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March 30, 2022
88th Test and Evaluation Squadron welcomes new HH-60Ws, kicks off IOT&E

The last HH-60W Jolly Green II departed Duke Field, Fla. signaling the end of initial developmental test with the 413th Flight Test Squadron and the beginning of sustainment Operational Test led by the 88 TES at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., March 22, 2022.
Nov. 1, 2021
Test Trifecta: Orange, Emerald, and Black Flag combine to enhance large-scale test

For the first time, the three independently executed Large Force Test Events collaborated in real-time for simultaneous execution focusing on securing electronic data sharing across geographically separated battlespaces to enable long range kill chains. The U.S. Air Force Test Center and Warfare
March 8, 2021
Test like we fight: ‘Orange Flag’, ‘Black Flag’ collaborate to accelerate change

Orange Flag, the large force test event carried out three times annually by Air Force Test Center’s 412th Test Wing, combined with the 53rd Wing’s Black Flag, bringing a first for the test community March 2-4.
Dec. 28, 2020
The future of test: Black Flag

General Mark D. Kelly signed COMACC Plan 21 on December 15, 2020, effectively formalizing the 53rd Wing’s Large Force Test Events into “Black Flag” – an event solely focused on test and tactics development in a realistic, massed force, fully integrated, high threat density environment. Established

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