USAF Patch Test Weapons 445 Flight Test Squadron DTE

USAF Patch 445 Flight Test Squadron Development Test and Evaluation DT&E Aircraft And Weapons Edwards AFB 1990s Velcro Fully embroidered merrowed edge 88mm by 91mm three and one half inches by three and nine sixteenth inches.

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445 Test Squadron TS was activated on 2 October 1992 at Edwards AFB on the redesignation of 6512 Test Squadron  assigned to 412 Test Wing of the Air Force Test Centre as part of transfer from Systems Command to Air Force Material Command to carry out Developmental Test and Evaluation DT&E to reduce or eliminate risks before fielding aerospace systems prior to passing them on other organizations for Initial Operational Test and Evaluation IOT&E where the system is evaluated for mission and combat effectiveness. The Squadron will plan conduct analyse and reports on all flight and ground testing of aircraft weapons systems software and components as well as modelling and simulation for the USAF under the Wings Global Power Mission of fighters and bombers and initially retained T 37 Tweet and T 38 Talon trainer aircraft and UH 1N Huey helicopters from 6512 TS .

The Squadron was redesignated 445 Flight Test Squadron on 1 March 1994 and retired its T 37s and T 38s and absorbed F 15s from the inactivated 415 Flight Test Squadron on 1 October 1994. The Squadron transferred its UH 1Ns in 1995 and was inactivated on 30 November 2001.

The Squadron was reactivated on 11 March 2004 equipped with T 38 Talon aircraft. 

This patch dates from the 1990s.