The 339th Flight Test Squadron is a unit based at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. Consolidated with the 2875th Test Squadron as the 339th Test Squadron on 1 October 1992. It is part of the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, with a mission to certify aircraft as worthy to return to service. The squadron is responsible for conducting flight tests on the Lockheed C-130 Hercules, the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy and McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle after program depot maintenance is completed.
Along with their flight test responsibilities, the squadron also picks up and delivers aircraft including battle damaged aircraft to locations where they are needed or can be repaired.
The squadron is also considered the subject matter experts for the plane’s systems and many times their phone rings when Airmen around the world are having mechanical malfunctions and need to know how to fly or land safely.
Squadron photos
Lt. Col. Gustuf Palmquist, 339th Flight Test Squadron test pilot, prepares to take an F-15 Eagle up for testing July 29. Palmquist, arrived from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. in September 2014 (U.S. Air Force photo by Tommie Horton)
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. — Maj. Fritz Heck, 339th Flight Test Squadron, exits an F-15 Eagle (U.S. Air Force photo by Sue Sapp)
Air Force Reserve Maj. Scott Smith, 339th Flight Test Squadron F-15 pilot, gives a start-engine signal to Daniel Roth, 561st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aircraft mechanic, March 26, 2020, at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. The 339th FLTS is part of the 413th Flight Test Group and performs functional check flights on aircraft after programmed depot maintenance is completed. The 561st AMXS is part of the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex’s 402nd Aircraft Maintenance Group and provides programmed depot maintenance and unscheduled repair to F-15s. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jamal D. Sutter)
Air Force Reserve Maj. Scott Smith, 339th Flight Test Squadron F-15 pilot, prepares for flight March 26, 2020, at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. The 339th FLTS is part of the 413th Flight Test Group and performs functional check flights on aircraft after programmed depot maintenance is completed. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jamal D. Sutter)
Col. Sterling Tree, 339th Flight Test Squadron commander, interacts with his family as he prepares to exit an F-15 Sep. 20, 2018, at Robins Air Force Base, Ga. This was Tree’s final flight in a military aircraft before departing Robins and taking on his next assignment at the Pentagon. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jamal D. Sutter)
Lt. Col. Terry Gable, left, 339th Flight Test Squadron F-15 functional check flight pilot, chats with Col. Christopher Zidek, 413th Flight Test Group commander, June 19, 2020, at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. Zidek greeted Gable after one of his requalification flights to personally thank him for the work he did during a recent deployment to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, where he served as director of staff for the 435th Air Expeditionary Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jamal D. Sutter)
