Helicopters

Performed test flights at Edwards AFB, California. Late 1980s renamed as 6515th Test Squadron. In 1992 merge in 415th Test Squadron and move to Randolph AFB, Texas from 2001
Sep68-Sep69, I served as a Airman at Edwards. The Jolly Green CH3E tail number 577 was my assigned Helicopter. It was destroyed on a Secret Mission in Vietnam in 1973. -

1973-74, Admin Officer for 6515th OMS. I am Mandell Winter, Jr. Maj Hoschild was commander. We maintained B-52 008, pre-production F-4 models, A-7 models, and a few F-104s (soon to be dropped, followed by the A-7s) Final testing of F-15 was going on. YF-16 and YF-17 as well as A-9 and A-10 were in fly-off competition. First B-1 landed at Edwards while I was there. Nearly the last lifting body flight took place while I was the Admin officer of 6515 FMS, Maj. Mike Love at the controls. Compass Cope RPV was being tested while I was there.

Sep78-May82, My name is Curt Rose, I was Stationed at Edwards in the 6515th Field maintanance squadron in the aero-repair section, preforming heavy maintanance on F-4, F-15, F-16, T-38 and A-37 aircraft. Duties also included crash recovery

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Years | Location | ICAO/FAA |
??/92 | Edwards AFB | KEDW |
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Years | Models | |
1985/?? | UH-1H Iroquois | |
1975/85 | UH-1N ![]() | |
6515 OMS List of helicopters | Help Us | |
C/N | Version | Built | In this Org | In other Org | |||
![]() | B-2 | h-21b | 51-15855 : USAF H-21B, redesig CH-21B, HH-21B pictured with 6515 OMS Edwards AFB, CA + | ||||
![]() | 61-502 ![]() | ch-3c | 1963 | 62-12577 : 6515 OMS pictured (top) at Edwards, CA | |||
31003 | UH-1N | 68-10774 : before 76 to mid 80 was at Edwards AFB, then it was reassigned to Hill AFB+ ![]() | ![]() | ||||
31066 | UH-1N | 69-6660 : before 76 until, I think mid 80 was with 6515 OMS at Edwards AFB as a util+ ![]() |