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... pilot wings in January 1980 at Vance Air Force Base (AFB), Oklahoma. From 1980 to 1983, he was assigned to Langley AFB, Virginia, where he flew the F-15 aircraft. In 1983 ... of the Philippines, and Nellis AFB, Nevada, until he was selected to attend USAF Test Pilot School, Edwards AFB, California, in 1986. Upon graduation, he was assigned to Eglin AFB, Florida, where he conducted ...

... your pants. And X-15 was about the same way. I had outstanding communications with Edwards AFB . We briefed the Air Force and we briefed industry about twice a year, but they ... I watched the launch. We flew back and it landed at Edwards, and I was back when it landed at Edwards. Now, what was interesting to me, John Young was the pilot ... it better for the Orbiter to start landing at Kennedy than coming out here to Edwards? '''Feltz:''' It was less dangerous, I think, because then you had to go transport it ...

... Yeager is commandant of USAF Aerospace Research Pilot School , Edwards AFB , and Major White is USAF Pilot of X­-15 aircraft, also at Edwards AFB . ''(AP, Wash. Eve. Star, 2/23/63)'' Dr. Joseph ...

... Andonian at the same time as the X-15 flight and along the same route- Edwards AFB to Delamar Lake, Nev. ''(AP, Balt. Sun, 12/6/63; UPI, Chic. Trib., 12/6 ... /63, 2)'' USAF launched two unidentified satellites using Thor-Able-Star launch vehicle from Vandenberg AFB . ''(AP, Balt. Sun, 12/6/63; Pres. Rpt. on Space, 1963. 12764)'' U.N. General ... .S. Board of Geographic Names, said he regarded the name change as an accomplished fact. Edward P. Cliff chairman of the Board, also said he regarded the change as fact. Official ...

... week-long test of continuous living in a Gemini spacesuit. Before donning the spacesuit at Edwards AFB, he had biosensors attached to his body. Among his activities for the test: experiencing weightlessness ... , NYT, 10/20/64, 49)'' Explosion-fire of fuel for USAF XB-70 aircraft at Edwards AFB , Calif., caused four injuries and one death ''(Ivan W. Mayo of North American Aviation , Inc ...

... ,870 mph and 68,000-ft, altitude during a one-hour, 44-min, flight from Edwards AFB . The 185-ft., 500,000-lb, aircraft, expected to reach its design maximums of 2 ... . Backup crew far the flight, which would last up to 14 days, would be Astronauts Edward H. White , II (Lt, Col., USAF) and Michael Collins (Maj., USAF). Borman and Lovell had ... is going to cost the taxpayers." ''(Text)'' USAF launched an Atlas D ICBM from Vandenberg AFB in test of the Army's Nike- Zeus antimissile missile. ''(UPI, NYT, 7/2/65 ...

... , was killed during routine training flight when his F-104 aircraft crashed on landing at Edwards AFB . Copilot Maj. Harvey J. Royer (USAF) , chief of operations at USAF's Aerospace Research Pilot ... Jan. 27 Apollo fire and one in an automobile accident. Memorial services were conducted at Edwards AFB and in Chicago. ''(W Post, 12/9/67, Al; AP, NYT, 12/10/67, 44 ...

... of Flight Test Center, Edwards AFB , crashed over Puget Sound when attempting an instrumented approach to Boeing Field, Seattle, during rainy weather. Branch was en route from Edwards AFB ; his body was later recovered ...

... full power. ‘‘(Atomic Energy Programs, 1966, 186)’’ USAF successfully carried out second launch from Vandenberg AFB in High Altitude Background and Signal to Noise (Hitab) program to investigate and measure infrared ... -sweep-wing fighter from Edwards AFB to General Dynamics Corp. Fort Worth, Tex., plant. L/Col. R.C.W. Blessley, director of F-111 joint test force at Edwards, flew three-hour nonstop ...

... . C-130B transport operating from Edwards AFB made successful mid-air recovery of payload at 5,000 ft. in second pass at target. Test, conducted for Kirtland AFB, was to develop new technique ... in Baltimore. Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, in a speech read by NASC Executive Secretary Edward C. Welsh, called for international cooperation in man’s efforts to land on Mars: “. . . it ...

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