试飞员出身、曾驾驶B-1B创25项世界速度纪录：NASA任命Troy Asher为阿姆斯特朗飞行研究中心主任
美国航天局（NASA）宣布，局长 Jared Isaacman 已任命 Troy Asher 为该局阿姆斯特朗飞行研究中心（Armstrong Flight Research Center）主任。该中心位于 California 州 Edwards，是 NASA 的飞行试验与飞机运行卓越中心。Asher 是一名资深试飞员与航空航天工程师，今年 3 月起已担任该中心代理主任。
Asher 接替的是 Bradley Flick。Flick 于今年 3 月退休，结束了近 40 年的 NASA 生涯。任命宣布后，Asher 将全面负责阿姆斯特朗中心的员工与运行，领导 NASA 推进飞行研究、飞机运行与新型航空技术研发。NASA 表示，该中心将在重建并扩充 X 系列试验机（X-plane）机队、恢复飞行试验能力的工作中发挥核心作用，并承担全机构的机载科学任务与飞行研究。
局长 Jared Isaacman 表示，Asher 的职业生涯一直在拓展飞行边界，无论是亲自驾驶试验飞机，还是领导完成任务的团队；他的经验对阿姆斯特朗中心重建 X 系列试验机机队、让 NASA 飞得更高、更远、更快将十分宝贵。NASA 副局长兼首席工程师 Amit Kshatriya 表示，飞行试验需要技术卓越、运行判断与团队信任的罕见组合，Asher 从空军试飞员到领导 NASA 一些最具挑战性的飞行研究任务的经历正体现了这些品质。
Asher 于 2008 年加入 NASA，担任研究试飞员与航空航天工程师，驾驶过 F-15、F/A-18、Gulfstream III 与 X-56A 无人机系统等机型，并担任 NASA 红外天文台 SOFIA 项目的首席试飞员、驾驶 DC-8 飞机执行全球机载科学任务。在担任代理主任之前，他任阿姆斯特朗中心飞行运行主任，负责管理中心的飞行员、工程师、维护人员与特种飞机机队。
加入 NASA 之前，Asher 在美国空军服役 24 年，以中校军衔退役，曾任空军试飞员学校教官、第 419 飞行试验中队指挥官与轰炸机联合试验部队主任。2003 年，他驾驶 B-1B 轰炸机创下 25 项世界速度纪录。他拥有美国空军学院航天工程学士学位与 California 州立大学 Fresno 分校机械工程硕士学位。
阿姆斯特朗飞行研究中心成立于 1946 年，八十年来一直处在美国飞行研究前沿：从 Bell X-1 完成首次超音速飞行，到如今以 X-59 试验机推进静音超音速飞行研究。
Test Pilot Who Set 25 World Speed Records in a B-1B: NASA Names Troy Asher Director of Armstrong Flight Research Center
NASA has announced that Administrator Jared Isaacman has named Troy Asher director of the agency's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, NASA's Flight Test and Aircraft Operations Center of Excellence. Asher, a veteran test pilot and aerospace engineer, has served as the center's acting director since March.
Asher succeeds Bradley Flick, who retired in March following nearly 40 years of NASA service. As director, Asher will oversee Armstrong's workforce and operations, leading NASA's efforts to advance flight research, aircraft operations, and the development of new aviation technologies. NASA said the center plays a central role in rebuilding and expanding the agency's X-plane portfolio and restoring its flight-test capabilities, and also supports airborne science missions and flight research across the agency.
'Troy has spent his career pushing the boundaries of flight, both at the controls of experimental aircraft and leading the teams that make these missions possible,' said Administrator Jared Isaacman, adding that Asher's experience will be invaluable as Armstrong works to fly higher, farther, and faster than in decades. NASA Associate Administrator and Chief Engineer Amit Kshatriya said flight testing demands a rare combination of technical excellence, operational judgment, and trust in the teams behind every mission, qualities Asher's service embodies.
Asher joined NASA in 2008 as a research test pilot and aerospace engineer. He conducted flight research aboard aircraft including the F-15, F/A-18, Gulfstream III, and the X-56A unmanned aircraft system, served as lead test pilot for NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), and flew scientific missions aboard the agency's DC-8 aircraft around the globe. Before becoming acting director, he served as Armstrong's director of Flight Operations, overseeing the center's pilots, engineers, maintainers, and fleet of specialized aircraft.
Before joining NASA, Asher completed a 24-year career in the U.S. Air Force, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. His service included assignments as an instructor at the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, commander of the 419th Flight Test Squadron, and director of the Bomber Combined Test Force. In 2003, he set 25 world speed records flying the B-1B bomber. He earned a bachelor's degree in astronautical engineering from the U.S. Air Force Academy and a master's degree in mechanical engineering from California State University, Fresno.
Established in 1946, the Armstrong Flight Research Center has stood at the forefront of American flight research for eight decades, from the first supersonic flight aboard the Bell X-1 to today's work advancing quiet supersonic flight through NASA's X-59 aircraft.
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图片来源：图：NASA 新任阿姆斯特朗飞行研究中心主任 Troy Asher 官方肖像（美国航天局 NASA 官方发布，公共领域）。 / Image: Official portrait of Troy Asher, NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center director (NASA, public domain).
