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  • The Air National Guard Band of the Smoky Mountains is stationed at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base near Knoxville, Tenn. The band is the official musical ambassador for the Tennessee Air National Guard. The mission of the band is to support military and civilian functions; to perform at activities involving Department of Defense community relations projects; and, to support local Air Force and Air National Guard recruiting. The band has performed for the Air Force Thunderbirds, the Navy Blue Angels, numerous State of Tennessee Governors Inaugural Ceremonies, as well as civilian and military performances in 21 states, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic. The ability to offer a wide variety of musical programming is a source of great pride for this premiere unit of the Tennessee Air National Guard. Concerts typically include traditional concert band pieces, military marches, patriotic selections, jazz, rock and country western selections.

    Air Force 60th anniversary concert scheduled

    In honor of the Air Force's 60th anniversary, the Air National Guard Band of the Smoky Mountains will perform on the lawn at the Security Federal Savings Bank in downtown McMinnville, Tenn., Wed., June 27 from 6-8 p.m. This performance is free and open to the public. As part of the show, there will be a special recognition of veterans and current

  • AEDC summer tours begin

    Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) is offering people throughout the United States the opportunity to visit the flight simulation test facilities at Arnold Air Force Base. AEDC is home to the world's most advanced and largest complex of flight simulation test facilities. The test center hosts distinguished visitors from all over the
  • Arnold Engineering Development Center's Brian Roebuck stands next to a column of limestone in a large chamber in Cedar Ridge Crystal Cave near South Pittsburg, Tenn. The photograph was taken by his wife Lynn, an avid nature photographer and active member of the local chapter of the National Speleological Society. Roebuck and his wife had a cave millipede named after them for their assistance in cave conservation and species identification. It is called millipede genus P. roebuckorum. (Photo by Lynn Roebuck)

    Arnold employee explores, protects underworld vistas

    Brian Roebuck is in a tight spot - only his upper body, arms and head sticking out of a narrow, slippery stone passageway. It isn't the first time and it won't be the last. Minutes later, he's worked himself free and stands in total darkness for a few seconds in a silent world totally devoid of any natural light. Seconds later, his wife Lynn and a
  • Machinist Larry Phipps at the Air Force’s Arnold Engineering Development Center loads a foam projectile into an 86-foot-long rectangular barrel used to conduct impact testing for the Space Shuttle Return to Flight program.

    Tennessee playing a role in shuttle Return to Flight

    The United States Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC), located at Arnold Air Force Base in Tennessee, played an important role in supporting NASA's Space Shuttle Return to Flight program will culminate with the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery as early as July 13. Following the break up of Columbia during re-entry in February

  • JSF wraps up testing in 4T prior to next phase

    The U.S. Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) recently finished a testing series on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) weapons store separation in the center's 4-foot transonic wind tunnel (4T). Most of the JSF weapons separation tests have been conducted in AEDC's 4T due to its unique capabilities and AEDC personnel's
  • A Pratt & Whitney F135 engine, one of two engines slated to power the F-35 Lightning II, undergoes altitude testing at AEDC. AEDC is conducting a multi-year test program worth approximately $200 million in several test facilities for variants of the F135 engine.

    Joint Strike Fighter F135 engine in Arnold Engineering Development Center's J-2 Test Cell

  • ATA’s Matt Wilson, quality office, performs an “as received” inspection of an Engine Alliance GP7200 engine, a power plant for the A380 Airbus commercial airliner, currently undergoing icing tests in the center’s ASTF C-2 test cell.

    Icing tests continue for Airbus A380 engine certification

    The U.S. Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) is currently performing a series of icing tests on the Engine Alliance (EA) GP7200 engine for the Airbus A380 commercial airliner. The EA is a 50-50 joint venture between GE Aircraft Engines and Pratt & Whitney. The prime objective for this particular test series is to get Federal

  • Tunnel 9 completes Falcon Hypersonic Test Vehicle testing

    The U.S. Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center's (AEDC) Tunnel 9 facility in White Oak, Md. is playing a crucial role in the ongoing Falcon program, with the completion of mission-critical testing of the Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 1 (HTV-1). The Falcon initiative is a joint Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Air
  • Pratt & Whitney’s F135 engine, the powerplant for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, is undergoing Initial Flight Release (IFR) altitude qualification testing in Test Cell C-1 in support of attaining approval to begin flight testing. This testing period, which marks the first time an F135 engine has been tested in the center’s Aeropropulsion Systems Test Facility (ASTF), represents a critical transition between the development and qualification phases of the overall F135 program.

    F135 engine testing begins in ASTF

    Testing of the Pratt & Whitney F135 engine in the U.S. Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center's (AEDC) C-1 test cell began Dec. 7, and represents a critical transition between the development and qualification phases of the overall F135 program. The engine is the powerplant for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). The primary objective
  • Dr. Steven Walker, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) deputy director of the tactical technical office, visited AEDC May 14 to get an update on hypersonic test facilities here and to brief center leadership on ongoing and planned hypersonic projects.

    DARPA official: AEDC 'critical' to hypersonics advancement

    As AEDC workers continue a 10-year, $63-million upgrade of the Aerodynamic and Propulsion Test unit, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's deputy director for the tactical technical office visited Arnold May 14 to get an update on the hypersonic test facility they are slated to test in once it's fully operational.AEDC is critical in
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