FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Edwards Air Force Base, California ~ 28 JAN 2020

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[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

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Road Trip: Edwards Air Force Base, California

Edwards Air Force Base is a United States Air Force installation located in Kern County in southern California, about 22 miles northeast of Lancaster, 15 miles east of Rosamond and 5.5 miles south of California City.

It is the home of the Air Force Test Center, Air Force Test Pilot School, and NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center. It is the Air Force Materiel Command center for conducting and supporting research and development of flight, as well as testing and evaluating aerospace systems from concept to combat. It also hosts many test activities conducted by America's commercial aerospace industry.

The 412th Test Wing plans, conducts, analyzes, and reports on all flight and ground testing of aircraft, weapons, software and components as well as modeling and simulation for the U.S. Air Force. The Wing also oversees the base's day-to-day operations and provides support for military, federal civilian, and contract personnel assigned to Edwards AFB. Planes assigned to the 412th carry the tail code: ED

U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School: Part of the 412th Test Wing, USAF TPS is where the Air Force's top pilots, navigators and engineers learn how to conduct flight tests and generate the data needed to carry out test missions. The comprehensive curriculum of Test Pilot School is fundamental to the success of flight test and evaluation.

The Engineering Division and the Electronic Warfare Group provide the central components in conducting the Test and Evaluation mission of the 412 TW. They provide the tools, talent and equipment for the core disciplines of aircraft structures, propulsion, avionics and electronic warfare evaluation of the latest weapon system technologies.

They also host the core facilities that enable flight test and ground test—the Range Division, Benefield Anechoic Facility, Integrated Flight Avionics Systems Test Facility and the Air Force Electronic Warfare Evaluation Simulator. The Project and Resource Management Divisions provide the foundation for the successful program management of test missions.

Learn More About Edwards Air Force Base HERE!!

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[E.G.C.]

A very pleasant good Tuesday morning and ((HUGS)) to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country and thanks, Lauren for this morning's thread.

How's everyone doing this morning?

[radu]

Howdy, E.G.C. ((HUGZ))

Did you and Gizmo have a large time at Chisolm Trail Park? Still enjoying decent weather? It looks like it could be a little iffy today ...... aaaaaaand all that wet is coming this way. *sigh*

[E.G.C.]

We had a great time at Chisolm Trail Park. We had the park to ourselves. It was a little bit windy but not much. Gizmo was up to his usual antics but was a little bit more behaved today.

We do have some rain chances today. The winter storm is up in Northwest Oklahoma. We'll see what happens.

We did have a little b it of police activity here in town earlier this morning. Thankfully it was the other side of town though. We're OK. It started out from a car chase over in Walters and ended up here in Comanche on 10th and Texas by the E&W Construction site with an officer involved shooting. They've got the scene cordoned off.

Again this was on the other side of town from where we live.We're cool here. I took Gizmo to the bathroom this morning. He's resting right now.

[radu]

Nice that you had the park to yourselves. No people or dogs to wind up Gizmo any more than he’s usually wound up. LOL

Maybe you’ll get lucky and not have much rain today. I don’t know how much we’re supposed to get here but it’ll be here sometime tomorrow. We don’t need ANY.

Glad the “excitement” didn’t make it to your neighborhood!

[E.G.C.]

OSBI investigating officer involved shooting in Stephens County

[luvie]

Wow! That was crazy!

[luvie]

Wow! It's a blustery day out there!
My kitties are trying to outrun it. LOL!
I think it's blowing in a cold front.
Well, it's not cold yet, but....
Hope all y'all have a Terrific Tuesday!
....and a sunny one!
((((hugs))))