A B-1B bomber has been sitting inside the Benefield Anechoic Facility at Edwards Air Force Base since Jul. 27 so that engineers can calibrate and improve the B-1B’s ALQ-161 threat protection system.
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (July 27, 2016) A B-1 Lancer is positioned inside the Benefield Anechoic Facility, called the BAF for short, on Edwards Air Force Base in preparation for a series of electronic warfare tests. The B-1 is the largest aircraft for which the anechoic facility was originally designed to accommodate. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christopher Okula)
When the chamber was completed in July 1989, a B-1B was also the first aircraft to be tested at the facility.
