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  • The Rolls-Royce engine is set up here in free-jet mode inside the AEDC C-2 test cell at Arnold Air Force Base. Transonic speeds with large volumetric flow rates were recently achieved during free-jet testing of this high-bypass engine, setting a record for free-jet mode engine testing. (U.S. Air Force photo)

    Free-jet engine test at AEDC facility sets record

    Transonic speeds with large volumetric flow rates were recently achieved during free-jet testing of a high-bypass engine in the AEDC C-2 test cell at Arnold Air Force Base, setting a record for free-jet mode engine testing at Arnold.According to Doug Hodges, test engineer with the Propulsion Combined Test Force, free jet testing at C-2 is typically
  • Central Magnet Robotics team member David Schafer adjusts the robot during the team’s demonstration at the Hands-On Science Center in Tullahoma May 1. Pictured in back, from left to right, are Ethan Davenport, Maddy Perrien, Jimmy Jones, Drew Dove and Aidan Gibson. (U.S. Air Force photo/Deidre Ortiz)

    Robotics team sponsored by Arnold STEM competes at World Championship

    After qualifying at the regional competition in Knoxville, the robotics team from Central Magnet School in Murfreesboro recently competed in the FIRST® Robotics World Championship in Houston, Texas.The team, Central Magnet Robotics, which is sponsored by the Arnold Air Force Base Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Program,
  • A skidder drags logs in a final harvest area at Arnold Air Force Base. Logging at Arnold is part of the Base Forest Management Program for Air Force land use, which are sustainable mission support and stewardship. (U.S. Air Force photo)

    Forest management essential to base land use

    The priorities of Air Force land use are sustainable mission support and stewardship.As a result, its forest management is not primarily dictated by traditional commercial forestry practices that emphasize optimal yields of forest products. Instead, the AF strives for ecologically-sustainable management of its forests to maintain the continued

  • AFMC releases accident board findings on McKinley Climatic Laboratory fire

    Contractor workers were performing structural repairs when a fire broke out on July 5, 2017, resulting in an estimated $30 million in damage to an air-mixing facility at the McKinley Climatic Laboratory, located at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, according to a recently released Air Force Materiel Command Ground Accident Investigation Board report.
  • Arnold Air Force Base Company Grade Officers Council display their mustaches in honor of Mustache March at the Gossick Leadership Center March 30, 2018. Mustache certificates were awarded to 1st Lt. Benjamin Sinemus – The “Barely There” award (back row, third from left), 2nd Lt. Ryan Boudreaux – 36-2903 SME award (back row, fifth from left), Col. Michael Brandt – 36-290…Never Heard of Her award (back row, sixth from left), Capt. Jonathan Dias – The “Free Candy” award (front row, second from left) and 2nd Lt. Charles Boyd – “Room ‘Tench Hut” award (front row, third from left). Also pictured, back row: Col. Timothy West, 1st Lt. John McKenzie, Sinemus, 2nd Lt. Nicholas Addington Ramosechandi, Boudreaux, Brandt, 1st Lt. Thomas Julian, Capt. Adam Hopkins; front row: Capt. Michael Davault, Dias, Boyd and Lt. Col. David Hoffman. (U.S. Air Force photo/Rick Goodfriend)

    Mustache March affects CGO growth

    The Arnold Air Force Base Company Grade Officers recently held a monthly meeting where some received awards for their mustaches they grew during Mustache March.Mustache March is an Air Force tradition that recognizes Vietnam triple ace Brig. Gen. Robin Olds for his bravery and leadership.According to an article from The Vintage News, it was written
  • Dr. Mark Mehalic, right, receives a plaque commemorating his appointment to the Senior Executive Service from Brig. Gen. Christopher Azzano, director of Air, Space and Cyberspace Operations at Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Mehalic, who previously served at Arnold Air Force Base as AEDC executive director and vice director, is now the deputy director of Air, Space and Cyberspace Operations at AFMC. (U.S. Air Force photo/Bradley Hicks)

    Arnold hosts ceremony to honor Mehalic for Senior Executive Service appointment

    A ceremony to honor Dr. Mark Mehalic for his recent appointment to the Air Force Senior Executive Service (SES) was conducted April 19 in the lobby of the Administration & Engineering Building at Arnold Air Force Base.Mehalic assumed the post of deputy director for Air, Space and Cyberspace Operations at Air Force Materiel Command, headquartered at
  • With the wind tunnel itself serving as the backdrop, AEDC retiree Bill Comer, left, discusses the early days of Propulsion Wind Tunnel 16S with engineer Valerie Davenport, a member of the core engineering team assigned to the 16S Return to Service project. Comer was one of eight retirees who recently visited Arnold Air Force Base to offer their input and knowledge as current employees work to return to 16S to service. (U.S. Air Force photo/Bradley Hicks)

    AEDC retirees offer advice on 16S return to service

    After the initial construction of the Propulsion Wind Tunnel facility at Arnold Air Force Base, it was one thing for the engineers and project managers charged with bringing the 16-foot Supersonic (16S) wind tunnel online to have the facility design parameters.Forcing the air to accelerate to four times the speed of sound was another thing
  • A compressor blade spacer is installed in a hydraulic press machine for load simulations in the Arnold Air Force Base Model and Machine Shop. Machinists recently aided Propulsion Wind Tunnel 16T personnel in the completion of compressor blade spacer testing.

    Shop personnel assist PWT in completion of blade spacer testing

    When engineers at Propulsion Wind Tunnel 16T needed assistance on a recent test, personnel at the Arnold Air Force Base Model and Machine Shop quickly responded by lending equipment and expertise to ensure the test was completed on time and at a nominal expense. The Flight Systems Combined Test Force at Arnold AFB recently awarded a contract for
  • Members of 2018 Team REMEMBER display their banner while walking the track at the Relay For Life event held at Coffee County Raider Academy April 21. Pictured is Amber Wolfe, Pat Long, Rhonda Ward, Dee Wolfe and Shawn Wolfe. (Courtesy photo)

    AEDC Team members join in supporting Coffee County Relay For Life

    Department of Defense and contract employees of Arnold Air Force Base joined together, along with their families, in participating in the Coffee County Relay For Life event April 21 at the Coffee Raider Academy as a way to raise money for the American Cancer Society.According to Shawn and Dee Wolfe, the team captains for REMEMBER, their team raised
  • Col. Raymond Briggs, right, speaks to Gregg Adams regarding the new machinery and equipment recently purchased for the Model and Machine Shop at Arnold Air Force Base. Briggs, chief of the Test Systems Sustainment Division at Arnold AFB, will be retiring from the Air Force this month. (U.S. Air Force photo/Deidre Ortiz)

    Col. Briggs reflects on leading the Test System Sustainment Division

    Col. Raymond Briggs, chief of the Test System Sustainment (TSS) Division at Arnold Air Force Base, is retiring from the Air Force in May and will be leaving his position with AEDC.Briggs came on board at Arnold as chief of TSS in July 2016, and in reflecting on his time here, said the job has been a fulfilling one.“In this role I have led
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