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    Ayer looks forward to new role while reflecting on time at Arnold

    After serving as the AEDC vice director for the past year, Edward Ayer will soon depart Arnold Air Force Base to begin the next phase of his Air Force career by returning to where it began. Ayer has been appointed as a member of the Air Force Senior Executive Service to the post of Associate Director of Engineering and Technical Management for the
  • Classic signs advertising various soft drinks are displayed in the home of Jim Raabe, Capital Improvements Branch Systems Safety Program manager at Arnold Air Force Base. (Courtesy photo)

    AEDC program manager connects to the past through collecting

    The cola wars have no place in Jim Raabe’s home. There, vintage signs advertising Coca-Cola share the same wall space as classic displays for Pepsi. Hanging alongside signage for these rivals are colorful ads once used by now-defunct soft drink companies to catch the eyes of potential customers. These signs surround shelves and cases containing
  • AEDC team members, from left, Kenny Seale, Robby Carr, Josh Keith, Matt Meacham and others look at an Engine Test Facility turbine lube oil during a walkthrough of a work instruction Sept. 3, during lead operations engineer training at Arnold Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett) (This image was altered by obscuring badges for security purposes)

    New training benefits Arnold lead operations engineers

    A weeklong course for a group of lead Operations Engineers (OE) within the Aeropropulsion Combined Test Force at Arnold Air Force Base was held in September to support their leadership development.According to Jeffrey Sapach, the C-1/C-2 Group Plant Supervisor for National Aerospace Solutions, the Test Operations and Sustainment contractor at
  • This image presents a visualization of the surface heat transfer on the full-scale Boundary Layer Transition, or BOLT, experiment model in the CUBRC LENS II shock tunnel in Buffalo, New York. Areas of higher heating, which are seen in orange and red, are due to boundary-layer transition. The aim of the BOLT experiment, which is being sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory/Air Force Office of Scientific Research and conducted by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU-APL), along with the University of Minnesota, Purdue University, Texas A&M University, AFRL Aerospace Systems Directorate, NASA Langley, CUBRC, VirtusAero and DLR in Germany, is to predict the state of the boundary layer, or the thin layer of air near the surface, of the new canonical shape shown in the photo. Personnel at AEDC Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9 in White Oak, Maryland, provided training to JHU-APL staff members on how to install instrumentation used to measure temperatures on the BOLT hardware. (Courtesy photo by Air Force Office of Scientific Research/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory)

    Tunnel 9 personnel provides guidance for hypersonic experiment

    When those conducting Air Force-sponsored basic science research in hypersonic aerodynamics needed some advice, they relied upon the expertise of engineers and technicians at AEDC Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9 in White Oak, Maryland.Earlier this year, personnel from Tunnel 9 provided instrumentation installation training to members of the research
  • Mihai Floarea lines up a disc golf shot during the Aug. 29 “Let’s Connect” event at the Arnold Lakeside Center while Nicole Prieto, Ashley Rose-Nalin, Don Corona and Joel Nalin, from left, look on. “Let’s Connect” was a portion of the Resilience Tactical Pause at Arnold. In early August, Air Force Chief of Staff David Goldfein ordered all Air Force units to stand down for one day to focus on suicide prevention. The event at Arnold was held to comply with this directive and boost interpersonal connection among base personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Bradley Hicks) (This image was altered by obscuring badges for security purposes.)

    Arnold stands down to raise resiliency

    The U.S. Air Force is on track in 2019 to experience a five-year high in the number of Total Force deaths by suicide. In response to this growing concern and in an effort to address it, Air Force Chief of Staff David Goldfein on Aug. 1 ordered all Air Force units to stand down for a one-day Resilience Tactical Pause (RTP) by mid-September to focus
  • Paul Kurtz, an intern with the Test Operations and Sustainment contractor National Aerospace Solutions, worked to develop a 3D-printed version of a breaker handle, pictured at left, which had been in use since the 1970s as part of the C-Plant Lube Oil System. The handle is no longer manufactured. (U.S. Air Force photo)

    3D printing successfully used to fabricate discontinued part for lube oil system

    When a decades-old part could no longer be purchased, the Plant Operations and Maintenance team at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Engine Test Facility at Arnold Air Force Base coordinated with members of the Condition Based Maintenance group, or CBM, to determine how best to recreate the piece.The most economical solution was determined

  • New scheduling system streamlines test and maintenance planning

    Ensuring resources such as utilities, facilities and personnel are available to accommodate high-priority test and maintenance projects is essential to the success of the AEDC mission.In an effort to reduce work impacts and delays due to resource unavailability and conflicts in testing schedules, a new single master schedule was developed by
  • Jonathan Finn paints part of a TF-30 engine that is on display in front of the Engine Test Facility, Aug. 9, at Arnold Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett) (This image has been altered by obscuring a badge for security purposes.)

    Painting a piece of history

    Jonathan Finn paints part of a TF-30 engine that is on display in front of the Engine Test Facility, Aug. 9, at Arnold Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett) (This image has been altered by obscuring a badge for security purposes.)
  • : Lt. Col. Jeffrey Burdette speaks after accepting leadership of the AEDC Test Systems Sustainment Division during an Assumption of Leadership Ceremony Aug. 9 at Arnold Lakeside Center on Arnold Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

    Test System Sustainment Chief brings “big picture” perspective to new role

    Lt. Col. Jeffrey Burdette assumed his new role as AEDC Test System Sustainment Division Chief at Arnold Air Force Base on Aug. 9. But even as he’s getting acquainted with his surroundings, he has a positive outlook and only nice things to say about Arnold.“There’s no reason not to love it,” Burdette said. “Some of the unique capabilities here are
  • AEDC Aeropropulsion Combined Test Force Director Lt. Col. Lane Haubelt, center left, meets AEDC Commander Col. Jeffrey Geraghty after the Aeropropulsion CTF Change of Leadership Ceremony at the Sea Level 2 Test Cell at Arnold Air Force Base. Also pictured, Haubelt's wife, Marina, left, and Test Operations Division Chief Col. Keith Roessig. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

    New Aeropropulsion CTF director faces challenge of meeting increased test demand

    Though he had not worked directly with AEDC before, Lt. Col. Lane Haubelt, the new director of the Aeropropulsion Combined Test Force at Arnold Air Force Base, knew of its mission and commented that the Complex’s reputation precedes it.“As an engineer, especially one with an aeronautical engineering focus, I was aware of AEDC and knew of the work
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