... More

A U.S. Air Force F-16C Falcon from the 96th Test Wing

A U.S. Air Force F-16C Falcon from the 96th Test Wing

A U.S. Air Force F-16C Falcon from the 96th Test Wing prepares for in-flight refueling from a 155th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker during exercise Emerald Flag over the Gulf of Mexico, Dec. 3, 2020. Mor... More

A U.S. Air Force F-16D Fighting Falcon from the 96th

A U.S. Air Force F-16D Fighting Falcon from the 96th

A U.S. Air Force F-16D Fighting Falcon from the 96th Test Wing prepares for in-flight refueling from a 155th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker during exercise Emerald Flag over the Gulf of Mexico, Dec. 3, ... More

An F-16D Fighting Falcon assigned to the 40th Flight

An F-16D Fighting Falcon assigned to the 40th Flight

An F-16D Fighting Falcon assigned to the 40th Flight Test Squadron flies a training mission off the Emerald Coast of FLa. June 4, 2019. The 40FLTS mission is to execute exceptional fighter developmental test an... More

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (Aug. 1, 2017) A Beechcraft

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (Aug. 1, 2017) A Beechcraft

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (Aug. 1, 2017) A Beechcraft AT-6 experimental aircraft during ground operations is prepared for takeoff from Holloman AFB. The AT-6 is participating in the U.S. Air Force Light Att... More

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (Aug. 4, 2017) The Textron

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (Aug. 4, 2017) The Textron

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (Aug. 4, 2017) The Textron Scorpion experimental aircraft conducts handling and flying quality maneuvers above White Sands Missile Range. Scorpion is participating in the U.S. Air ... More

Two F-16D Fighting Falcons and two F-15E Strike Eagles

Two F-16D Fighting Falcons and two F-15E Strike Eagles

Two F-16D Fighting Falcons and two F-15E Strike Eagles from the 96th Test Wing, Eglin AFB, Fla., perform a formation flyover of the National Collegiate Athletic Association football season opener in Orlando, Fl... More

S08-16-434 - STS-008 - DSO 407 Flight Test - Photographic documentation of body fluid shifts

S08-16-434 - STS-008 - DSO 407 Flight Test - Photographic documentatio...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Detailed Supplementary Objective (DSO) 407 Flight Test - Photographic documentation of body fluid shifts - includes Commander Truly's face photographed ... More

Vernon Pugh, a photographer assigned to the range directorate at the flight test and engineering group at the Naval Warfare Center aircraft division, captures a self-portrait in the rear seat position of a F/A-18C Hornet aircraft during an aerial change of command over the Patuxent River Naval Air Station

Vernon Pugh, a photographer assigned to the range directorate at the f...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Vernon Pugh Release Status: Released to Publi... More

U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School students conduct a

U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School students conduct a

U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School students conduct a qualitative evaluation flight on a B-52 Stratofortress at Edwards Air Force Base, California, May 8. USAF TPS teaches pilots, navigators and engineers how to ... More

Lt. Col. Jon Cary, prior 10th Flight Test Squadron

Lt. Col. Jon Cary, prior 10th Flight Test Squadron

Lt. Col. Jon Cary, prior 10th Flight Test Squadron commander, retires from the Air Force Reserve July 12, 2019, at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Cary served with the 10th FLTS for 11 years. (U.S. Air Force p... More

Two F-16D Fighting Falcons and two F-15E Strike Eagles

Two F-16D Fighting Falcons and two F-15E Strike Eagles

Two F-16D Fighting Falcons and two F-15E Strike Eagles from the 96th Test Wing, Eglin AFB, Fla., perform a formation flyover of the National Collegiate Athletic Association football season opener in Orlando, Fl... More

S08-12-329 - STS-008 - Mission Specialist (MS) Bluford uses treadmill on middeck

S08-12-329 - STS-008 - Mission Specialist (MS) Bluford uses treadmill ...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: On middeck, Mission Specialist (MS) Bluford, restrained by harness, runs on treadmill as he reviews procedural notebook. Open airlock hatch appears on h... More

