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AFOTEC Commander and Command Chief

(Left to right) Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center Commander Maj. Gen. Trey Rawls, Scotta Rawls, Jamie Griste and AFOTEC Command CMSgt. Christopher Griste pose together during Chief Griste’s farewell party at Headquarters Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center April 14.
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AFOTEC Bataan Memorial Death March Team

Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center team members participated in the 34th Annual Bataan Memorial Death March held at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. The more than 26-mile march is held annually to commemorate service members who defended the Philippine Islands during World War II. Some of the AFOTEC team members included (left to right) Maj. Christopher Moore, 1st Lt. Alec Sekelsky, Maj. Joel Greeson, Lt. Col. Eric Fancher, and AFOTEC Command CMSgt. Christopher Griste.
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AFOTEC Senior Enlisted Leaders

The November 2022 Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center Commander’s Summit, held at Headquarters AFOTEC, brought together senior enlisted leaders to focus on how to support and enhance the enlisted experience. Senior leaders included (front left to right) SMSgt. Matthew Mantanona, SMSgt. April Omara, SMSgt. Nicholas Gascon and (back left to right) Command CMSgt. Timothy Wieser from the Air Force Test Center, MSgt. Sean Haugen, SMSgt. Brian Pettaway, and AFOTEC Command CMSgt. Christopher Griste.
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KC-46 Test Team and Crew

(Far right) CMSgt. Christopher Griste, Command Chief, Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center, visits McConnell AFB, Kan., to fly a mission on the KC-46A with McConnell’s 22nd Air Refueling Wing and AFOTEC Detachment 5’s lead test boom operator MSgt. Kyle Vanderwagen. The KC-46A is the first phase in recapitalizing the U.S. Air Force's aging tanker fleet. With greater refueling, cargo and aeromedical evacuation capabilities compared to the KC-135, the KC-46A will provide aerial refueling support to Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and partner-nation receivers.
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AFOTEC Command Chief checks out eVTOL

CMSgt. Christopher Griste, Command Chief, Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center, checks out an electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft connected to a simulator at Duke Field AFS, Fla., during a visit to AFOTEC Detachment 5’s Operation Location at Hurlburt Field, Fla. The eVTOL is a variety of vertical take-off and landing aircraft that uses electric power to hover, take off, and land vertically.
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CMSAF visits AFOTEC Display

Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne Bass visits the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center Display team at the 2022 Air Force Sergeants’ Association Professional Education and Development Symposium held in San Antonio, Texas. Display team members include (left to right) SMSgt. Brian Pettaway, Katherine Gandara, MSgt. Michelle Mills, SMSgt. Matthew Mantanona, MSgt. Sean Haugen, and AFOTEC Command Chief CMSgt. Christopher Griste.
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AFOTEC 40th Anniversary of OT

The Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center celebrates 40 years of operational testing.
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Brig. Gen. Rawls ready to fly F-35

Brig. Gen. Michael T. Rawls readies to fly an F-35 Lightning II with the 65th Aggressor Squadron at Nellis AFB, Nev.
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Senior Airman Patrick Bellar, a Lightning Air Maintenance Unit Crew Chief, marshals an F-35A Lightning II piloted by Brig. Gen. Michael Rawls, Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center commander prior to taxiing at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Jan. 12, 2023. Having the AFOTEC commander flying with the 65th Aggressors is a unique and opportunistic relationship where he can directly see the effects of his organization on warfighter training. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman First Class Trevor Bell)
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Brig. Gen. Michael Rawls, Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center (AFOTEC) commander, prepares for takeoff in an F-35A Lightning II at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Jan. 12, 2023. As a key leader of the test and evaluation community, Brig. Gen. Rawls coordinates directly with the offices of the Secretary of Defense and Department of the Air Force while executing realistic, objective and impartial operational testing and evaluation of Air Force, Space Force, coalition, and joint warfighting capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jordan McCoy)
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Brig. Gen. Michael Rawls, Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center (AFOTEC) commander, secures his helmet in an F-35A Lightning II at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Jan. 12, 2023. As the commander of AFOTEC, Gen. Rawls is responsible for the independent testing and evaluation of new and existing systems for the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman First Class Trevor Bell)
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Brig. Gen. Michael Rawls, Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center commander, performs a pre-flight check on an F-35A Lightning II at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Jan. 12, 2023. Brig. Gen. Rawls is the first general officer to be certified as a fifth-generation aggressor pilot. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jordan McCoy)
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Brig. Gen. Michael Rawls, Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center commander, performs a pre-flight check on an F-35A Lightning II at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Jan. 12, 2023. Gen. Rawls is committed to the continued modernization of the Air Force to ensure the United States remains at the forefront of air power. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Trevor Bell)
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Brig. Gen. Michael T. Rawls

Brig. Gen. Michael T. Rawls is the first general officer to be certified as a fifth-generation aggressor pilot.
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Louis Dube

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.
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Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center

Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center key spouses, lead by Scotta Rawls, spouse of the AFOTEC Commander, and Jamie Griste, spouse of AFOTEC’s Command Chief Christopher Griste, held a virtual roundtable with Sharene Brown, spouse of the CSAF, on her Five and Thrive initiative, which increases focus and attention on the top five quality of life challenges military families face.
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Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center

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 bringing Command Staff and Detachments together to focus on issues AFOTEC faces in executing its operational test mission.
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Quick Reaction Instrumentation Package (QRIP) components for the F-35, March 23, 2022, Hill Air Force Base, Utah. QRIP records all data, both pre and post fusion and then gets downloaded into a knowledge management system and allows for sharing to others to allow for faster software development, better re-programming, and expedited products out to the pilots. (U.S. Air Force photo by Todd Cromar)
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UOTT Test Team

Pilots from Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron (VMFAT-101) stand beside an F/A-18D aircraft after a U.S. Operational Test Team mission. The F/A-18D brings advanced, "4th plus" generation capability to UOTT test and training missions."
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Dr. Thomas A. Spencer

Official Photo of Dr. Thomas A. Spencer, Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center Executive Director.
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