April 7, 2020 Jolly Green II taken to extremes HH-60W enters intense heat, cold, wind and rain testing to prove the new aircraft’s sustainability in any operational environment.
March 10, 2020 Coronavirus Disease: What you should know There is currently no vaccine to prevent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The best way to prevent illness is to avoid being exposed to this virus. However, as a reminder, CDC always recommends everyday preventive actions to help prevent the spread of respiratory diseases, including:
March 9, 2020 DOD Issues Flexible Instructions on Response to Coronavirus The Defense Department has issued instructions to the armed services and department heads on how to respond to the implications of the growing coronavirus outbreak.
March 9, 2020 Hill Fighter Weapons Squadron conducts evaluation exercise Communities surrounding Hill Air Force Base will notice increased flying beginning Monday and continuing through the week as Hill’s 86th Fighter Weapons Squadron conducts a weapons evaluation exercise.
Feb. 11, 2020 17th Test Squadron executes one of a kind mission The 17th Test Squadron enhances warfighter lethality and survivability through operational testing and evaluation of space capabilities to ensure space superiority.Though the 17th TS, headquartered here, has detachments and operating locations spread throughout different bases, its mission is
Jan. 31, 2020 HH-60G, HC-130J fly over Nevada A HH-60G assigned to the 88th Test and Evaluation Squadron, 53rd Wing, flies back to Nellis Air Force Base after completing a test and training mission. The 88th TES, part of the CSAR Combined Test Force is responsible for all test, evaluation and tactics development for Combat Search and Rescue.
Jan. 22, 2020 From skies to seas: 28th TES supports US Navy OT in biological protection The 28th Test and Evaluation Squadron is supporting the operational test assessment of the U.S. Navy’s Enhanced Maritime Biological Protection System, new system to detect biological substances that could be harmful to the ship’s crew, such as anthrax.
Jan. 6, 2020 JSF ITF: Year in Review the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Integrated Test Force (ITF) is responsible for developmental test of the world’s most advanced 5th generation fighter, the F-35 Lightning II. In 2019, as part of the Auto Ground Collision Avoidance System team, the ITF won the coveted Collier Trophy for “for the
Dec. 26, 2019 Military conducts first test of Advanced Battle Management System The Air Force, Navy and Army used new methods and technology Dec. 16-18 for collecting, analyzing and sharing information in real time to identify and defeat a simulated cruise missile threat.
Dec. 23, 2019 F-16 downs target drone with laser guided rocket in unprecedented test The 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron shot down a subscale drone using an AGR-20A Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) laser-guided rocket on December 19, 2019, providing a proof of concept for using rockets queued from an F-16 targeting pod as viable munitions to perform cruise missile