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Sunday, 17 September 2023
A B-2 Spirit approaches a KC-10A from McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., during a training exercise on March 23, 2001. The B-2 Spirit is a multi-role bomber capable of delivering both conventional and nuclear munitions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Gary Ell) (Released) - Airplane Pictures
The C-17 Globemaster III T-1 flies over Owens Valley, Calif., for a test sortie. Edwards welcomed home the aircraft after 208 days of life extension modifications in San Antonio. T-1 is the first Air Force C-17 built to perform developmental testing. The aircraft is scheduled to perform flight testing to include airdrop improvements and core-computer replacement testing. (Air Force photo) - Airplane Pictures
KC-10 entered service in 1981. (U.S. Air Force photo) - Airplane Pictures
An Air Force B-52 Stratofortress from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., was used for a demonstration of the LITENING pod Oct. 17 at Tyndall AFB, Fla. The demonstration showed the LITENING pod's capability to capture digital imagery and upload it to communications networks. (U.S. Air Force photo) - Airplane Pictures
SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. -- Brig. Gen. Jeff Riemer delivers the last new Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon here March 18. General Riemer, who was the System Program Office director when the contract for F-16s was awarded, flew the Falcon from the Lockheed Martin plant in Forth Worth. While Lockheed will continue to produce F-16s for international coalition partners, this aircraft is the last of 2,231 F-16s produced for the Air Force. The first delivery was in 1978. General Riemer is now the director of operations at the Air Force Materiel Command headquarters here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Josef E. Cole III) - Airplane Pictures
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A T-38 Talon takes off from here with only one engine during single-engine takeoff testing. The high-risk testing the aircraft is undergoing will help determine the safest single engine takeoff speed for the aircraft if an engine fail during takeoff. (U.S. Air Force photo by Chad Bellay) - Airplane Pictures
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An F-22A Raptor from Langley Air Force Base, Va., refuels with a KC-135 Stratotanker from McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., during the Raptor’s first operational mission Jan. 21. The mission was flown in support of Operation Noble Eagle. The KC-135 was flown by the 18th Air Refueling Squadron, while the F-22A was with the 27th Fighter Squadron. (Photo by Master Sgt. Maurice Hessel) - Airplane Pictures
A C-130 Hercules taxis at Balad Air Base, Iraq, after an Operation Iraqi Freedom mission. The C-130 provides intra-theater heavy airlift throughout Southwest Asia. The C-130 is deployed from the Colorado Air National Guard's 439th Airlift Wing in Colorado Springs. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Tony R. Tolley) - Airplane Pictures
A LITENING pod, like the dark grey cylinder attached to the bottom of this F-16’s fuselage, is an operational precision targeting pod system used with a wide variety of combat air forces aircraft. Edwards began accelerated testing of a LITENING-AT targeting pod here March 17. The LITENING-AT test will update the existing LITENING pod with several new capabilities, including a video downlink transmitter currently used in the Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. (Courtesy photo) - Airplane Pictures
An F-16 from the 416th Flight Test Squadron tests a replacement pylon designed to carry towed decoys for the Taiwan Air Force. The Taiwan High Angle of Attack program was rolled into Edwards’ Operational Readiness Exercise, Feb. 27 through March 3, to prove the squadron’s capability to “test surge” in support of real-world Global War on Terror requirements. (Photo by Tom Reynolds) - Airplane Pictures
An F-35 Lightning II, marked AA-1, lands at an Edwards runway Oct. 23. The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Integrated Test Force concluded a series of testing at Edwards. (Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julius Delos Reyes) - Airplane Pictures
A B-1B Lancer carries the Sniper pod on its belly as it flies over Edwards' skies during a flight test here. The 419th Flight Test Squadron testers recently concluded the initial development of the Sniper pod installed on a B-1B here recently. The Sniper pod is an advanced targeting pod with a multi-sensor system that increases the aircraft's self-targeting capability. (Photo by Steve Zapka) - Airplane Pictures
