Photo by Samuel King Jr. | 96th Test Wing | 04.21.2024
Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Geraghty, 96th Test Wing commander, pushes out the 1000-pound Pipistrel Velis Electro aircraft for a test flight April 22, 2024 at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Geraghty and other Eglin test pilots flew the 80-horsepower electric aircraft over a three-week period to provide qualitative evaluations to AFWERX toward electric aircraft usage for the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force......
Photo by Samuel King Jr. | 96th Test Wing | 04.21.2024
Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Geraghty, 96th Test Wing commander, pushes out the 1000-pound Pipistrel Velis Electro aircraft for a test flight April 22, 2024 at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Geraghty and other Eglin test pilots flew the 80-horsepower electric aircraft over a three-week period to provide qualitative evaluations to AFWERX toward electric aircraft usage for the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force......
Photo by Samuel King Jr. | 96th Test Wing | 04.21.2024
Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Geraghty, 96th Test Wing commander, and instructor, Jim Mueller, Modern Technology Solutions Inc., prepare to taxi for an electric aircraft test flight April 22, 2024 at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Geraghty and other Eglin test pilots flew the 80-horsepower 1000-pound Pipistrel Velis Electro over a three-week period to provide qualitative evaluations to AFWERX toward......
Photo by Samuel King Jr. | 96th Test Wing | 04.21.2024
Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Geraghty, 96th Test Wing commander, and instructor, Jim Mueller, Modern Technology Solutions Inc., prepare to taxi for an electric aircraft test flight April 22, 2024 at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Geraghty and other Eglin test pilots flew the 80-horsepower 1000-pound Pipistrel Velis Electro over a three-week period to provide qualitative evaluations to AFWERX toward......
Photo by Samuel King Jr. | 96th Test Wing | 11.09.2023
The Defense Department’s only on-site electric charging station sits ready to charge the Beta Technologies aircraft, Alia, Nov. 9 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The all-electric Alia, located at Duke Field, north of Eglin, is on station for test flights with the 413th Flight Test Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)...
Photo by Samuel King Jr. | 96th Test Wing | 11.09.2023
The BETA Technologies Alia aircraft taxies in after another successful test flight Nov. 9 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The all-electric aircraft, located at Duke Field, north of Eglin, uses the Defense Department’s only on-site charging station to recharge the batteries. The process takes about an hour. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)...
Photo by Samuel King Jr. | 96th Test Wing | 11.09.2023
The BETA Technologies Alia aircraft taxies in after another successful test flight Nov. 9 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The all-electric aircraft, located at Duke Field, north of Eglin, uses the Defense Department’s only on-site charging station to recharge the batteries. The process takes about an hour. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)...
Photo by Samuel King Jr. | 96th Test Wing | 04.26.2023
Tech. Sgt. Christopher Pipkin, an Air Force Global Strike Command Detachment 7 special mission aviator, waits to help his fellow SMA into the MH-139A Grey Wolf April 26 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The aircraft successfully completed its first live hoist test lifting SMA’s via the massive forest penetrator and the rescue strop. The 413th Flight Test Squadron and the Air Force Global Strike......
