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  • Summer Bishop, information assurance specialist at Arnold Air Force Base, recently supported a critical mission requirement to support the process and storage of sensitive North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) data at the AEDC Advanced Missile Signature Center. In addition to AEDC, the process will also now be used as the new standard for Development, Test and Evaluation systems requiring NATO accreditation across Air Force Materiel Command. (U.S. Air Force photo/Deidre Ortiz)

    Bishop assists in accreditation of data storage process to be used by AEDC and AFMC

    The Department of Defense at Arnold Air Force Base recently had a critical mission requirement to support the processing and storage of sensitive North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) data at the AEDC Advanced Missile Signature Center.Summer Bishop, information assurance specialist at Arnold, stepped up to the plate to help with this
  • AEDC team member Tracy Carter crochets during a break from her duties as management and program assistant for the Test Systems Sustainment Division at Arnold Air Force Base. Carter is leading a service project crocheting beanies for veterans at the Alvin C. York Campus of the VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System in Murfreesboro. She invites others who enjoy crocheting or knitting to help her in this service project. If interested in crocheting or assisting the project in another way, call 931-454-7253. (U.S. Air Force photo/Deidre Ortiz)

    AEDC team member invites others to help crochet items for area veterans

    AEDC team member Tracy Carter is leading a service project crocheting beanies for veterans at the Alvin C. York Campus of the VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System in Murfreesboro. Carter, a management and program assistant for the Test Systems Sustainment Division at Arnold Air Force Base, said she enjoys supporting area veterans and has been
  • 2nd Lt. Jimyung Park, 2nd Lt. Ashley Olson, Senior Master Sgt. Darrell Townsend man their booth at the Osan Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Career Day held for students of military families at the base in South Korea. As part of the STEM event, Townsend, who is a craft superintendent at Arnold Air Force Base in addition to serving in the Tennessee Air National Guard, helped demonstrate how to launch straw rockets. The materials for the demonstration were provided by Olga Oakley, Air Force STEM director at Hands-On Science Center. (Courtesy photo)

    Townsend helps host STEM night in Korea during deployment

    Before the career day held for students of military families stationed at Osan Air Base, South Korea, Darrell Townsend had never volunteered to be part of a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics or STEM event before.In addition to his regular full-time job as a craft superintendent for AEDC’s Model Shop at Arnold Air Force Base, Townsend
  • AEDC engineers represent Air Force Materiel Command at the 2018 National Space and Missiles Materiel Symposium held June 25-29 in Madison, Wisconsin. During the weeklong conference, several members of the AEDC team presented papers on the research and development occurring within the Space and Missiles Combined Test Force at Arnold Air Force Base. Pictured left to right: Benjamin Dolmovich, 1st Lt. Thomas Julian, Harry Clark, Bryan Sinkovec, Scott Williams, Jonathan Kodman, 1st Lt. Ryan Boudreaux, Nathan Tendick, Jon Rylan Cox and Edward Marshall Polk. Not pictured is Joseph Sheeley. (U.S. Air Force photo/Christopher Warner)

    AEDC engineers attend National Space and Missiles Materiel Symposium

    AEDC engineers represent Air Force Materiel Command at the 2018 National Space and Missiles Materiel Symposium held June 25-29 in Madison, Wisconsin. During the weeklong conference, several members of the AEDC team presented papers on the research and development occurring within the Space and Missiles Combined Test Force at Arnold Air Force Base.
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    704th Test Group Change of Command

  • Crews remove an old Data Acquisition and Control enclosure from Cart 2 of Propulsion Wind Tunnel 16T. An effort was launched this fiscal year to bring upgrades to 16T, including the installation of new Data Acquisition and Test Article Control systems and new enclosures for multiple 16T testing carts. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

    16T wind tunnel systems receive significant upgrade

    Demand for the transonic testing capabilities offered by Propulsion Wind Tunnel 16T is expected to remain strong for the foreseeable future. Because of this, a multimillion dollar effort was launched this fiscal year at 16T to increase testing efficiency, provide greater accessibility to critical testing instrumentation systems, and improve
  • Carpenter Shop team members complete measurements at the von Kármán Gas Dynamics Facility for the construction of a platform. Pictured from left are Don Parker, Brad Summers and Allen Mull. (U.S. Air Force photo/Bradley Hicks) (This image was manipulated by obscuring badges for security purposes)

    Carpenter and Paint shops support safety, testing and more at Arnold Air Force Base

    No job is too small for the carpenters and painters employed at Arnold Air Force Base.“If the Commander wants a picture hung, we go hang it,” said Ronald Bandy, supervisor for the Carpenter and Paint shops on base. “That’s what we do. If a door won’t shut somewhere, we go fix it.” But the craftspeople based out of Building 1478, otherwise known as
  • Chief Master Sgt Heckman (U.S. Air Force photo/Deidre Ortiz)

    Chief Master Sgt. Heckman begins his new role as AEDC Superintendent

    It has been more than a decade since AEDC has had a Chief in the Superintendent role, with the last being 2006.However, as of June, Chief Master Sgt. Robert Heckman has taken on this important role, and AEDC Commander Col. Scott Cain stated that this is a major event for AEDC. "Chief Heckman's arrival marks a significant milestone in AEDC's
  • Elvis Encalada, Jesse Labello and David Woods, engineers with the Space and Missiles Combined Test Force at Arnold Air Force Base, have worked together to develop a telemetry package that will be used to transmit data when launching projectiles. According to the team, the use of this telemetry package will enable AEDC test customers to obtain critical data about boundary layer transition during hypersonic flight and hypervelocity impacts. (U.S. Air Force photo/Deidre Ortiz)

    Engineers at Arnold AFB develop projectile telemetry capability to study boundary layer transition

    Engineers with the Space and Missiles Combined Test Force at Arnold Air Force Base are developing a telemetry capability that will be used to gather, transmit and record data when launching projectiles at over 25,000 Gs and more than 13,000 miles per hour.Elvis Encalada, electrical engineer at Arnold, commented that the use of telemetry arose from
  • An outdoor storage area burns at the Kirchhoff Automotive Plant in Manchester June 6. Arnold Air Force Base Fire & Emergency Services supplied mutual aid during the fire. (Courtesy photo)

    Arnold Fire and Emergency Services assists with Kirchhoff Automotive plant fire

    During a recent fire at the Kirchhoff Automotive plant in Manchester, Arnold Air Force Base Fire & Emergency Services provided support alongside local fire departments. The Base FES received an emergency call at 5:59 p.m., June 6, for assistance with a fire at an outdoor storage container section of the plant. Arnold FES responded with an assistant
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