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=== 96th Test Group === [[File:Hol-at-38b.jpg|thumb|[[Northrop Corporation|Northrop]] AT-38AB-45-NO Talon Serial 62-3660 of the 586th Flight Test Squadron (AFMC)|alt=]] As of 18 July 2012, the [[46th Test Group]] was 'reflagged' as the [[96th Test Group]], under the new 96 TW, stationed at [[Eglin Air Force Base]], [[Florida]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eglin.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id%3D6061 |title=Factsheets : Eglin Air Force Base History |access-date=2010-09-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227083407/http://www.eglin.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=6061 |archive-date=27 December 2010 }}</ref> The 96th Test Group is an [[Air Force Materiel Command]] unit responsible for operational testing and evaluation of new equipment and systems proposed for use by these forces. Current initiatives include advanced self-protection systems for combat aircraft, aircrew life support systems, aerial reconnaissance improvements, new armament and weapons delivery systems, and improved maintenance equipment and logistics support. Squadrons of the group have been: * [[586th Flight Test Squadron]] β Conducts flight testing * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090304064351/http://www.holloman.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=5922 746th Test Squadron] β Conducts Guidance/Navigational testing to include Internal Global Positioning Systems (GPS) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090310235255/http://usafengineers.com/modules.php?name=Units&file=details&id=351 781st Test Squadron] β National RCS Test Facility * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090304051751/http://www.holloman.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=5924 846th Test Squadron] β Rocket Sled Tests Aircraft of the 96th Test Group carry the tail code "HT".
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