Special Tour of Edwards Air Force Base
South Bay (CA) Chapter June 10 tour
The 412th Test Wing, the host wing for Edwards Air Force Base, plans, conducts, analyzes, and reports on all flight and ground testing of aircraft, weapons systems, software and components, as well as modeling and simulation, for the U.S. Air Force.
Please join us in Edwards, CA, on Wednesday, June 10, 2015, 10:00am – 4:00pm PDT for an up close and personal visit to aircraft and operations that is not available to the general public. We will visit the Air Force Flight Test Museum (including a number of legacy aircraft, including a SR-71 Blackbird and a B-52). A flightline tour will be next, including planeside visits to an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and an F-22 Raptor. Lunch will be at the NASA Armstrong cafeteria followed by an extensive visit to the Maintenance Facility, where the aircraft are maintained, modified, and reviewed after tests.
Attendance is limited to 15 natural born US citizens who are the #1 or #2 operating executives of A&D companies or plants, i.e., organizations that have a direct role in production, e.g., engineering, fabrication, coating, and testing. Likewise, to promote exchange, each meeting is limited to 20 attendees.
The tour is free for A&D Forum members and $40 for non-members. Advanced registration is required by June 3. For more information and to register to attend the meeting or for the waitlist, go to http://adfsbjun15.eventbrite.com.
Click here for more information about and to join The Aerospace & Defense Forum.
The South Bay Chapter of The Aerospace & Defense Forum is sponsored by Moss Adams, Aerospace Engineering Corp., Community Bank, and California Manufacturing Technology Consulting, and led by the presidents of AMG Torrance. Alloy Processing, Triumph Aerostructures-Hawthorne, Dasco Engineering Corporation, Brek Manufacturing, and Frontier Associates.
Leave a Reply