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  • Hypersonic Combined Test Force at Edwards AFB

    Since the 1950s, the Hypersonic Combined Test Force has operated at Edwards Air Force Base, testing the boundaries of speed.The AEDC unit has been involved in the testing of cutting-edge, high-speed aircraft, including the renowned X-15 program during the 1960s and, most recently, the X-51

  • McKinley Climatic Laboratory

    The McKinley Climatic Laboratory, an AEDC facility located at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, has chambers where any climatic environment in the world can be simulated.The capabilities available at the Climatic Laboratory help engineers ensure maximum reliability and operational capability of complex

  • Base Legal Office offers tax help

    The 2016 income tax season has arrived and the Arnold Air Force Base Legal Office is offering free Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) for eligible personnel.All service members on active duty and retirees and their dependents are eligible to receive these free services. This year the legal

  • Eric Lagier becomes director of 704th Test Support Squadron

    Col. Andrew Allen, commander of the 704th Test Group, appoints the command responsibility of the 704th Test Support Squadron to Eric Lagier during a Change of Responsibility ceremony Dec. 19, 2016, at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. The 704th TG is an AEDC organization. The 704th TSS oversees

  • 704th Test Group Operating Location-AA

    The 704th Test Group at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, and a unit of AEDC, conducts directed energy and high energy laser testing at a geographically separated facility known as Operating Location (OL)-AA.Located at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, OL-AA is the test and evaluation liaison

  • New partners, new missions

    The 846th Test Squadron, part of the 704th Test Group at Holloman AFB, New Mexico, is a unit of AEDC.The 846th Test Squadron operates the Holloman High Speed Test Track (HHSTT), which simulates selected portions of the flight environment under accurately programmed and instrumented conditions.This

  • New partners, new missions

    The National Radar Cross Section (RCS) Test Facility (NRTF), the premier Department of Defense facility for RCS testing located near Holloman AFB on White Sands Missile Range, N.M., is now part of the 704th Test Group and was aligned under AEDC Dec. 1.Formerly known as Radar Target Scatter

  • Team AEDC gives to Angel Tree program

    AEDC team members (left to right) Senior Master Sgt. Charles Hoyt, Artious Walker and Tech. Sgt. Kristopher Boal organize gifts Dec. 13 for the Angel Tree program which were donated by AEDC team members. The drive was sponsored by the AEDC Air Force Sergeants Association and the collected items are