An air-to-air left rear view of a B-1B bomber being refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during a flight test. This is the first flight in four years for this particular B-1B

An air-to-air left rear view of a B-1B bomber being refueled by a KC-1...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT William B. Belcher Release Sta... More

A Pershing II missile is launched on a long-range flight test. This is the fourth flight test in the Pershing II engineering development program

A Pershing II missile is launched on a long-range flight test. This is...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Rele... More

Captain Joseph Dyer, USN passes the position of flight test and engineering group director to Captain R. A. Dudderar, USN in an airborne change of command over the Patuxent River Naval Air Station. The aircraft are F/A-18 Hornet's assigned to the Patuxent River Test Flight Center

Captain Joseph Dyer, USN passes the position of flight test and engine...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Vernon Pugh Release Status: Released to Publi... More

A Standard Missile Three (SM-3) is launched from the Mark 41 Vertical Launch System (VLS) onboard the US Navy (USN) TICONDEROGA CLASS: GUIDED MISSILE CURISER (Aegis) USS LAKE ERIE (CG 70) at the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii. The US Navy (USN) and The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) announced a successful flight test in the continuing development of the Sea-Based Midcourse (SMD) element of the Ballistic Missile Defense System

A Standard Missile Three (SM-3) is launched from the Mark 41 Vertical ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: PAC Msl Range Facility, Kauai State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: SM-3 misisle test in Hawaii ... More

An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 412th Test Wing’s

An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 412th Test Wing’s

An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 412th Test Wing’s 416th Flight Test Squadron performs a fly-by of the air control tower at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Jan. 10. The 412th Test Wing will send a KC-135 an... More

Master Sgt. Felicia Callen, 412th Medical Group, inspects

Master Sgt. Felicia Callen, 412th Medical Group, inspects

Master Sgt. Felicia Callen, 412th Medical Group, inspects prescriptions at a pharmacy drive-thru at Edwards Air Force Base, California, April 8. The 412th MDG began drive-thru operations to minimize exposure of... More

CubCrafters pilot Mark Keneston (left) and Air Force

CubCrafters pilot Mark Keneston (left) and Air Force

CubCrafters pilot Mark Keneston (left) and Air Force Research Laboratory pilot Dr. Eric Geiselman are pictured next to AFRL LASH Lysander XCub at the Lewis A. Jackson Regional Airport in Greene County, Ohio, on... More

An F-16D Falcon assigned to the 40th Flight Test Squadron

An F-16D Falcon assigned to the 40th Flight Test Squadron

An F-16D Falcon assigned to the 40th Flight Test Squadron flies a training mission off the Emerald Coast of FLa. May 31, 2019. The F-16 is a compact, multi-role fighter aircraft that provides a relatively low-c... More

Daniel Roth, 561st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aircraft

Daniel Roth, 561st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aircraft

Daniel Roth, 561st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aircraft mechanic, examines an F-15’s engines during launch preparation March 26, 2020, at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. Active-duty and Reserve units at Robin... More

U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School students conduct a

U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School students conduct a

U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School students conduct a qualitative evaluation flight on a B-52 Stratofortress at Edwards Air Force Base, California, May 8. USAF TPS teaches pilots, navigators and engineers how to ... More

A U.S. Air Force F-16D Fighting Falcon from the 96th

A U.S. Air Force F-16D Fighting Falcon from the 96th

A U.S. Air Force F-16D Fighting Falcon from the 96th Test Wing prepares for in-flight refueling from a 155th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker during exercise Emerald Flag over the Gulf of Mexico, Dec. 3, ... More

Lt. Col. Jon Cary, prior 10th Flight Test Squadron

Lt. Col. Jon Cary, prior 10th Flight Test Squadron

Lt. Col. Jon Cary, prior 10th Flight Test Squadron commander, presents his wife with flowers during his retirement ceremony, July 12, 2019, at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Cary served with the 10th FLTS for... More

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (Aug. 1, 2017) A Embraer

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (Aug. 1, 2017) A Embraer

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (Aug. 1, 2017) A Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano A-29 experimental aircraft flies over White Sands Missile Range. The A-29 is participating in the U.S. Air Force Light Attack Experime... More

