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  • Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center Commander Maj. Gen. James R. Sears Jr., and Master Sgt. Michelle Bresson stand at attention while the Bronze Star Medal citation is read. Master Sgt. Bresson is assigned to AFOTEC's Detachment 5 Operating Location at Hurlburt Field, Fla., as a Special Missions Aviator for the MH-139 multi-mission helicopter operational test team.

    AFOTEC Senior NCO receives Bronze Star

    Master Sgt. Michelle Bresson received the Bronze Star Medal for her meritorious achievement serving as an Air Advisor while at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.
  • Capt. Miranda Mila, 40th Airlift Squadron pilot, tests a gas mask at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, June 2, 2021. C-130J Super Hercules aircrew assisted in the research and development testing of the new Two-Piece Undergarment universal integrative ensemble chemical, biological, radioactive and nuclear protective equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Colin Hollowell)

    UIPE protective gear completes ground compatibility testing

    A joint military test team recently conducted ongoing developmental and operational testing of the Uniform Integrated Protective Ensemble Air 2 Piece Under Garment or UIPE Air 2PUG at Dyess AFB, Texas
  • VX-9 Sailors, 354th Fighter Wing Airmen, and VMFA-122 Marine maintainers during an afternoon photo opportunity with their Joint Strike Fighters at Eielson AFB, AK during Northern Edge 21.

    NE 21 puts AFOTEC at helm of joint, all-domain operational testing

    Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center Detachment 6 and F-35 U.S. Operational Test Team members participated in Northern Edge 21, putting their test expertise to use to push the boundaries of operational test and evaluation.
  • AFOTEC’s Detachment 2 test team, lead by Maj. Phillip Hoyt, is at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina testing the Portable Bio-Containment Module (PBCM) on airworthiness requirements on the C-17 aircraft along with several other key areas during this Joint Urgent Operational Need testing event. PBCM is an existing capability currently being used by the Department of State. With the urgent need to transport as many as 4,000 American citizens from overseas per month, PBCM is one of many options the Air Force is considering to transport infectious patients. This testing is just one of a series of testing that AFOTEC is conducting to support the current COVID-19 pandemic.

    Operational testers unite in solution for transporting COVID-19 patients

    DoD operational test experts work together in response to a Joint Urgent Operational Need for safely transporting COVID-19 patients within isolation pods on military cargo aircraft.
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    AF selects 2019 winner of Gen. Mark A. Welsh One Air Force Award

    Air Force officials recently named the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center Cyber Blue Book Total Force Team, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., as the winner of the 2019 Gen. Mark A. Welsh III One Air Force Award.
  • Lt. Col. Robert Clark, AFOTEC Detachment 2 Air Armament Division chief, and Paul LaPorta, unit test director, compare legacy navigation charts from the 1960s with newly updated digitized versions. The detachment recently evaluated new, fully digitized navigation charts that will streamline mission planning initiatives for the military as early as 2019. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Jasmine Porterfield)

    Eglin AFB Features Det 2 Test Team

    The Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center Detachment 2 recently evaluated new, fully digitized navigation charts to streamline mission planning initiatives for the military.This is the first major upgrade to the charts in approximately 30 years, according to Lt. Col. Robert Clark, AFOTEC Detachment 2 Air Armament Division chief.AFOTEC
  • Air Force Assistant Vice Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Stephen L. Hoog officiates the assumption of command of Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Commander Maj. Gen. Matthew H. Molloy at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., on June 18, 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jamie M. Burnett)

    AFOTEC gets new commanding general

    Maj. Gen. Matthew H. Molloy assumed command of the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center (AFOTEC) during a ceremony held here June 18.Molloy, the Headquarters U.S. Northern Command former Deputy Director of Operations, replaced Maj. Gen. Scott D. West who took command of the 9th Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force and NATO Air Command
  • Maj. Gen. Scott D. West accepts command of the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center from Assistant Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force Lt. Gen. Frank Gorenc during a change of command ceremony at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ken C. Moore)

    AFOTEC welcomes new commander

    Maj. Gen. Scott D. West assumed command of the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center from Maj. Gen. David J. Eichhorn in a ceremony Sept. 13 presided by the Assistant Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force Lt. Gen. Frank Gorenc at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M.General West comes to his new command from Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam,
  • Maj. Fred A. Kimler III has been selected as an Air Force nominee for the Air Force Association Theodore von Kármán Award

    AF selects two AFOTEC members as AFA award nominees

    Great news was doubled when The Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Norton A. Schwartz notified the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center Commander Maj. Gen. David J. Eichhorn that two members of AFOTEC's Detachment 5 at Edwards AFB, Calif., are Air Force nominees for Air Force Association awards.Maj. Fred A. Kimler III is a nominee for
  • University of New Mexico Air Force ROTC cadets took their oath of commission in a ceremony May 11 at the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center headquarters at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M.

    ROTC cadets receive commission at Kirtland ceremony

    Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets from the University of New Mexico took their oath of commission in a ceremony May 11 at the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center headquarters at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M.AFOTEC's Commander Maj. Gen. David J. Eichhorn spoke to the eight new 2nd lieutenants about the importance of their role as
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