The Arnold Engineering Development Complex set a record with the largest aircraft model (10 percent scale model) by conducting B-52 Stratofortress store separation tests. The testing was requested by the B-52 Program Office to look at the scope of the internal weapons bay upgrade to include additional weapons that previously had not been released from the B-52 weapons bay. Based on results and data generated from the tests, modifications are currently underway to increase the B-52’s guided-weapon capacity. The increased capacity will enable the Joint Direct Attack Munition, Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile, Miniature Air Launched Decoy and MALD Jammer to be carried internally. From left, J.T. Thompson, Aerospace Testing Alliance captive trajectory system project engineer, discusses the B-52H model with Gary Cunningham, ATA lead outside machinist, in the AEDC Propulsion Wind Tunnel 16-foot wind tunnel between store separation test runs. (U.S. Air Force photo/Rick Goodfriend)