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  • AEDC von Kármán Facility benefits from X-ray Lab team’s innovative efforts

    During the recent pressure system recertification effort at the von Kármán Gas Dynamics Facility at Arnold Air Force Base, the AEDC Nondestructive Testing and X-ray Lab team members identified a crack-like flaw in a high-pressure vessel but were able to implement a technique that allowed the vessel

  • AEDC J-5 Rocket Motor Test Facility undergoing complete renovation

    As part of the Hypersonic Test and Evaluation Investment Program (HyTIP), a team of AEDC engineers is heading up the Hypersonic Test Capability Improvement (HTCI) project which will totally transform the former J-5 Large Rocket Motor Test Facility at Arnold Air Force Base.Nicknamed, “Project

  • 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