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  • AFMC and AFTC commanders tour AEDC facilities at Arnold AFB

    Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski, Air Force Materiel Command commander (center), and Col. Scott Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex commander (right of center), receive a facility briefing and tour of the AEDC J5 Rocket Motor Test Facility by AEDC staff members Aug. 22, 2017. (U.S. Air Force

  • Joint partnership leads to successful swirl distortion testing

    An AEDC test team and members of the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA) initiated a project in 2011 at the Academy’s F109 turbofan test facility applying swirl distortion to the determination of engine response in terms of aeromechanics, operability and performance.In June of this year, the AEDC test

  • Team members make a St. Jude donation through golf tournament

    When the Lightning Classic Golf Tournament was coordinated for Aug. 4 at the Willowbrook Golf Club in Manchester, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital was selected to receive the proceeds.“This tournament was one of many that we’ve had and it involved effort from several people,” said Roy Mullins,

  • Arnold AFB STEM gears up for FIRST® LEGO® League Program 2017

    It’s LEGO® time!With the beginning of the new school year, students begin to form and register their FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) LEGO League teams and prepare for competition.Each FLL® team will build a robot in accordance with their assigned themes and

  • AF Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance Online Enrollment System launches

    August marks the launch of the Air Force Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance (SGLI) Online Enrollment System (SOES).Yes, another Air Force icon form is going digital.SOES is an enterprise solution developed by the Department of Defense and the Veteran Benefits Administration, so you know it is

  • Col. Cain presents grant to Hands-On Science Center

    Col. Scott A. Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex commander, presents a grant check for $48,886 to board members of the Hands-On Science Center in Tullahoma on behalf of the U.S. Air Force Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) program, Aug. 15, 2017, at the AEDC

  • 704th Test Group hosts light attack platform capability event

    As part of the Light Attack Experimentation Campaign, Air Force senior leaders and international visitors were in attendance Aug. 9 for a live-fly capability assessment of off-the-shelf light attack aircraft hosted by the 704th Test Group at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico.The 704th Test Group