The 417th Test and Evaluation Squadron is an active United States Air Force unit, assigned to the 753rd Test and Evaluation Group and stationed at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Its previous assignment was with the USAF Weapons School at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, where it was inactivated on 14 September 2006.

The 417th Flight Test Squadron is an active United States Air Force squadron. It is assigned to the 96th Operations Group at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, where it was reactivated on 17 April 2019.

The 417th Test and Evaluation Squadron is an active United States Air Force unit, assigned to the 753rd Test and Evaluation Group and stationed at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Its previous assignment was with the USAF Weapons School at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, where it was inactivated on 14 September 2006.

AFTC OPERATING LOCATION. This is the official site of the Air Force Test Center headquartered at Edwards Air Force Base, CA.

Lineage. Constituted as 417 Night Fighter Squadron on 17 Feb 1943. Activated on 20 Feb 1943. Inactivated on 9 Nov 1946. Redesignated as 417 Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 15 Nov 1952. Activated on 1

Attached below the disc, a Blue scroll edged with a narrow Yellow border and inscribed “417TH FLIGHT TEST SQ” in Yellow letters. SIGNIFICANCE: Ultramarine blue and Air Force yellow are the Air Force colors. Blue alludes to the sky, the primary theater of Air Force operations.

2006年12月6日 · EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A stand-up ceremony to recognize the 417th Flight Test Squadron was held Thursday at the Birk Flight Test Facility on South Base. The 417th FLTS, under the command of Lt. Col. Barry St. Germain, is responsible for the Airborne Laser Program, formerly a part of the 452nd Flight Test Squadron's ABL Test Force.

The 417th FLTS, comprised of about 750 people, including the contractor workforce and the government workforce, is responsible for flight testing the YAL-1A Airborne Laser aircraft, shown above.

Redesignated: 417 Test Squadron on 2 Oct 1992; 417 Flight Test Squadron on 1 Mar 1994. Inactivated on 1 Oct 1995. Activated on 16 Mar 2006.

Active: 1943–1946; 1953–1977; 1978–1987; 1989–1993; 2003–2006; 2018–present: Country United States Branch United States Air Force Type: Squadron: Role: Advanced Fighter Training