Edwards Air Force Base

(Photo by Matthew Short/Lockheed Martin)

JSF Spitfire

(Photo by Matthew Short/Lockheed Martin)

418th FLTS takes testing new C-130 airdrop system to whole new level

The last test container bundle in a string of seven bundles exits a C-130J during a High Speed Container Delivery System test June 22. HSCDS testing began in June and involves the 418th Flight Test Squadron conducting the tests with the assistance from the 412th Operation Support Squadron Developmental Airdrop Rigging Shop and the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Engineering and Development Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Bobbi Zapka)

418th FLTS takes testing new C-130 airdrop system to whole new level

Tech. Sgt. Christopher Jones, 418th Flight Test Squadron C-130J flight test loadmaster, evaluates the cargo area July 13 during a high speed container delivery system test on a C-130J. The 418th FLTS and the C-130 Flight Test Team at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., is currently testing a new airdrop method called the high speed container delivery system. This new system is designed to deliver supplies to troops on the ground from lower altitudes and higher airspeeds from a C-130J. (U.S. Air Force photo by Chris Neill)

F-35 pit test

(U.S. Air Force photo by Tom Reynolds/Lockheed Martin)

B-2 refuel

(U.S. Air Force photo by Bobbi Zapka)

C-130E last one Edwards

(U.S. Air Force photo by Ethan Wagner)

C-17 T-1

Sept. 15, 1991: First flight of T-1 from Long Beach Municipal Airport to Edwards Air Force Base. The flight crew consisted of pilot Bill Casey, co-pilot Lt. Col. George London (6510th Test Wing), loadmaster Ted Venturini and flight test engineer George Van de Graaf, both McDonnell Douglas personnel.

Norwegian representatives visit F-35 Integrated Test Force

Representatives from the Norwegian media look at an F-35 Lightning II take off Runway 22R from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Feb. 29. Norwegian media and military representatives were touring the base for two days to learn more about the F-35 and the Joint Strike Fighter program here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jet Fabara)

Norwegian representatives visit F-35 Integrated Test Force

An F-35 Lightning II takes off Runway 22R at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., in front of Norwegian media and military representatives who were touring the base to learn more about the F-35 and the Joint Strike Fighter program Feb. 29. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jet Fabara)

Airborne Laser Test Bed takes its final flight

With the Moon serving as a backdrop for the YAL-1A Airborne Laser Test Bed aircraft Feb. 14, the aircraft's nose displays the accomplishments it had while it was tested at Edwards AFB, Calif. During its tenure here, the ALTB successfully engaged various instrumented rockets and successfully engaged and destroyed a boosting solid-fueled Terrier Black Brant rocket and a boosting liquid-fueled Foreign Military Acquisition missile in February 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo by Rob Densmore)

Airborne Laser Test Bed takes its final flight

The YAL-1A Airborne Laser Test Bed aircraft departs off Runway 22L at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., in order to make its final low approach over the Birk Flight Test Facility Feb. 14 before heading to Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz. The ALTB, which was at Edwards for more than nine years, was a modified Boeing 747-400 Freighter that housed two solid-state lasers and a megawatt-class Chemical Oxygen Iodine Laser that could use directed energy as a viable technology against ballistic missiles.. (U.S. Air Force photo by Rob Densmore)