• Mar. 28 --
U.S. Navy LCdr. Jason Bayer and U.S. Navy Petty
Officer Charles Chaco lost their lives when their
U.S. Navy HH-1N Huey (158553) crashed near Lake Isabella, CA.
• NWTSCL was re-designated Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Three
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HH-1N Huey BuNo 158771, SAR-017,
crew, Camp Pendleton, circa 2002.
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Photo by D. Ramey.
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HH-1N Huey BuNo 158771, SAR-017,
crew, Camp Pendleton, circa 2002.
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Photo by D. Ramey.
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A Nike rocket motor pushes a BLU-116A/B
down SNORT toward its concrete target,
28 February 2002.
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Official U.S. Navy photo.
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F-15E Strike Eagle s/n 87-0180 drops
two Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser
systems over the Navy's China Lake test
range, 06 March 2002.
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U.S. Air Force photo by Jim Shryne...
note /1.
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The Reactive Materials Enhanced Warhead
Program recently demonstrated a missile
warhead that defeats cruise missiles
and manned aircraft by enhancing the
kinetic energy of inert fragments with
chemical energy when the target is hit,12
March 2002. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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412th TW F-117A Nighthawk s/n 79-10784,
IRRCA flight over a China Lake range,
27 March 2002.
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USAF photo by Thomas J. Pitsor.
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HH-1N Huey BuNo 157836, SAR-016,
crash site near Split Mountain, Lake
Isabella, 28 March 2002.
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Photo by D. Ramey and the China Lake
SAR Team.
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PBY-6A Catalina BuNo 064107, N9825Z,
19 April 2002, Moses Lake, WA.
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64107 is presently being restored
to its 1945 configuration. Photo ©Nicolai Musante with permission.
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AIM -9X Sidewinder missile, 22 April
2002.
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Official U.S. Navy photo.
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PMTC NP-3D Orion BuNo 150522, #340,
Elmendorf AFB Alaska, 23 April 2002
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Official USAF photo by SSGT Mary
Smith.
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F-15 E Strike Eagle s/n 87-0180 drop
Mk-84 JDAMS over the China Lake test
range, 30 April 2002.
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U.S. Air Force Photo by Bobbi Garcia...
note /2.
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RQ-8A VTUAV, south side of hangar
#1, China Lake, CA 19 May 2002.
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Official U.S. Navy Photo... note
/3.
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RAF Harrier GR.7 and Wing Commander
Andrew Dakin, China Lake, 23 May 2002.
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VX-9 EA-6B Prowler BuNo 163406, XE-500,
China Lake, June 2002.
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G. Verver collection.
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VX-9 F/A-18C Hornet BuNo 164976,
XE-300, China Lake, June 2002.
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G. Verver collection.
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VX-9 F/A-18C Hornet BuNo 164976,
XE-300, China Lake, June 2002.
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Photographer unknown.
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VX-9 F/A-18E Hornet BuNo 165780,
XE-100, China Lake, June 2002.
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Photographer unknown.
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X-47A Pegasus initiates first taxi
tests, China Lake, July 2002.
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Official U.S. Navy photo.
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The number 1 F/A-18A Hornet, BuNo
160775, on display at China Lake, 24-25
July 2002.
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Photo ©Brian Lockett, Goleta Air &
Space Museum.
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A-6E Intruder BuNo 152936, modex
610 by hangar 3, China Lake, 24-25 July
2002.
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Photo ©Brian Lockett, Goleta Air &
Space Museum.
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VA-153 Blue Tail Flies A-4B Skyhawk
BuNo 142120, on display at the China
Lake Weapons Survivability Lab, 24-25
July 2002.
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Photo ©Brian Lockett, Goleta Air &
Space Museum.
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F-14A Tomcat's await their day as
a test target in the WSL compound, 24-25
July 2002.
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Photo ©Brian Lockett, Goleta Air &
Space Museum
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V-22 Osprey fuselages used to evaluate
the survivability of composite construction
airframes, WSL compound, China Lake,
25 July 2002.
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Photo ©Brian Lockett, Goleta Air &
Space Museum.
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C-133 Cargomaster T-34 turboprop
engine and nacelle, WSL compound, 24-25
July 2002.
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Photo ©Brian Lockett, Goleta Air &
Space Museum.
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UH-1N Hueys in the WSL compound,
BuNo 160827 is 2nd from left, 24-25
July 2002.
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Photo ©Brian Lockett, Goleta Air &
Space Museum.
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QF-86 Sabre drone s/n 55-3916, museum
compound, 24-25 July 2002.
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Photo ©Brian Lockett, Goleta Air &
Space Museum.
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DC-130A Hercules drone controller
BuNo 57-0461, museum compound, 24-25
July 2002.
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Photo ©Brian Lockett, Goleta Air &
Space Museum.
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F-8B Crusader BuNo 145528, museum
compound, 24-25 July 2002.
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Photo ©Brian Lockett, Goleta Air &
Space Museum.
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QF-4B Phantom II BuNo 150468, China
Lake boneyard, 24-25 July 2002.
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Photo ©Brian Lockett, Goleta Air &
Space Museum.
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TA-4F Skyhawk BuNo 152102 awaiting
restoration, museum compound, 24-25
July 2002.
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Photo ©Brian Lockett, Goleta Air &
Space Museum.
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USN F-111B BuNo 152715, museum compound,
24-25 July 2002.
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Photo ©Brian Lockett, Goleta Air &
Space Museum.
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RVAH-12 Speartips, RA-5C Vigilante
BuNo 156640, AC-602, museum compound,
24-25 July 2002.
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Photo ©Brian Lockett, Goleta Air &
Space Museum
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A-7C Corsair II BuNo 156765, museum
compound, 24-25 July 2002.
