00922044 3-6636-1 UNCLASSIFIED 2440769 07-01-1970 2441133 06-30-1971

AIR FORCE FLIGHT TEST CENTER

HISTORY K286.69-42 V. 1 VOL I OF XI 28332 6 208 48 2451311 05-12-1999 BRIG GEN ROBERT M. WHITE ASSUMED COMMAND OF AIR FORCE FLIGHT TEST CENTER (AFFTC) FROM BRIG GEN ALTON D. SLAY ON 1 AUG 1970. 6512 TEST GROUP REDESIGNATED 6512 TEST WING; 6512 SUPPORT SQUADRON INACTIVATED; 6510 TRANSPORTATION SQUADRON REDESIGNATED 6514 TRANSPORTATION SQUADRON. IMPLEMENTED VEHICLE INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (VIMS). FIVE AIR CRASHES LED TO SIX DEATHS AT AFFTC INCLUDING: LT COL JAMES M. TAYLOR AND FRENCH AIR FORCE CAPT PIERRE DUBUEQ KILLED IN A T-38 AIRCRAFT; MAJ JAMES W. HURT III AND MAJ ROBERT J. FURMEN DIED IN AN F- 111E AIRCRAFT; MAJ DONALD L. THURMAN AND CAPT DAVID E. DIEFENBACH DIED IN A NB- 57E CRASH. VERY FEW COMPLAINTS OF SONIC BOOMS FROM RESIDENTS NEAR EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE (AFB), CA. DISCUSSED EDWARDS AFB TEST FACILITIES. 6510 TEST WING CONDUCTED TEST AND EVALUATION ACTIVITIES FOR AFFTC; TESTED C-51, F-111 AND F-12 AIRCRAFT. FUNCTIONS OF MAINTENANCE, SUPPLY AND PROCUREMENT REGROUPED TO FORM 6510 MAINTENANCE AND SUPPLY GROUP. AFFTC CARRIED OUT MISSION TO TRAIN EXPERIMENTAL TEST PILOTS THROUGH THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE (USAF) AEROSPACE RESEARCH PILOT SCHOOL (PREVIOUSLY NAMED USAF EXPERIMENTAL FLIGHT TEST PILOT SCHOOL). DESCRIBED AEROSPACE RESEARCH TEST PILOT SCHOOL CURRICULUM. DURING FISCAL YEAR (FY) 1971, TWENTY-TWO EMERGENCY LAKEBED LANDINGS MADE AT EDWARDS AFB; INCLUDES LIST OF LANDINGS AND SAVINGS WITH DRY LAKEBED EMERGENCY LANDINGS. FOUO PRIVILEGED BEAR, JAMES T. APPENDICES INCLUDE: ROSTER OF KEY PERSONNEL; ORGANIZATIONAL CHARTS; ROSTER OF RETIREES; AWARDS AND MEDALS; LIST OF 1971 PROJECT DIRECTIVES; ACADEMIC CURRICULUM, PHASE I OF EXPERIMENTAL TEST PILOT PHASE; TECHNICAL REPORTS INDEX. PHOTOGRAPHS OF BRIG GEN ROBERT M. WHITE, X-24 AIRCRAFT, UH-1N HELICOPTER, A-7D AIRCRAFT, F-111 AIRCRAFT, C-5A AIRCRAFT AND 147-NC DRONE. PROJECT CORONA HARVEST DOCUMENT. EDWARDS AFB, CA