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In 2012, Air Force Materiel Command redes- ignated the Air Force Flight Test Center at Ed- wards Air Force Base, Calif., as the Air Force Test Center.
As the AFTC, the center assumed responsibil- ity for the 412th Test Wing at Edwards, the 96th Test Wing at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., and the Arnold Engineering Development Complex at Arnold AFB, Tenn.
The realignment was part of the command’s initiative to consolidate from 12 centers to six.
The AFTC leads the test and evaluation mis- sion, conducting developmental T&E and evalu- ation of air, space and cyber systems to provide timely, objective and accurate information to deci- sion makers.
96th Test Wing — The 96th Test Wing is the test and evaluation center for Air Force air-deliv- ered weapons, navigation and guidance systems, Command and Control systems, and Air Force Special Operations Command systems. The wing provides expert evaluation and validation of the performance of systems throughout the design, development, acquisition and sustainment process to ensure the war fighter has technologically su- perior, reliable, maintainable, sustainable and safe systems. The 96th TW performs developmental test and evaluation across the complete system life cycle for a wide variety of customers including:
Air Force Systems Program Offices, the Air Force Research Laboratory, logistics and product cen- ters; major commands; other DOD services and U.S. government agencies (Department of Trans- portation, NASA, etc.); foreign military sales; and private industry.
412th Test Wing — The 412th Test Wing plans, conducts, analyzes and reports on all flight and ground testing of aircraft, weapons systems, soft- ware and components as well as modeling and simulation for the U.S. Air Force. There are three core components for this mission: flying opera- tions, maintenance and engineering. The U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, also part of the test wing, is where the Air Force’s top pilots, navigators and engineers learn how to conduct flight tests and generate the data needed to carry out test mis- sions. The comprehensive curriculum of Test Pilot School is fundamental to the success of flight test and evaluation.
Arnold Engineering and Development Com- plex — AEDC is the most advanced and largest complex of flight simulation test facilities in the world. The complex operates 32 aerodynamic and propulsion wind tunnels, rocket and turbine engine test cells, space environmental chambers, arc heaters, ballistic ranges, and other specialized units. Nineteen of the complex’s test units have capabilities unmatched elsewhere in the United
States; 14 are unique in the world. Facilities can simulate flight conditions from sea level to 300 miles and from subsonic velocities to Mach 20.
At the time of the reorganization, Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger (then commander of AFMC), said “”AFTC and its people will continue to be critical to AFMC achieving its mission of providing war fighter support. The work done across all AFTC locations is important not only to the AFMC mis- sion, but to the greater Air Force mission as well.”
See AFTC, Page 3
AFMC commander visits Edwards AFB
Air Force photograph by Christopher Okula
Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski (from left), Air Force Materiel Command commander, is greeted by Maj. Gen. David Harris, Air Force Test Center commander, and Brig. Gen. Carl Schaefer, 412th Test Wing commander, as she visits Edwards July 20, 2016.
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On the cover
Lockheed Martin test pilot Dan Canin flies BF-2 over Edwards Air Force Base. Lockheed Martin photograph by Michael Jackson.