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EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.—Nearly a year ago, I shared • We performed a progress check on the construction activity going on at Where you can get
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Readiness, effectiveness, development Lt. Col. Kelly Latimer, Peter Newell, Col. Laz Gordon, and Chief Master
• Security Forces Defenders found a kidnapped woman on the edge of our Sgt. Ian Eishen.
property; she had been apparently left for dead by her captors. Our Defend- • Our SparkED Team kicked off our 19.2 Innovation Challenge to generate
ers genuinely cared for her, they diligently preserved the evidence, and they ideas to improve workforce efficiency and create new test capabilities. This Aerotech News and Review is published
flawlessly handed off the crime scene to the proper authorities. follows our previous challenge in which our innovation activity dwarfed that the first and third Fridays of each
• Our team aced the Air Force Materiel Command Unit Effectiveness of the rest of the United States Air Force. month, serving the aerospace and
Inspection, with the inspectors highlighting 43 Outstanding Performers and defense industry of Southern
nine Outstanding Teams. All of this was on top of our day-job of test and evaluation for the warfighter:
• Our Senior Class of Test Pilot School Students started their Compre- • NASA unveiled its all-electric plane prototype, the X-57, during a media California, Nevada and Arizona.
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hensive Oral Exams, a requirement before graduating as test professionals day. on the Tuesday prior to publication.
in early December. • We performed the first test, a fit-check, of the Tactical Boost Glide hy-
• The Company Grade Officer’s Council executed a day-long professional personic weapon. The TBG is one of five hypersonic weapons programs The publisher assumes no
development day. that are to be fully tested here at Edwards. responsibility for error in ads other
• We finalized the syllabus for our Civilian Leadership School training • We hosted an E-3 and a KC-10 on our ramp to perform receiver testing than space used. Your comments are
program, the first of its kind in the United States Air Force. with the KC-46. welcomed and encouraged. Write to
• We held the 5th annual technical symposium for the entire Edwards Air • Our test team participated in test planning working groups and control the address below.
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San Francisco immediately following the national anthem, and their timing • We approved the F-35’s first-ever combined test OT/DT test plan with
was perfect. our joint partners, setting the stage for full-spectrum, agile test.
• We hosted our annual Civilian-Military Banquet for the world’s best • The Air Force Research Lab team brought the world’s largest satellite
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• We hosted the 7th Annual STEMposium, bringing educators, students, •Test Pilot School continued refining their requirements for the creation
and employers together to improve STEM education and opportunities of a Space Test course that will begin in fiscal year 2021.
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