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Photo ©Brian Lockett, Goleta Air &
Space Museum.
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A-7C Corsair II BuNo 156797, museum
compound, 24-25 July 2002.
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Photo ©Brian Lockett, Goleta Air &
Space Museum.
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A-7E Corsair II BuNo 160722, museum
compound, 24-25 July 2002.
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Photo ©Brian Lockett, Goleta Air &
Space Museum.
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A-4M Skyhawk BuNo 159485, AMARC (3A559).
26 July 2002.
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NAVICP Det photo, Roxann Hays.
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A-4M Skyhawk BuNo 159485, AMARC (3A559).
26 July 2002.
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NAVICP Det photo, Roxann Hays.
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Inside the integrated battlespace
arena at Michelson Laboratory, China
Lake, 30 July 2002.
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Photo by USAF Staff Sgt. John Houghton.
Note /4.
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Test Pilot LCol. Chris Short of the
F-22 Combined Test Force at Edwards
fires an AIM-9 sidewinder missile from
Raptor 4003, 25 July 2002.
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The flight test marked the F-22 program's
first supersonic missile separation.
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A-4A Skyhawk BuNo 137814, China Lake
traffic circle, 07 August 2002.
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Photo © PHC Robert Ziesler, USN Ret.
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A-4A Skyhawk BuNo 137814, China Lake
traffic circle, 07 August 2002.
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Photo © PHC Robert Ziesler, USN Ret.
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A JSTARS E-8C s/n 90-0175, an airborne
battle management and command and control
aircraft, sits on the flightline at
Edwards Air Force Base, Sep 2002.
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Photo by Rob Bardua... note 5.
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VX-9 AH-1W Sea Cobra BuNo 163936,
XE-741, China Lake, September 2002.
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Photo by Jarhead.
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T-28C Trojan BuNo 138366 restored
in the markings of the VX-5 Vampires,
Airport Appreciation Day, Livermore
Airport, 28 Sep 2002.
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©photo courtesy of
www.eLivermore.com
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VX-9 F-14B BuNo 164604, Vandy 1,
signals to a maintainer prior to take
off during exercise Cope Snapper, October
2002.
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U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt.
Shane A. Cuomo
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Range Residue crew members visit
a work site clearing target debris from
the North Land Range, China Lake, 24
October 2002..
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Official U.S. Navy photo.
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VX-9 F/A-18F Hornet BuNo 165914,
XE-221, November 2002.
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photo Mike Wilson collection.
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F-14 Tomcat escorts a Tomahawk, China
Lake, 10 November 2002.
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Official U.S. Navy photo... note
/6.
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Tomahawk cruise missile cruises over
China Lake, 10 November 2002.
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Official U.S. Navy photo.
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Tomahawk cruise missile cruises over
China Lake, 10 November 2002.
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Official U.S. Navy photo.
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Soviet SA-8 Gecko self-propelled
anti-aircraft integrated system, ECR
Range, China Lake, 21 November 2002.
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BGM-109 cruise missile zeros in on
its target on one of the China Lake
Ranges, circa 2002.
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Official U.S. Navy photo from Larry
McCarley.
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VX-31 F/A-18F Super Hornet BuNo 165668
, #201, over Mt. Whitney, circa 2002.
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Official U.S. Navy photo.
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/1 Maj. Dan Daetz, a test pilot, and Lt. Col. Dan Morin, a weapons
system officer... This was the first WCMD drop from an F-15E. The WCMD
is a tail kit slated to replace the existing tails on cluster bomb dispensers.
The new tail will enable these weapons to compensate for the effects
of wind, launch transients and ballistic errors, achieving greatly improved
accuracy. WCMD-equipped weapons are planned for employment on the B-1B
Lancer, B-52 Stratofortress, F-15E, F-16 Fighting Falcon, and F-117
Nighthawk.
/2 Lt. Col. Troy Fontaine, a test pilot, and Maj. Kevin Steffenson,
a weapons system officer... The mission, which proved successful, was
to put the five 2,000-pound weapons on five separate, preplanned targets
using global positioning system coordinates.
/3 The U.S. Navy's Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTUAV) launches into its flight test program
at the Naval Air Forces Western Test Range Complex in California. Fire
Scout has been designed to provide situational awareness and precision
targeting support for the Navy and Marine Corps, as a fully autonomous
UAV requiring limited human intervention. Future operations are planned
for the UAV this summer.
/4 Warfighters keep a close eye on screens showing a real-time picture
of theater air assets and a live feed from a Predator surveillance aircraft
during Millennium Challenge 2002. MC02 incorporates elements of all
military services using the largest computer simulation federation ever
constructed for an experiment of its kind.
/5 After taking off from Edwards during recent test flights, the
AMSTE team engaged in complex moving target scenarios at the Naval Weapons
Center in China Lake, Calif. These flight experiments demonstrated multiple,
simultaneous JDAM weapon deliveries and integrated AMSTE technologies
with the JSOW.
/6 A Tactical "Tomahawk" Block IV cruise missile is escorted
by a Navy F-14 Tomcat fighter during a controlled test over the Naval
Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) western test range complex in southern
California. During the second such test flight, the missile successfully
completed a vertical underwater launch, flew a fully guided 780-mile
course, and impacted a designated target structure as planned. The Tactical "Tomahawk",
the next generation of Tomahawk cruise missile adds the capability to
reprogram the missile while in-flight to strike any of 15 preprogrammed
alternate targets or redirect the missile to any Global Positioning
System (GPS) target coordinates. It also will be able to loiter over
a target area for some hours, and with its on-board TV camera, will
allow the war fighting commanders to assess battle damage of the target,
and, if necessary redirect the missile to any other target.
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