The deployment of the L-29 jets to Edwards AFB reflects the base’s continuing role as a hub for cutting-edge aerospace research and training. The U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School serves as the ...

A historian at Edwards Air Force Base in California from 1994 to 2007, Raymond L. Puffer documented the history of the test pilot school, unmanned aerial vehicles, and the Airborne Laser.

The first T-7A Red Hawk, piloted by U.S. Air Force test pilot Major Jonathan “Gremlin” Aronoff and Boeing test pilot Steve “Bull” Schmidt, soars over Edwards Air Force Base, California, on ...

Innovative ideas for aircraft testing and maintenance were some of the projects presented at the “Spark Tank” competition.