Dec. 14, 2022 Dube named NDIA Air Force Tester of the Year Louis Dube is the 2021 National Defense Industrial Association Air Force Tester of the Year Award. Dube is the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center Detachment 6 F-35 Division Chief and U.S. Operational Test Team Chief Engineer.
Dec. 7, 2022 AFOTEC Summit defines Commander’s top priorities; supports CSAF’s accelerate change The Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center held its bi-annual Commanders’ Summit at its headquarters at Kirtland AFB, N.M., Nov. 15 – 17, 2022.
Nov. 21, 2022 UOTT, 461st FLTS lead F-35 realistic integrated testing in Pacific Theater: Supports agile software development The U.S. Operational Test Team, Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center Detachment 6, and 461st Flight Test Squadron partnered with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 (VMFA-121), VMFA-242, and 356th Fighter Squadron pilots supporting joint F-35 Lightning II operations and agile software
Nov. 18, 2022 QRIP-equipped CAF F-35s set the stage for future Crowd-Sourced Flight Data platform integration In March 2022, the first set of U.S. Air Force operational aircraft were equipped with the Quick Reaction Instrumentation Package (QRIP), enabling the first Combat Air Forces (CAF) contribution to Crowd-Sourced Flight Data (CSFD).