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AEDC is ‘a key testing resource’ for GE Aviation

Altitude performance and operability testing of the General Electric Passport 20 engine, used in the Bombardier Global 7000 and 8000 business jets, was recently completed in an engine test cell at AEDC. According to Ben Frisby, Passport 20 evaluation and test program leader for GE Aviation, the

704th Test Group activated under AEDC

In a ceremony at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, Dec. 6, the 96th Test Group was deactivated and the 704th Test Group was activated under the commander of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex.During the ceremony, Brig. Gen. Christopher P. Azzano, Commander of the 96th Test Wing, Eglin

New partners, new missions

The 586th Flight Test Squadron, part of the 704th Test Group at Holloman AFB, New Mexico, is a unit of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex.The 586th FLTS plans, analyzes, coordinates and conducts flight tests of advanced weapons and avionics systems primarily on the White Sands Missile

746th Test Squadron: Guidance and Navigational Test

The 746th Test Squadron (TS), also known as the Central Inertial and GPS Test Facility (CIGTF), is the designated lead test organization for the Department of Defense chartered to test and evaluate Global Positioning System user equipment and integrated GPS based guidance and navigation systems.The

AEDC team members make donations to Gatlinburg Fire Victims

Kevin Brown, Propulsion Wind Tunnel mechanical system engineer, collects donations in the Administration and Engineering building at Arnold Engineering Development Complex Dec. 8 for Sevier County officials, in efforts to help the Gatlinburg fire victims. Donations requested include items such as

New partners, new missions

The mission of the 704th Test Support Squadron, formerly the 796th Test Support Squadron, is to support the 704th Test Group test missions at Holloman AFB, New Mexico; the operating locations AA and AC at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico and Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio; and the White Sands Missile Range,

Asset Health Assurance program works with mission areas to produce large savings for AEDC

The efforts of those leading the Asset Health Assurance program at AEDC, who develop the long-term reliability and maintenance program for the Test Operations and Sustainment, or TOS, contract, is greatly benefiting the Complex by providing cost avoidance savings. David Hurst, AHA program manager at

Local emergency responders recognized by Tennessee Deputy Adjutant General

Emergency responders’ efforts in the Tennessee Maneuvers 2016, a statewide emergency response exercise, is the catalyst for the Tennessee Adjutant General's Distinguished Patriot Medal (TAGDPM). The awards ceremony presented by Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Holmes, the deputy adjutant general of Tennessee, took

New partners, new missions

Editorial Note: This is the first in a series of articles to provide information about the new units and missions under the Air Force Test Center realignment for AEDC.The 704th Test Group’s (TG) mission is to operate world-class test facilities for high speed sled track testing, navigation and