As the Tutor jets landed, Snowbird 5 stopped well before the end of the runway after a small fire was spotted around the nose wheel As reported by CBC, there…
Airshows
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…
The AGM-86B had become operational in December 1982 with the 416th Bombardment Wing, Griffiss Air Force Base, New York The Pentagon announced under Release No: CR-163-17 that both Lockheed Martin…
The KC-130J aircrew expertly executed appropriate procedures and safely landed at MCAS Miramar On Aug. 15, 2017, at approximately 11:20 A.M., a KC-130J belonging to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron…
The pilot was able to eject and was recovered by a helicopter attached to HSC-6 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt On Aug. 22, 2017, a Hawker Hunter aircraft…
Drones
SMALL UAS HELPS EDWARDS FIREFIGHTERS TO INCREASE THEIR EMERGENCY CAPABILITIES DURING AIRCRAFT CRASH EXERCISES
The decommissioned B-52 served as an aerial photo calibration target and later a radar target for the sUAS Two aircraft crash exercises have been held on Jul. 31 and on…
Accidents and equipments
THAT TIME A B-1B LANCER BOMBER PERFORMED A CRASH LANDING ON ROGERS DRY LAKE AT EDWARDS AFB
The B-1 landed at Edwards AFB after an increasingly desperate 12-hour flight in which the crew struggled unsuccessfully to lower the landing gear in the plane’s nose Taken at Edwards…
The aircraft designated F-105F Wild Weasel III, took over as the USAF’s primary SAM suppressor during Operation Rolling Thunder in the summer of 1966, replacing the F-100F Wild Weasel I…
The F-14 Tomcats were fired on by the Libyans, turning what had been a game of cat and mouse into a deadly encounter More than two-centuries-old relationships between the U.S.…
Carriers
COOL PHOTO SHOWS F-35B LOADED WITH PAVEWAY IV AND ASRAAM TAKING OFF FROM A SKI JUMP FOR THE FIRST TIME
The picture was taken during the second round of F-35B ski ramp testing which continues to support the U. K. in advance of flight trials from HMS Queen Elizabeth The…