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The 412th Test Wing's origins can be traced to 29 November 1943 when the 412th Fighter Group was activated at Muroc Army Air Field, California. [5] Testing of the Bell P-59 Airacomet jet fighter was being conducted at a site on the north shore of Rogers Dry Lakebed , about six miles away from the training base at Muroc.
January 2006 – May 2008, commander of 412th Test Wing, Edwards AFB, California June 2008 – March 2010, vice commander of Air Armament Center, Eglin AFB, Florida March 2010 – June 2011, director and program executive officer for the Fighters and Bombers Directorate, Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
Re-Designated: 6512th Test Wing, 1 October 1969 – 1 January 1973. Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, 25 October 1963 – Present; 4200th Test and Evaluation Squadron, 1 January 1965 – 2 October 1992; 18th Survival Squadron, 1 January 1967 – 30 June 1975; 6510th Test Wing, 1 March 1978; Re-designated 412th Test Wing, 2 October 1992 ...
Plant 42 is a GOCO, contractually operated for the Air Force since 1954. But under the Obama administration, the Air Force chose to take over some plant operations that had long been performed by contractors. The airfield is now operated by the Department of Defense, with 412th Test Wing/Operating Location, Air Force Test Center in command. [3]
Flight testing is a critical step in the test campaign managed by the Air Force Test Center and 412th Test Wings B-21 Combined Test Force." Six test aircraft are being produced now.
Evan Carleton Dertien is a retired United States Air Force major general who served as the commander of the Air Force Test Center. [2] He most recently served as the director for air, space, and cyberspace operations of the Air Force Materiel Command and prior to that served as the commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory.
From 2005–2007 Dunlop commanded the 586th Flight Test Squadron at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, [1] after which she was selected for the White House Fellows program. [9] She then served as Chief, Air Force Senate Liaison before returning to Edwards AFB as the Vice Commander and then Commander of the 412th Test Wing , [ 1 ] becoming ...
Carl E. Schaefer is a retired United States Air Force lieutenant general who last served as the deputy commander of the Air Force Materiel Command. [1] Prior to that, he commanded the 412th Test Wing. [2] [3]