Photo by James West | 412th Test Wing | 06.05.2025
A C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 418th Flight Test Squadron, Edwards Air Force Base, California, prepares for a night mission. In addition to executing and supporting developmental test with the C-17, the Global Reach Combined Test Force works with the 412th OSS SERE test parachute team to conduct airborne paratrooper drops. (Air Force photo by James West)...
Photo by James West | 412th Test Wing | 11.21.2024
A few of the organizers for the annual Thanksgiving Event pose in front of a C-17 at the 418th Flight Test Squadron at Edwards Air Force Base...
Photo by James West | 412th Test Wing | 11.21.2024
Members of the avionics team from the 418th Flight Test Squadron share their gratitude at the annual Thanksgiving event at Edwards Air Force Base...
Photo by James West | 412th Test Wing | 08.22.2024
A C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 418th Flight Test Squadron, Global Reach Combined Test Force, lands at the historic Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards Air Force Base in California. In addition to decades of flight test milestones, Rogers Dry Lake provides units from across the Department of Defense an ideal location to practice austere landings ahead of deployments. (Air Force photo by James West)...
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Christopher Okula | 412th Test Wing | 12.15.2017
A mockup of an Orion spacecraft is released from a C-17 Globemaster III Dec. 15 over the Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. Airmen and testers from the 418th Flight Test Squadron joined Army, NASA and contractor personnel to participate in the test of the Orion’s parachute landing system. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christopher A. Okula)...
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Christopher Okula | 412th Test Wing | 12.13.2017
Airmen and testers from the 418th Flight Test Squadron, Army and NASA personnel, prepare a mockup of a NASA Orion spacecraft aboard a C-17 Globemaster on loan from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Dec. 15. The spacecraft was airdropped over the Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona as part of a test of the craft’s parachute landing system. NASA is continuing contingency tests of the Capsule......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Christopher Okula | 412th Test Wing | 12.11.2017
The Orion spacecraft Capsule Parachute Assembly System team pose for a photo before the mockup spacecraft is loaded onto a C-17 Globemaster III, Dec. 11, in Yuma, Arizona. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christopher A. Okula)...
