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Jan. 17, 2023
AEDC Tunnel A tested with standard model

An AGARD-B model is shown in the test section of supersonic wind tunnel A in the von Kármán Gas Dynamics Facility at Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee, headquarters of Arnold Engineering Development Complex, Dec. 13, 2022. The area leading up to the model is the 2D variable flex-wall nozzle that
April 4, 2022
Decommissioned Mach 8 tunnel removed to make room for future test opportunities

The hardware making up the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Tunnel E facility has been scrapped, leaving behind a mostly empty room in the building that also houses Tunnel D at the von Kármán Gas Dynamics Facility at Arnold Air Force Base. It hasn’t been an active wind tunnel in years, so the
March 14, 2022
New device leads to cost, time savings for von Kármán Facility maintenance

Five Arnold Engineering Development Complex team members created a device to help reduce cost and time in maintaining equipment for the von Kármán Gas Dynamics Facility, or VKF, at Arnold Air Force Base.Bruce Jones, Eddie Lee, Carlos Bussche, Gary Jarrell and Joel Sizemore helped to design,
Feb. 25, 2022
Using standard models provides beneficial data prior to customer tests in AEDC wind tunnels

To validate the latest capabilities of the wind tunnels, Arnold Engineering Development Complex team members in the Aerodynamics Test Branch conducted testing last year on standard models in 16T and 16S, 16-foot transonic and supersonic wind tunnels, and Tunnels B and C, 50-inch hypersonic wind
June 21, 2021
Defense, Space exploration among the contributions of the Aerodynamics Test Branch

From the testing of subscale to full-scale models at speeds ranging from subsonic to hypersonic, work performed over the decades in the nine wind tunnels that comprise the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Aerodynamics Test Branch has played an integral role in protecting civilians and
April 19, 2021
AEDC critical to fielding DARPA OpFires

Critical testing for a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program was recently completed in Arnold Engineering Development Complex test facilities. This testing supported the DARPA Operational Fires, or OpFires, program, and was completed in October 2020 in the von Kármán Gas Dynamics
July 6, 2020
Arnold AFB test teams maintain mission focus through COVID-19 constraints

Most teams at Arnold Engineering Development Complex tasked with carrying out work critical to national security, for a period of time, did not have a full complement of personnel on hand.Precautions requiring adherence, such as team members maintaining a proper distance from one another and the use
Oct. 21, 2019
VKF named in honor of von Kármán 60 years ago

Sixty years ago, a test facility at Arnold Air Force Base was renamed in honor of the man who helped provide the blueprint that led to the construction of the now Arnold Engineering Development Complex headquartered at Arnold AFB. During an Oct. 30, 1959, ceremony, the Gas Dynamics Facility was
July 8, 2019
Woman’s visit to Arnold brings back memories of her family, childhood

Touching an X-15 model in the A&E Lobby at Arnold Air Force Base, Annette Freres became emotional as she imagined her father doing the same decades earlier as an engineer working at Arnold.Freres recently had the opportunity to visit Arnold AFB, along with her daughter Michelle and high school
June 3, 2019
Glenn Liston retiring after 37 years of service to the Air Force, Department of Defense

Glenn Liston, chief of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) High Speed Experimentation Branch at Arnold Air Force Base, will retire from Air Force civilian service June 30 after 37 years of federal service.Liston was selected to establish the new branch in May 2014 and to oversee the

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