'Tis the season...for basketball

Edwards Air Force Base men's varsity basketball team versus the Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton team on Dec. 16, 2012 at the Rosburg Fitness Center. Edwards finished with a 3-0 record during the two-day event hosted by the Fitness Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jet Fabara)

'Tis the season...for basketball

Edwards Air Force Base men's varsity basketball team versus the Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton team on Dec. 16, 2012 at the Rosburg Fitness Center. Edwards finished with a 3-0 record during the two-day event hosted by the Fitness Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jet Fabara)

Real-world projects prepare students for future flight test

The NF-16D Variable Stability In-Flight Simulator Test Aircraft (VISTA) is one of the core-curriculum aircraft that students, attending the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, may fly during the completion of their test management project, which is a real-world, real-impact test program. (U.S. Air Force photo by Bobbi Zapka)

F-35 'pushes the envelope'

David Nelson, Lockheed Martin F-35 chief test pilot, flew AF-4 during High Angle of Attack testing Dec. 5, 2012, over Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. This was the first intentional departure of the F-35A. (Photo by Tom Reynolds/Lockheed Martin)

F-35 'pushes the envelope'

The F-35A, AF-4, can be seen outfitted with a spin recovery chute (SRC) during High Angle of Attack testing accomplished by the F-35 Integrated Test Force team at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. (Photo by Darin Russell/Lockheed Martin)

'Moonlighters' bid farewell to its last CH-46

Marines from the Marine Aircraft Group 41, Detachment Alpha, and the Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 764 look on as the sun rises over the squadron's last CH-46 as it departs the Edwards Air Force Base flightline for the last time Dec. 19, 2012. The CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter, tail number 5310, will be flown and processed into storage at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jet Fabara)