Edwards AFB News

A-10 makes wheels-up landing at Edwards

Posted at: Thu Mar 27th, 2008

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- An Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II made an emergency landing here without its landing gear at 5 p.m. Tuesday. The aircraft was participating in a Green Flag sortie out of Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The plane, which had one person aboard, was assigned t...

New C-130J radar warning receiver put to test

Posted at: Sat Dec 1st, 2007

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The 418th Flight Test Squadron and 772nd Test Squadron recently began testing the ALR-56M radar warning receiver in the C-130J Hercules at the Benefield Anechoic Facility here. The purpose of the tests is to ensure deficiencies identified in earlier ...

Edwards Readies for Joint Strike Fighter Testing

Posted at: Fri Apr 27th, 2007

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., April 27, 2007 -- All systems are moving toward "go" here as officials prepare for upcoming tests on the next-generation strike fighter, the F-35 "Lightning II" Joint Strike Fighter.