United States Air Force Test Pilot School

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United States Air Force school military test pilot school

The United States Air Force Test Pilot School is the Air Force’s premier institution for training experimental test pilots, combat systems officers, and flight test engineers in the planning, execution, and reporting of flight test and evaluation of aerospace systems.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Air Materiel Command Experimental Test Pilot School 1
Flight Test Training Unit 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Air Force school ⓘ
military test pilot school ⓘ
academicLevel postgraduate professional education ⓘ
accepts United States Air Force personnel ⓘ
United States Space Force personnel ⓘ
allied nation officers ⓘ
other U.S. military services personnel ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
formerName United States Air Force Test Pilot School self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Air Materiel Command Experimental Test Pilot School

United States Air Force Test Pilot School self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Flight Test Training Unit
foundedBy United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
hasAlumni Buzz Aldrin ⓘ
Chuck Yeager ⓘ
Edward White ⓘ
Fitzhugh L. Fulton Jr. ⓘ
Frank Borman ⓘ
Gordon Fullerton ⓘ
James A. Abrahamson ⓘ
Joe Engle ⓘ
Michael Collins ⓘ
Neil A. Armstrong ⓘ
Pete Knight ⓘ
Robert T. Herres ⓘ
Thomas Stafford ⓘ
William J. Knight ⓘ
inception 1944 ⓘ
languageOfInstruction English ⓘ
locatedIn California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Edwards Air Force Base ⓘ
Mojave Desert ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
mission plan, execute, and report flight test and evaluation of aerospace systems ⓘ
train combat systems officers for flight test ⓘ
train experimental test pilots ⓘ
train flight test engineers ⓘ
motto Ad Explorandum Determinatum ⓘ
mottoLanguage Latin ⓘ
mottoTranslation To determine the unknown ⓘ
offersProgram Experimental Test Pilot Course ⓘ
Flight Test Engineer Course ⓘ
Space Test Course ⓘ
Test Combat Systems Officer Course ⓘ
operatedBy United States Air Force ⓘ
partOf 412th Test Wing ⓘ
Air Force Materiel Command ⓘ
specializesIn aerospace systems test and evaluation ⓘ
experimental flight test ⓘ
studentType combat systems officers ⓘ
flight test engineers ⓘ
military officers ⓘ
test pilots ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rick D. Husband → educatedAt → United States Air Force Test Pilot School ⓘ
Thomas Stafford → educatedAt → United States Air Force Test Pilot School ⓘ
United States Air Force Test Pilot School → formerName → United States Air Force Test Pilot School self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Flight Test Training Unit
United States Air Force Test Pilot School → formerName → United States Air Force Test Pilot School self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Air Materiel Command Experimental Test Pilot School
Air Force Test Center → hasComponent → United States Air Force Test Pilot School ⓘ
Edwards Air Force Base → hasEducationalFacility → United States Air Force Test Pilot School ⓘ
Edwards Air Force Base → hostsUnit → United States Air Force Test Pilot School ⓘ
Flight Test Engineer Course → offeredBy → United States Air Force Test Pilot School ⓘ
Experimental Test Pilot Course → operatedBy → United States Air Force Test Pilot School ⓘ
Air Force Test Center → oversees → United States Air Force Test Pilot School ⓘ