Instructor pilots at the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School (USNTPS) fly a UH-60L Black Hawk outfitted with a variable stability system during an envelope expansion flight over Naval Air Station Patuxent River on February 15, 2024. The helicopter’s variable stability system makes the aircraft an in-flight simulator which is controlled by USNTPS instructors who change the aircraft’s flying qualities while airborne to provide students in-flight experience of an aircraft’s flight behavior previously learned in

NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md. – Communities surrounding Webster Outlying Field and Naval Air Station Patuxent River are advised that there will be an increase in aircraft flight activities associated with the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School training from July 23 through Aug. 31, 2025.

As with all operations, NAS Patuxent River takes precautions to lessen the impact of testing activities on the community.

For more information, call 1-866-819-9028. To view all current NAS PAX noise advisories visit https://www.cnic.navy.mil/PaxRiverNoise. 

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