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  • Steve Medley is reviewing a radiograph that was taken on a pipe weld in the X-Ray Lab at Arnold Engineering Development Center, Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. (Photo by Janae' Daniels)

    Seeing double: Identical twins take pride in serving their country and AEDC

    The Medley brothers are not the newest bluegrass/ country duo to hit Nashville radio stations, but rather Shannon and Steve are two good ole country boys who work at Arnold Engineering Development Center. They are also identical twins. Shannon, who says he's three minutes older, works in the Metallurgical and Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) Lab and
  • During the time the Main Gate is closed at Arnold Engineering Development Center, Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., Gate 1 will be open around the clock for entry.

    Main Gate to close for several months

    Beginning May 9, the Arnold Engineering Development Center's Main Gate will close for several months for roadwork and facility replacement. During this time, Gate 1 by the fitness center off Wattendorf Highway will be operational 24 hours a day. Gate 1 is a two-lane road and traffic congestion is expected. It is recommended that AEDC personnel
  • Col. James Jolliffe, commander of the 704th Test Group at Arnold Engineering Development Center, Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., passes the flag of the 716th Test Squadron to Lt. Col. Vanessa L. Bond during a change of command ceremony here April 18, 2008. The ceremony took place between the 16-foot transonic and 16-foot supersonic wind tunnels. Lt. David Cancel is also pictured. As commander of the 716th, Colonel Bond, who took command from Col. William Hack, will direct sophisticated flight simulation testing for air and space systems in subsonic to hypersonic flight envelopes. In her previous assignment, Colonel Bond served as student leader for more than 30 officers and civilians in her class at the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, where she worked on her doctorate degree. There she studied aeroelasticity and multi-disciplinary optimization. Her research included conducting subsonic wind tunnel testing at the Portuguese Air Force Academy and static nonlinear response testing at the University of Manchester, UK. As a graduate of the USAF Test Pilot School in Class 98A, Colonel Bond served as a flight test engineer on multiple weapon systems including the F-15E, C-130E/H/H2/P and C-5. Most recently, Colonel Bond served as an assistant airector of Operations for the 411th Flight Test Squadron during the developmental flight test program for the F-22 Raptor.

    Change of command

  • Pictured here in 1983, from left, are Bob Ansley, Col. Matsumiya and Lt. Geoffrey Lum, Arnold Engineering Development Center's project manager, examine the XF-3 engine prior to a test run in AEDC’s T-1 jet engine test cell. Colonel Matsumiya was the Japanese Air Self Defense Force project manager for the second phase of the first test series. (File photo)

    Project Pioneer: An engineer shares his great adventure at AEDC

    What would happen if we could look into the future? If Bob Ansley had told his grade-school classmates that someday he would have a hand in helping a man named Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon's surface and return safely to Earth, they probably would have laughed him off the playground. Ansley, who is 81, can look back at his 32-year career as
  • EARLY YEARS -- Robert H. Goddard besides 1926 liquid- fueled rocket. The rocket is on top, receiving its fuel by two lines from the tank at the bottom. Goddard's rockets made little impression upon government officials at the time. (U.S. Air Force photo)

    Former VKF engineer presents paper on Goddard at technical excellence forum

    Dr. Arloe Mayne, former Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) engineer in the von Kàrmàn Gas Dynamics Facility (VKF), presented a paper on Dr. Robert Goddard--his career and the first liquid-fueled rocket--at the center's technical excellence forum in April. The presentation was prepared in commemoration of that milestone flight. On March
  • This Pratt & Whitney F100 engine, the powerplant for the F-15 Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon, underwent sea level testing in Arnold Engineering Development Center’s Propulsion Development Test Cell SL-2 in 2003. (AEDC photo)

    Arnold engineers save millions with F100 test savings plan

    Collaboration between the F100 engine program office and test personnel at the U.S. Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) along with engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney have led to reduced test cost for component improvement verification testing at AEDC facilities. Cost savings of $7.2 million were realized in the first test of
  • Engineers at Arnold Engineering Development Center, Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., began ground testing the Pratt & Whitney F100 fighter jet engine April 29 as a major step toward certifying the first fighter engine to run on synthetic fuel. AEDC engineers last tested the F101 engine that powers the B-1 Lancer. Pictured is an earlier AEDC test of the F100 engine. (AEDC photo)

    AEDC begins testing fighter engine to use synthetic fuel

    Engineers at Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) began testing April 29 a Pratt &Whitney F100 engine, the power plant for the F-15 Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon, with a blend of alternative synthetic fuel in the J-1 simulated altitude jet engine test cell. Once testing and evaluation is complete, this will be the first fighter jet engine
  • A South Korean Rotary International Group Study Exchange team visited Arnold engineering Development Center (AEDC) last week as part of their visit around local counties. The group is shown in AEDC’s Propulsion Wind Tunnel Test Facility. (Photo by Rick Goodfriend)

    Korean Exchange students tour Arnold Engineering Development Center

  • Mountain bike trail closed for hunting

    Arnold Air Force Base's Mountain Bike Trail (located off of Northshore Road) will be closed during the upcoming weekends due to turkey hunting. The 2008 Spring Turkey Hunting season is in full swing and hunters will be present April 25-27 and May 2-4.
  • First Lt. Ryan Hawley briefs a group of 44 people in Aerodynamic Propulsion Test Unit (APTU) who toured Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) last week. The visitors are Transonic, Supersonic and Hypersonic wind tunnel members of the Supersonic Tunnel Association International (STAI). The STAI semi-annual conference was held in Nashville and part of the conference was to tour AEDC facilities to better understand their operation and capabilities. AEDC personnel have been a STA/STAI members since the first meeting in 1954 in Texas. The visitors included key personnel from NASA and other U.S. wind tunnel facilities in addition to international representatives. (Photo by David Housch)

    Supersonic wind tunnel association tours Arnold Engineering Development Center

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