An F-16D Fighting Falcon pilot assigned to the 40th

An F-16D Fighting Falcon pilot assigned to the 40th

An F-16D Fighting Falcon pilot assigned to the 40th Flight Test Squadron flies over the Florida Gulf during a routine training event June 6, 2019. Pilots use continuous training to maintain and perfect air-to-a... More

A U.S. Air Force KC-46 Pegasus from the 22nd Air Refueling

A U.S. Air Force KC-46 Pegasus from the 22nd Air Refueling

A U.S. Air Force KC-46 Pegasus from the 22nd Air Refueling Wing prepares for in-flight refueling from a 155th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker during exercise Emerald Flag over the Gulf of Mexico, Dec. 3,... More

Special operations ground attack controllers drive

Special operations ground attack controllers drive

Special operations ground attack controllers drive onto Saylor Creek Range, part of the Mountain Home Air Force Base complex, to conduct training and testing of the close air support capabilities of the F-35A a... More

An F-16D Fighting Falcon assigned to the 40th Flight

An F-16D Fighting Falcon assigned to the 40th Flight

An F-16D Fighting Falcon assigned to the 40th Flight Test Squadron flies a training mission off the Emerald Coast of FLa. April 3, 2019. The 40FLTS mission is to execute exceptional fighter developmental test a... More

Master Sgt. Allen Clutter, a flight engineer attached

Master Sgt. Allen Clutter, a flight engineer attached

Master Sgt. Allen Clutter, a flight engineer attached to 514th Flight Test Squadron, performs a pre-flight functional flight check on a U.S. Navy C-130 Hercules April 11, 2019, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. (U.... More

Lt. Col. Jon Cary, prior 10th Flight Test Squadron

Lt. Col. Jon Cary, prior 10th Flight Test Squadron

Lt. Col. Jon Cary, prior 10th Flight Test Squadron commander, retires from the Air Force Reserve July 12, 2019, at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Cary served with the 10th FLTS for 11 years. (U.S. Air Force p... More

Tech. Sgt. Ryan Nichols, an evaluator flight test loadmaster

Tech. Sgt. Ryan Nichols, an evaluator flight test loadmaster

Tech. Sgt. Ryan Nichols, an evaluator flight test loadmaster with the 418th Flight Test Squadron, ensures test missions are carried out safely Sept. 10, 2019 at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Flight test l... More

Edwards and 812th Aircraft Instrumentation Test Squadron

Edwards and 812th Aircraft Instrumentation Test Squadron

Edwards and 812th Aircraft Instrumentation Test Squadron leadership pose for the ceremonial ground breaking photo Dec. 3 inside Bldg. 1600 where a new 812th AITS Special Instrumentation Diagnostics Engineering ... More

Master Sgt. Allen Clutter, a flight engineer attached

Master Sgt. Allen Clutter, a flight engineer attached

Master Sgt. Allen Clutter, a flight engineer attached to 514th Flight Test Squadron, performs a pre-flight functional flight check on a U.S. Navy C-130 Hercules April 11, 2019, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. (U.... More

The AFRL LASH Lysander XCub is shown here during a

The AFRL LASH Lysander XCub is shown here during a

The AFRL LASH Lysander XCub is shown here during a Dec. 21, 2020 stop at the Lewis A. Jackson Regional Airport in Greene County, Ohio, on its journey to the AFRL 711th Human Performance Wing’s contracted resear... More

U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School students conduct a

U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School students conduct a

U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School students conduct a qualitative evaluation flight on a B-52 Stratofortress at Edwards Air Force Base, California, May 8. USAF TPS teaches pilots, navigators and engineers how to ... More

About 8,000 members of Team Edwards and their guests

About 8,000 members of Team Edwards and their guests

About 8,000 members of Team Edwards and their guests were treated to a display of planes from all ages, music and demonstrations from units around base. The first day of the celebration ended with Edwards AFB’s... More

