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maintain the Air Force Test Center’s is quickly changed. As the pilots are ment Vehicle) to Point Mugu Sea allow the aircraft to carry larger-sized external carriage reflects the potential
level of excellence in support of the changing out maintenance personnel Range ground stations. The test weapons both internally and exter- to keep weapon systems in the fight
T-7A Test Program. refuel and complete expedited checks verified system integration with nally. with increased combat capability.”
The T-7A Test Team made history before immediately launching the air- the B-52 launch platform and te- A B-1B Lancer assigned to the
once again as they executed Distribut- craft for another mission. lemetry while practicing concepts 419th Flight Test Squadron: The 412th Test Wing’s 419th FLTS,
ed Test Operations in a Mission Con- of operations that will be utilized 419th Flight Test Squadron success- launched an inert Joint Air-to-Surface
trol Room at Ridley Mission Control 416th Flight Test Squadron: The during its first Booster Test Flight fully conducted an external weapon Standoff Missile from an external py-
Center at Edwards, on April 30. 416th Flight Test Squadron recently later this year. release demonstration at Holloman lon underneath the Lancer’s fuselage.
“This capability will permit subject completed a round of tests of the Air ARRW will also expand precision- Air Force Base, N.M, Dec 4. The external pylon usually carries the
matter experts from AFTC and Boe- Force Research Laboratory’s “Gray strike weapon systems’ capabilities “The Air Force Test Center is en- “Sniper” targeting pod.
ing to work together to provide exper- Wolf” prototype cruise missile at Ed- by enabling rapid response strikes thusiastically teaming with the Air This release demonstration also put
tise on high-risk testing from control wards Air Force Base. against heavily defended land tar- Force Global Strike Command to Air Force Global Strike Command
rooms in two different locations,” Gray Wolf is a DOD-directed pro- gets. enable greater flexibility in bomber one step closer to building the future
said Rebecca Mitchell, T-7A Lead totype production and demonstration payloads,” said Maj. Gen. Christo- bomber fleet for the Department of
Flight Test Engineer, 416th Flight of low-cost, subsonic and networked 419th Flight Test Squadron, Glob- pher Azzano, Air Force Test Center Defense and U.S. Air Force while
Test Squadron. “The addition of a collaborative cruise missiles. The al Power Combined Test Force: The commander. “Demonstration of B-1B utilizing current resources.
second control room also increases missiles are designed to launch in a B-1B Lancer’s expanded carriage
the number of seats available for any swarm to target enemy integrated air capabilities comes one step closer to
given mission, improving our ability defense threats. fruition following an external captive
to train new engineers.” The program has already reached carry flight over the skies of Edwards
DTO allows engineers within Rid- certain test milestones: Electromag- Air Force Base, California, Nov. 20.
ley to view real-time flight tests from netic Interference & Compatibility The flight featured a B -1B Lancer
remote locations. The latest test took and a “captive carry” flight. A live assigned to the 412th Test Wing’s
place approximately 1,600 miles release test at the Naval Air Station 419th Flight Test Squadron, Global
away in St. Louis, Mo. Engineers on Point Mugu Sea Test Range was Power Combined Test Force, and
Edwards were able to watch video planned for later in 2020. carried an inert Joint Air-to-Surface
and view flight telemetry real-time. Standoff Missile under an external
419th Flight Test Squadron: The pylon for the first time.
F-22 Raptor Combined Test Force: Air Force took another step towards This demonstration may pave the
While operating in the constrained fielding a hypersonic weapon fol- way possibly for the B-1B to carry
COVID-19 environment, maintainers, lowing its final captive-carry test of hypersonic weapons externally.
pilots and engineers in the F-22 Rap- the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid The captive carry flight was the
tor Combined Test Force completed Response Weapon under a wing of a culmination of the numerous ground
the base’s first F-22 operational rapid B-52 Stratofortress off the Southern tests that began with last year’s ex-
crew swap recently at Edwards Air California coast, Aug 8. panded carriage demonstration that Air Force photograph by Ethan Wagner
Force Base, California. The flight resulted in the suc- included a modified internal bomb A B-1B Lancer assigned to the 419th Flight Test Squadron, 412th Test Wing,
In a rapid crew swap, an aircraft cessful transmission of telemetry bay, which featured a moveable bulk- releases a Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile during an external release
is launched, completes its mission and GPS data from the AGM-183A head. The demonstration showcased demonstration in the skies over Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., Dec. 4.
and upon returning to base the pilot IMV-2 (Instrumented Measure- a configuration of the B-1 that would

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