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It is stationed at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia as a tenant unit. The 413 FTG conducts flight tests on aircraft after the programmed depot maintenance is completed. Its history goes back to 1944 when the 413th Fighter Group flew very long range (VLR) escort missions of Twentieth Air Force B-29 Superfortress bombardment groups against Japan.
The 412th Flight Test Squadron (412 FLTS) of the Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) at Edwards AFB, California operated the C-135 Speckled Trout airframe and managed its test mission. The name Speckled Trout applies to both the organization and the aircraft. The name was chosen in honor of an early program monitor, Faye Trout, who assisted in ...
An F-22 Raptor assigned to the 411th Flight Test Squadron flies over Edwards Air Force Base, California, in 2018. The squadron successfully tested the F-22 flying on a 50/50 fuel blend of conventional petroleum-based JP-8 and biofuel derived from camelina , a weed-like plant not used for food, in March 2011.
Holloman AFB: Holloman High Speed Test Track (HHSTT) 2857th Test Squadron: Olmsted AFB: Continuity of Government helicopter squadron Test and Evaluation Squadrons: Squadron Shield Location Nickname Note 15th Test and Evaluation Squadron
Starting in 2005, the F-15 fleet was sent to Eglin Air Force Base when the F-35 Lightning IIs arrived in 2006. [ 11 ] During early 2009, the squadron deployed to Nellis Air Force Base , Nevada and participated in Red Flag exercise 09-2 to perform operational testing for the F-16's operating system M5.1+ software.
On 1 March 1978, the 6510th Test Wing was established and activated at Edwards Air Force Base, California as part of a re-organization of units at Edwards by Air Force Systems Command. The 6510th assumed the flying mission of the Air Force Flight Test Center, which was established in June 1951. The new wing had a long, established history at ...
The second predecessor of the squadron was organized as the 6519th Test Squadron at Edwards Air Force Base in October 1989, [2] taking over the Air Force Flight Test Center's Strategic Systems Division testing of the Boeing B-52G and B-52H Stratofortress. It gained the Rockwell B-1 Lancer program from the 6510th Test Squadron in 1991.
The squadron's second predecessor was organized on 10 March 1989 as the 6518th Test Squadron at Edwards Air Force Base, California. [1] It conducted flight testing of MC-130H Combat Talon II and AC-130U Spooky aircraft. [21]