Air Force Reserve Lt. Col. Doug Johnson, 413th Flight

Air Force Reserve Lt. Col. Doug Johnson, 413th Flight

Air Force Reserve Lt. Col. Doug Johnson, 413th Flight Test Group chief of plans and programs and C-130 navigator, prepares for a C-130 functional check flight April 2, 2020, at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. R... More

Two F-16D Fighting Falcons and two F-15E Strike Eagles

Two F-16D Fighting Falcons and two F-15E Strike Eagles

Two F-16D Fighting Falcons and two F-15E Strike Eagles from the 96th Test Wing, Eglin AFB, Fla., perform a formation flyover of the National Collegiate Athletic Association football season opener in Orlando, Fl... More

A U.S. Air Force F-16C Falcon from the 96th Test Wing

A U.S. Air Force F-16C Falcon from the 96th Test Wing

A U.S. Air Force F-16C Falcon from the 96th Test Wing prepares for in-flight refueling from a 155th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker during exercise Emerald Flag over the Gulf of Mexico, Dec. 3, 2020. Mor... More

An F-16D Falcon assigned to the 40th Flight Test Squadron

An F-16D Falcon assigned to the 40th Flight Test Squadron

An F-16D Falcon assigned to the 40th Flight Test Squadron flies a training mission off the Emerald Coast of FLa. June 4, 2019. The 40FLTS mission is to execute exceptional fighter developmental test and support... More

Two F-16D Fighting Falcons and two F-15E Strike Eagles

Two F-16D Fighting Falcons and two F-15E Strike Eagles

Two F-16D Fighting Falcons and two F-15E Strike Eagles from the 96th Test Wing, Eglin AFB, Fla., perform a formation flyover of the National Collegiate Athletic Association football season opener in Orlando, Fl... More

Two F-16D Fighting Falcons and two F-15E Strike Eagles

Two F-16D Fighting Falcons and two F-15E Strike Eagles

Two F-16D Fighting Falcons and two F-15E Strike Eagles from the 96th Test Wing, Eglin AFB, Fla., perform a formation flyover of the National Collegiate Athletic Association football season opener in Orlando, Fl... More

An F16-D Fighting Falcon pilot from the 40th Flight

An F16-D Fighting Falcon pilot from the 40th Flight

An F16-D Fighting Falcon pilot from the 40th Flight Test Squadron demonstrates proper flare technique during a training mission near Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., June 6, 2019. A flare is an aerial infrared count... More

Lt. Col. Jon Cary, prior 10th Flight Test Squadron

Lt. Col. Jon Cary, prior 10th Flight Test Squadron

Lt. Col. Jon Cary, prior 10th Flight Test Squadron commander, retires from the Air Force Reserve July 12, 2019, at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Cary served with the 10th FLTS for 11 years. (U.S. Air Force p... More

Air Force Reserve Master Sgt. Ronald Johnson, 339th

Air Force Reserve Master Sgt. Ronald Johnson, 339th

Air Force Reserve Master Sgt. Ronald Johnson, 339th Flight Test Squadron C-130 flight engineer, prepares for a C-130 functional check flight April 2, 2020, at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. Reserve Citizen Air... More

A U.S. Air Force F-16C Falcon from the 96th Test Wing

A U.S. Air Force F-16C Falcon from the 96th Test Wing

A U.S. Air Force F-16C Falcon from the 96th Test Wing prepares for in-flight refueling from a 155th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker during exercise Emerald Flag over the Gulf of Mexico, Dec. 3, 2020. Mor... More

A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle from the 96th Test

A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle from the 96th Test

A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle from the 96th Test Wing prepares for in-flight refueling from a 155th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker during exercise Emerald Flag over the Gulf of Mexico, Dec. 3, 202... More

General Ellen Pawlikowski, commander of Air Force Materiel

General Ellen Pawlikowski, commander of Air Force Materiel

General Ellen Pawlikowski, commander of Air Force Materiel Command, speaks at the opening ceremony for the 70th Anniversary of Supersonic Flight held at Edwards AFB Oct. 13, 2017.

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