NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, MD – The United States Naval Test Pilot School (USNTPS) marked a significant milestone as 31 students from Class 165 graduated after completing its rigorous 11 ...

The Patuxent River Naval Air Museum will unveil a new exhibit on April 12, 2025, celebrating 80 years of the U.S. Naval Test ...

The U.S. Air Force has selected 63 primary and alternate students to attend training at the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Naval, British and French test pilot schools (TPSs), with classes starting next summer.

The U.S. Naval Test Pilot School Selection Board will convene May 30. The board will select highly qualified naval aviators and naval flight officers through the grade of lieutenant commander for ...

Navy Commander Philip "Rowdy" Yates knows how to fly fighter jets. He has accrued over 2,000 test and tactical flight hours, mostly in F-14s and F-18s. He has made more than 300 landings on ...

The Test Pilot School has been an instrumental part of Naval Air Station Patuxent River for the last eight decades, and a new ...