Visitors from Air Force Flight Test Center tour AEDC, meet with leadersip

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  • By Philip Lorenz III
  • AEDC/PA
ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn. --  Dr. Davy Belk, Air Force Flight Test Center's (AFFTC) executive director at Edwards AFB, and Col. Geoffrey Ellazar, Jr, AFFTC director of contracting, recently visited Arnold AFB to meet with AEDC Commander Col. Michael Brewer to learn more about the center and the ground testing complex's facilities.

Colonel Brewer, Britt Covington, AEDC's executive director, and John Sutton, AEDC's director of contracting, escorted the visitors on the tour and were met by subject matter experts for each stop.

The tour included the Propulsion Wind Tunnel's 16-foot transonic tunnel, the von Kàrmàn Gas Dynamics Facility and plant area, Aeropropulsion Systems Test Facility's C-1 and C-2 Altitude Test Cells, the Rocket Development Test Cells J-6 and J-4, the Space Systems Development Chambers 7V and 10V, and the newest test capability, the Space Threat Assessment Testbed.

"Our visitors were here to learn more about AEDC and observe the Center's award fee determination process," Sutton said.