Nine animators from Walt Disney studios recently descended on Edwards AFB, Calif., for a close-up look at the design of modern combat aircraft in order to help them for a possible feature-length animated film. “Research is what fuels our creativity. We came to the source of what’s real . . . to be inspired,” said Disney art director Mike Gabriel. The team made a hands-on inspection of the Flight Test Center Museum’s YF-22 prototype, walked through C-17 and C-130 transports, and took a guided tour of the flight line, including an F-22 briefing. “They wanted to get the essence of what a modern jet fighter looks like,” noted museum curator Fred Johnson. For many on the team, the Nov. 18 visit was their first exposure at a working air base. “I think they got a lot out of it,” said Lt. Col. Francisco Hamm, Air Force Entertainment Liaison Office director. (Edward report by Kate Blais)
Due to the prolonged delay in deliveries of the Tech Refresh 3 version of the F-35 fighter, Denmark is pulling six of its TR-2-configured F-35 jets stationed in the U.S. back to home base in order to consolidate aircraft and get better training for its pilots and maintainers, the Danish…