85th Test and Evaluation Squadron
The 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron is part of the 53d Wing at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. It conducts testing and evaluation for the F-15 Eagle, F-15E Strike Eagle, and F-16 Fighting Falcon airframes.
85th Squadron F-16D Fighting Falcon over the northwest Florida coastline during an evaluation mission in 2004
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85th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron F-86D Sabre
Scott Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base in St. Clair County, Illinois, near Belleville and O'Fallon, 17 miles (27 km) east-southeast of downtown St. Louis. Scott Field was one of 32 Air Service training camps established after the United States entered World War I in April 1917. It is headquarters of Air Mobility Command (AMC) and its showcase wing, and it is also the headquarters of the U.S. Transportation Command, a Unified Combatant Command that coordinates transportation across all the services.
A C-40C Clipper of the 932nd Airlift Wing based at Scott AFB, seen during 2011
Scott Field Curtiss JN-4D configured as an air ambulance
Scott Field - 1930. Still mostly in its World War I design, note the Eight World War I hangars in a straight line along the flightline. The addition of the large hydrogen plant with storage tank to support the airship mission.
TC-6 Airship over Scott Field airship hangar, 1925