Page 11 - Aerotech News and Review, June 29 2018

The 1990s and 2000s
Air Force photograph
On Nov. 2, 1990, the Vought YA-7F Strikefighter Combined Test Force completed its test program, flying the two prototype aircraft on 184 sorties totaling 315 flight hours. The program was cancelled with only two aircraft built.
Air Force photograph
On April 4, 2003, the CV-22 Osprey Test Team reached a milestone when the tilt-rotor aircraft successfully completed a terrain-following radar exercise. The event took place during the multi-mode radar test plan segment of the aircraft’s test plan.
Boeing photograph by Paul Weatherman
A Boeing 787 Dreamliner takes off after a touch-and-go landing at Edwards AFB Aug. 14, 2017. Boeing has been conducting flight tests with its newest airliner at Edwards recently. Periodically, aviation industry companies are provided the opportunity to conduct flight tests at Edwards given the base’s unique test assets such as multiple runways, a controlled airspace, large dry lakebeds and flying weather.
June 29, 2018
Air Force photograph
On Oct. 30, 1991, a Lockheed YF-22A made the first flight in the initial Engineering & Manufacturing and Development (EMD) Phase test program, two weeks ahead of schedule.
NASA photograph by Carla Thomas
Sierra Nevada Corp.’s Dream Chaser spacecraft underwent a successful free-flight test on Nov. 11, 2017, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. The test verified and validated the performance of the Dream Chaser in the critical final approach and landing phase of flight, meeting expected models for a future return from the International Space Station.
Air Force photograph by Christopher Okula
A KC-46A Pegasus test aircraft touched down at Edwards May 23, 2018, for another round of testing. The new aerial refueling aircraft is intended to start replacing the Air Force’s aging tanker fleet, which has been refueling aircraft for more than 50 years.
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