Box 17
Container
Contains 9 Collections and/or Records:
Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 6
Scope and Contents
The Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers document the extensive Air Force and NASA career of Roy D. Bridges Jr.The papers include but are not limited to, artifacts, audio visual material, awards, books, briefs and records, certificates, clippings, clothing, correspondence, diaries, documents, flight logs, flight checklists and data files, along with Bridges' pilot kneeboard notes, medals, mementos, papers, photographs, scrapbooks, textbooks, research papers, and working paper...
Dates:
1950 - 2013
Test Reliance/Drawdown Plan/T&E Corporate Board, January 1990 - August 1991
File — Box: 17, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 2, Sub-Series 6, File 1
Scope and Contents
Contains documents and briefings on the restructuring and consolidations within Air Force Systems Command (AFSC) and the Joint Test Community while Bridges was the Director of Test and Resources, AFSC and the Joint Test Community while Bridges was the Director of Test and Resources, Air Force Systems Command, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland.
Dates:
January 1990 - August 1991
Electronic Combat Test and Evaluation (T&E) Vision , 1991 - 1992
File — Box: 17, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 2, Sub-Series 6, File 2
Scope and Contents
Contains briefings and memos on the subject. Note: Bridges facilitated the conference on this subject.
Dates:
1991 - 1992
4950th, 1991
File — Box: 17, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 2, Sub-Series 6, File 3
Scope and Contents
Contains briefings and memos on moving the 4950th Test Wing at WPAFB OH to Edwards AFB CA and consolidating it with the Test Wing at Edwards. Per Bridges, "This was a huge project under the Base Realignment and Closure Commission process which I led while assigned to AFSC as the Director of Test and Resources, 1991."
Dates:
1991
Letter of invitation to Bridges to attend the Brigadier General Orientation Course for all newly announced Brigadier Generals, January 25, 1990
File — Box: 17, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 2, Sub-Series 6, File 4
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
In January 1990 Bridges became Deputy Chief of Staff, Test and Resources, Headquarters Air Force Systems Command, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, where he served until August 1991. Included in this sub-series are the documents: "Test Reliance/Drawdown Plan/T&E Corporate Board," "Electronic Combat Test and Evaluation (T&E) Vision," and "4950th," contains briefings and memos on moving the 4950th Test Wing at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio to Edwards Air Force Base, California and...
Dates:
January 25, 1990
Gold pamphlet labeled, Air Force Systems Command: Delivering the Future , April 1990
File — Box: 17, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 2, Sub-Series 6, File 5
Scope and Contents
Contains the schedule for the visit of the Brigadier General Orientation Course participants to AFSC, 5 April 1990 as well as some information on AFSC. Per Bridges, "I was the Director of Test and Resources, AFSC."
Dates:
April 1990
Certificate, Certified Acquisition Professional, Level III in the functional specialty of Test & Evaluation, August 28, 1991
File — Box: 17, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 2, Sub-Series 6, File 6
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
In January 1990 Bridges became Deputy Chief of Staff, Test and Resources, Headquarters Air Force Systems Command, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, where he served until August 1991. Included in this sub-series are the documents: "Test Reliance/Drawdown Plan/T&E Corporate Board," "Electronic Combat Test and Evaluation (T&E) Vision," and "4950th," contains briefings and memos on moving the 4950th Test Wing at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio to Edwards Air Force Base, California and...
Dates:
August 28, 1991
Air Force Career, 1964 - 1996
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 2
Scope and Contents
Major General Bridges' Air Force Career spanned thirty-one years. The nine sub-series follow his career path; F-100 pilot, 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron and Commando Sabre Operation (Misty), Phu Cat Air Base, Republic of Vietnam; Test Pilot, Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California; Astronaut Application Process and Selection; Commander, 6510th Test Wing, Edwards Air Force Base, California; Commander, Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida;...
Dates:
1964 - 1996
Deputy Chief of Staff, Test and Resources, Headquarters Air Force Systems Command, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, 1990 - 1992
Sub-Series — Box: 17
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 2, Sub-Series 6
Scope and Contents
In January 1990 Bridges became Deputy Chief of Staff, Test and Resources, Headquarters Air Force Systems Command, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, where he served until August 1991. Included in this sub-series are the documents: "Test Reliance/Drawdown Plan/T&E Corporate Board," "Electronic Combat Test and Evaluation (T&E) Vision," and "4950th," contains briefings and memos on moving the 4950th Test Wing at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio to Edwards Air Force Base, California and...
Dates:
1990 - 1992