Air Dominance Combined Test Force

Intelligence Summary: Air Dominance Combined Test Force

Node Identity: Air Dominance Combined Test Force is a organisation categorized under "Black Track" in the main intelligence graph. Specialized USAF flight test unit at Edwards AFB for MC-BE-CIRE platform testing.

Research Evidence: The following findings from 4 research documents reference this entity:

1. • It details how the Boeing Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program office serves as a strategic cover and financial vehicle for this revolutionary technology within the Air Dominance Combined Test Force.
2. It details how the Boeing Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program office serves as a strategic cover and financial vehicle for this revolutionary technology within the Air Dominance Combined Test Force.
3. It details how the Boeing Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program office serves as a strategic cover and financial vehicle for this revolutionary technology within the Air Dominance Combined Test Force. - Sources (1): [Boeing SkunkWorks CFR Test Ops 2025](/archive/Boeing_SkunkWorks_CFR_Test_Ops_2025) 14.
4. The analysis demonstrates that the Boeing Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) Program Office, operating within the newly formed Air Dominance Combined Test Force, provides the ideal programmatic, security, and doctrinal cover for testing a revolutionary, third-party platform like the CFR orb.
5. Brigadier General Douglas Wickert, Commander of the 412th Test Wing, has since confirmed that the F-47 will be developed at Edwards AFB and that a dedicated team has already been established within the Air Dominance Combined Test Force (AD-CTF) to manage the program.
6. 4.1 Profile of the Boeing CFR Orb Test Unit Based on the convergence of evidence, the Boeing entity responsible for CFR orb flight testing is assessed to be a classified, special projects flight test unit operating under the Boeing Phantom Works division but fully embedded within the USAF Air Dominance Combined Test Force (411th Flight Test Squadron) at Edwards Air Force Base.
7. The Air Dominance CTF: The Premier Talent Pool On June 9, 2023, the 411th Flight Test Squadron (FLTS), historically responsible for F-22 Raptor testing, officially transitioned into the Air Dominance Combined Test Force (AD-CTF).
8. Edwards Stands Up Air Dominance Combined Test Force for Next Generation Testing, https://www.edwards.af.mil/News/Display/Article/3445807/edwards-stands-up-air-dominance-co mbined-test-force-for-next-generation-testing/ 11.

Strategic Relevance: Air Dominance Combined Test Force functions as an institutional node in the main network. With 2 documented connections to other entities, this node plays a supporting role in the network topology.

Network Linkage: This entity maintains 2 documented connections in the intelligence network: AdCTF Operational Test Execution CFR Orb Flight Tests; Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® MC-BE-CIRE Flight Test Operations AdCTF.

Source Documents: Evidence compiled from: Boeing_SkunkWorks_CFR_Test_Ops_2025.md, master-findings.md, Boeing SkunkWorks CFR Test Ops 2025, Lockheed CFR Orb Program 2024.