An 8th Special Operations Squadron CV-22 Osprey takes off from Hurlburt Field, Fla. The mission was to perform the first military freefall jump from an Air Force Special Operations Command CV-22. (US Air Force photo by Chief Master Sgt. Gary Emery) - Airplane Pictures
Exhaust vapors form around a C-17 Globemaster III after engine start-up during an Operation Deep Freeze mission. The C-17 and 31 Airmen from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., conducted the annual winter fly-in augmentation of scientists, support staff, food and equipment for the U.S. Antarctic program at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo) - Airplane Pictures
A C-17 Globemaster III taxis past the control tower at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on Oct. 19. The early-morning flight marked the first flight of the C-17 using a Fischer-Tropsch synthetic fuel blend in one of its engines. All four engines ran the fuel blend in subsequent tests. (Photo by Jim Shryne) - Airplane Pictures
A C-17 Globemaster III takes off from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on Oct. 19. The early-morning flight marked the first flight of the C-17 using a Fischer-Tropsch synthetic fuel blend in one of its engines. All four engines ran the fuel blend in a test flight here Oct. 22.(Photo by Jim Shryne) - Airplane Pictures
DAYTON, Ohio -- Boeing B-17G Superfortress "Shoo Shoo Baby" at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo) - Airplane Pictures
An LC-130 Hercules, equipped with retractable ski-wheels, parks on the flightline Oct. 18, 2010, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The LC-130 is preparing for a flight to Antarctica to support Operation Deep Freeze. The uniquely-equipped aircraft is necessary for the movement of people and cargo vital to the U.S. Antarctic Program and the National Science Foundation's research and exploration efforts in Antarctica as part of Operation Deep Freeze. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Gustavo Gonzalez) - Airplane Pictures
An F-15 Eagle taxis to the runway during a local operational readiness exercise at Kadena Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech Sgt. Dave DeRemer) - Airplane Pictures
Two specially painted F-117 Nighthawks fly on one of their last missions. The F-117s were retired March 11 in a farewell ceremony at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Master Sgt. Kim Frey) - Airplane Pictures
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First Supersonic Small Diameter Bomb Release from an F-22.Pilot: Major StarrLocation: Sea Test Range - Airplane Pictures
A MQ-9 Reaper flies above Creech Air Force Base, Nev., during a local training mission June 9, 2009. The 42nd Attack Squadron at Creech AFB operates the MQ-9. (U.S. Air Force photo/Paul Ridgeway) - Airplane Pictures
AA-1 Arrival at Edwasds AFB, Ca. - Airplane Pictures
Two F-22 Raptors fly over the Pacific Ocean during a theater security mission March 9, 2009, as part of a deployment to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. The Raptors are deployed from Elmendorf AFB, Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald) - Airplane Pictures
Maj. Gen. David Eichhorn, Air Force Flight Test Center commander pilot’s an F-16 alongside a NASA Dryden F/A-18 flown by NASA research pilot Frank Batteas during a sortie. NASA Dryden center director Kevin Petersen was in the rear cockpit of the F/A-18 during the mission April 2nd, one day before his retirement from NASA. (NASA photo / Jim Ross) - Airplane Pictures
NASA Dryden photographer Jim Ross captured this overhead view of Space Shuttle Atlantis atop NASA's modified 747 carrier aircraft over California's high desert from an F/A-18 Hornet mission support aircraft after departing Edwards Air Force Base on a ferry flight back to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (NASA Photo/Jim Ross) - Airplane Pictures
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YAL-1A Airborne Laser Aircraft conducts Low-Power Laser Tests Aug. 10. This marks the third successful ABL missile engagement in just over two months. ABL plans to engage progressively more difficult targets in coming months, culminating with a lethal demonstration against a boosting threat-representative ballistic missile target later this year. (Air Force photo/Jim Shryne) - Airplane Pictures

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