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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.
He graduated from the United States Air Force Test Pilot School in 1991. He then conducted developmental testing in the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit and B-52, and served as an instructor in each. Additionally, he has commanded at the squadron, group and wing levels and was the commander of the Air Force Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base ...
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 ...
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.
The airfield is now operated by the Department of Defense, with 412th Test Wing/Operating Location, Air Force Test Center in command. [3] Plant 42 controls more than 5,800 acres (23 km 2) of Mojave Desert land north of Avenue P and south of Columbia Way (Avenue M). The western border is Sierra Highway, and the plant extends east to around 40th ...
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]
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 ...
The 410th Test and Evaluation Squadron is an active United States Air Force squadron, stationed at Beale Air Force Base, California and assigned to the 753rd Test and Evaluation Group. The squadron was activated in 1989 as the 6510th Test Squadron, becoming the 410th Test Squadron in 1992 and the 410th Flight Test Squadron in 1994.