AEDC attends The Great Tennessee Air Show, educates public of important mission

Serenity Anderson, 4, looks at a scale model of an A-10 Thunderbolt II at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex display during The Great Tennessee Air Show in Smyrna, Tenn., June 10, 2023. Also pictured is her father, Craig, left, and Isaiah Salinas, a test engineer/test manager with the 716th Squadron, 804th Test Group, Arnold Engineering Development Complex. Scale models are used by the 716 TS for wind tunnel testing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC attends The Great Tennessee Air Show, educates public of important mission

Karl Haynie and his daughter Riley, 7, look at a T-38 Talon on display during The Great Tennessee Air Show in Smyrna, Tenn., June 10, 2023. The T-38 pictured belongs to the 586th Flight Test Squadron, 704th Test Group, Arnold Engineering Development Complex. AEDC is headquartered at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., but has several geographically-separated units, including the 586 FLTS based at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC attends The Great Tennessee Air Show, educates public of important mission

Nathaniel Franklin, left, a wind tunnel analyst who works with the 716th Test Squadron, 804th Test Group, Arnold Engineering Development Complex, speaks about store separation testing during The Great Tennessee Air Show in Smyrna, Tenn., June 10, 2023. In the foreground is a scale model of an F-22 Raptor. Store separation testing is one type of testing conducted using scale models in the wind tunnels at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., headquarters of AEDC. The testing provides confidence to test pilots that stores, such as missiles and bombs, can be launched or dropped under a specific range of flight conditions and they will safely depart the aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC attends The Great Tennessee Air Show, educates public of important mission

An attendee of The Great Tennessee Air Show in Smyrna, Tenn. Looks into the cockpit of a T-38 Talon on display June 10, 2023. The T-38 pictured belongs to the 586th Flight Test Squadron, 704th Test Group, Arnold Engineering Development Complex. AEDC is headquartered at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., but has several geographically-separated units, including the 586 FLTS based at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC attends The Great Tennessee Air Show, educates public of important mission

Attendees of The Great Tennessee Air Show in Smyrna, Tenn. look at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex display June 10, 2023. In the background is a T-38 that belongs to the 586th Flight Test Squadron, 704th Test Group, Arnold Engineering Development Complex. AEDC is headquartered at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., but has several geographically-separated units, including the 586 FLTS based at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC attends The Great Tennessee Air Show, educates public of important mission

Attendees of The Great Tennessee Air Show in Smyrna, Tenn., look at a T-38 Talon on display June 10, 2023. The T-38 pictured belongs to the 586th Flight Test Squadron, 704th Test Group, Arnold Engineering Development Complex. AEDC is headquartered at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., but has several geographically-separated units, including the 586 FLTS based at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC attends The Great Tennessee Air Show, educates public of important mission

Isaiah Salinas, right, a test engineer/test manager with the 716th Squadron, 804th Test Group, Arnold Engineering Development Complex, speaks with, from left, Austin King, 16; Gavin Carver, 12; and Daniel King, during the first day of The Great Tennessee Air Show in Smyrna, Tenn., June 10, 2023. Daniel King is the deputy commander of the Sumner County Cadet Squadron, Civil Air Patrol. In the foreground is a scale model of the A-10 Thunderbolt II. Scale models are used by the 716 TS for wind tunnel testing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC attends The Great Tennessee Air Show, educates public of important mission

Attendees of The Great Tennessee Air Show in Smyrna, Tenn. look at a T-38 Talon on display June 10, 2023. The T-38 pictured belongs to the 586th Flight Test Squadron, 704th Test Group, Arnold Engineering Development Complex. AEDC is headquartered at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., but has several geographically-separated units, including the 586 FLTS based at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC attends The Great Tennessee Air Show, educates public of important mission

Tallon Snyder and his daughter Edyn, 9, look into the cockpit of a T-30 Talon on display during The Great Tennessee Air Show in Smyrna, Tenn., June 10, 2023. The T-38 pictured belongs to the 586th Flight Test Squadron, 704th Test Group, Arnold Engineering Development Complex. AEDC is headquartered at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., but has several geographically-separated units, including the 586 FLTS based at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. Also pictured is Mariana Snyder. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC attends The Great Tennessee Air Show, educates public of important mission

Nathaniel Franklin, right, a wind tunnel analyst who works with the 716th Test Squadron, 804th Test Group, Arnold Engineering Development Complex, speaks with Thomas Kakara during The Great Tennessee Air Show in Smyrna, Tenn., June 10, 2023. In the foreground is a scale model of an F-22 Raptor. Store separation testing is one type of testing conducted using scale models in the wind tunnels at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., headquarters of AEDC. The testing provides confidence to test pilots that stores, such as missiles and bombs, can be launched or dropped under a specific range of flight conditions and they will safely depart the aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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Asa Adams, 12, looks into the cockpit of a T-38 Talon on display during The Great Tennessee Air Show in Smyrna, Tenn., June 10, 2023. The T-38 pictured belongs to the 586th Flight Test Squadron, 704th Test Group, Arnold Engineering Development Complex. AEDC is headquartered at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., but has several geographically-separated units, including the 586 FLTS based at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC attends The Great Tennessee Air Show, educates public of important mission

Isaiah Salinas, right, a test engineer/test manager with the 716th Squadron, 804th Test Group, Arnold Engineering Development Complex, speaks to Salem Almutairi about store separation testing during the first day of The Great Tennessee Air Show in Smyrna, Tenn., June 10, 2023. On the table, sits a scale model of an A-10 Thunderbolt II. Store separation testing is one type of testing conducted using scale models in the wind tunnels at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., headquarters of AEDC. The testing provides confidence to test pilots that stores, such as missiles and bombs, can be launched or dropped under a specific range of flight conditions and they will safely depart the aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC attends The Great Tennessee Air Show, educates public of important mission

Tim Cook, left, and his daughter Addie, 16, look at a scale model of an F-22 Raptor during the first day of The Great Tennessee Air Show in Smyrna, Tenn., June 10, 2023. The Arnold Engineering Development Complex operates multiple wind tunnels at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., in which scale models are used. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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Melba Braden takes a photo of Scott Lee posing next to a T-38 Talon during the first day of The Great Tennessee Air Show in Smyrna, Tenn., June 10, 2023. Lee said he flew more than 100 missions in the T-38 when training at Moody Air Force Base in Georgia. The T-38 pictured belongs to the 586th Flight Test Squadron, 704th Test Group, Arnold Engineering Development Complex. AEDC is headquartered at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., but has several geographically-separated units, including the 586 FLTS based at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC attends The Great Tennessee Air Show, educates public of important mission

Published June 19, 2023
By Jill Pickett
AEDC Public Affairs

ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn. -- Serenity Anderson, 4, looks at a scale model of an A-10 Thunderbolt II at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex display during The Great Tennessee Air Show in Smyrna, Tenn., June 10, 2023. Also pictured is her father, Craig, left, and Isaiah Salinas, a test engineer/test manager with the 716th Squadron, 804th Test Group, Arnold Engineering Development Complex. Scale models are used by the 716 TS for wind tunnel testing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)