AFRL/IT UDAF

Upside Down Air Force

The Air Force Research Laboratory / Information Directorate, located at the Rome Research Site (formerly Griffiss Air Force Base), tests electronic countermeasures (ECM) equipment on various airframes for blind spots in the EMC equipment, or for interference by the aircraft's external munitions on the EMC equipment. Instead of flying the aircraft over test antennae, the airframes (usually minus their tails) are suspended upside-down, under or near the instrumentation.

Although unofficially known as the Upside Down Air Force, airframes from the other services are also tested here.

All of these pictures were taken from public access highways.

Gate Guardian

Gate Guard
A B-52 Stratofortress, located at one of the gates to the former Griffiss Air Force Base.



Stockbridge Site

Stockbridge

Stockbridge

Stockbridge
C-130 Hercules being tested.

Stockbridge

Stockbridge




Newport Site (East)

Newport (West)

Newport (West)
This must be the full-service island (Navy EA-6B).

Newport (West)




Newport Site (West)

Newport (East)
Army Comanche helicopter.

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