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Air Force Postpones Hypersonic Test Flight

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By Marina Malenic The Air Force decided yesterday not to launch a hypersonic vehicle for a planned four-minute test flight out of Edwards AFB, Calif. An Air Force Flight Test Center B-52 bomber departed Edwards carrying the X-51A shortly before 9 a.m. Pacific Time and flew as planned to the designated launch area over the Navy Point Mugu Sea Range, according to an Air Force spokesman. "Test controllers opted to not initiate the test since all required test conditions could…

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