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  • Ingenuity enhancing safety at Arnold AFB Secondary Pumping Station

    From confined space access to its Lockout/Tagout system, the crew at the Arnold Air Force Base Secondary Pumping Station observed several changes that could be made to make their work safer and more efficient. Those measures and procedures have been adopted and, according to Arnold AFB Cooling Water

  • AEDC Innovation Grant allows for completion of 3-D ASTF model

    Science and Analytical Engineer Dwain Clark hopes to eventually take representations of facilities across Arnold Air Force Base to another dimension. Through the utilization of an AEDC Innovation Grant, Clark now has a start. Earlier this year, Clark completed a digital 3-D model of the

  • Air Force Research Laboratory spearheading VKF Tunnel D return to operations

    Until recently, the last period of sustained activity at von Kármán Gas Dynamics Facility (VKF) Wind Tunnel D at Arnold Air Force Base was more than four decades ago.Today, Tunnel D is humming once again, as more than 50 checkout runs have been conducted so far this year. The complete resurrection

  • Col. Briggs honored at retirement ceremony

    During a retirement ceremony held for Col. Raymond Briggs, right, May 11 at Arnold Lakeside Center, Maj. Gen. David Harris, left, Air Force Test Center commander, pins the Legion of Merit medal onto Briggs’ lapel. The Legion of Merit is an award given for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the

  • 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

  • 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,