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    AFMC funds $5 million in additional AFMC We Need efforts

    The Air Force Materiel Command has released an additional $5 million for projects across the enterprise, continuing the drive towards the goals of the AFMC We Need initiative launched in 2019.
  • Harry Gregory, a truck driver, receives a barrel of hazardous waste from Annitta Evans, a logistics storekeeper, at the hazardous waste storage facility at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., on June 15, 2021. Once loaded with all the barrels that are ready for disposal, the barrels are then taken to a site off base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Deidre Moon)

    Arnold AFB program oversees cradle-to-grave management of hazardous materials, waste

    The test and evaluation activities that take place in the Arnold Engineering Development Complex facilities at Arnold Air Force Base at times utilize materials labeled as “hazardous.” However, Arnold has programs in place to safeguard its employees and the environment from hazardous materials and hazardous waste. As part of a requirement of the
  • The VHF system used by Detachment 1, 704th Test Group of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex at the National Radar Cross Section (RCS) Test Facility at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The Detachment has added VHF testing to their heavyweight turntable RCS testing capability. (U.S. Air Force photo)

    National Radar Test Facility adds VHF capability to heavyweight turntable

    The 704th Test Group, Detachment 1 of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex has improved the radar cross section (RCS) test capability at the National Radar Test Facility tenfold.“The VHF addition to our heavyweight turntable allows us to unleash our full RF [radio frequency] spectrum on all possible test articles that can be tested on our RCS
  • Col. Lincoln Bonner, left, chief of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Test Division, passes the guidon to incoming Space Test Branch chief, Lt. Col. Dayvid Prahl, after leadership of the Branch was relinquished by Lt. Col. Adam Quick, right, during a Change of Leadership ceremony June 24, 2021, at Arnold Lakeside Complex at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

    Prahl charged with leading Space Test Branch

    Col. Lincoln Bonner, left, chief of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Test Division, passes the guidon to incoming Space Test Branch chief, Lt. Col. Dayvid Prahl, after leadership of the Branch was relinquished by Lt. Col. Adam Quick, right, during a Change of Leadership ceremony June 24, 2021, at Arnold Lakeside Complex at Arnold Air
  • Lt. Col. Michael Knauf, left, administers the oath of office to newly-promoted 1st Lt. Ryan Blount during a promotion ceremony May 25, 2021, in Manchester, Tenn. (Courtesy photo)

    Blount promoted to first lieutenant

    Lt. Col. Michael Knauf, left, administers the oath of office to newly-promoted 1st Lt. Ryan Blount during a promotion ceremony May 25, 2021, in Manchester, Tenn. (Courtesy photo)
  • Lt. Col. John McShane, right, materiel leader of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Aerodynamics Test Branch, administers the oath of office to newly-promoted first lieutenants Ryan Gill and Riley Vaught during a promotion ceremony, May 25, 2021, at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

    Gill, Vaught promoted to first lieutenant

    Lt. Col. John McShane, right, materiel leader of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Aerodynamics Test Branch, administers the oath of office to newly-promoted first lieutenants Ryan Gill and Riley Vaught during a promotion ceremony, May 25, 2021, at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)
  • Shannon Allen, the National Environmental Policy Act, Natural and Cultural Resources Planner for Arnold Air Force Base, crosses the Chinnabee Creek while hiking part of the Pinhoti Trail in Alabama during the Make-A-Wish Foundation Alabama Trailblaze Challenge, May 1, 2021. (Courtesy photo)

    Allen undertakes 26.3-mile hike to fulfill a wish

    A beautiful vista or a crashing waterfall is often the reward sought by hikers, but Shannon Allen undertook a recent hike to grant a wish for a child.Allen, the National Environmental Policy Act, Natural and Cultural Resources planner for Arnold Air Force Base, and hundreds of others trained for months to be able to complete the Make-A-Wish
  • Lt. Col. Justin Tolliver, director of operations, Space Test Branch, Test Division, Arnold Engineering Development Complex, talks about the J-6 Large Rocket Motor Test Facility to an attendee of the AEDC “Hap Arnold Day” 70th Anniversary Celebration Open House, June 26, 2021, at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. In the background is the test cell of J-6, used to test solid rocket motors, such as those in the Minuteman III ICBMs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

    AEDC celebrates 70 years with open house

    The AEDC “Hap Arnold Day” 70th Anniversary Celebration Open House on June 26 afforded members of the community a rare opportunity to see behind the fence and learn about the contributions the men and women of Arnold Engineering Development Complex have made to national defense and the advancement of technology.AEDC, headquartered at Arnold Air
  • A full-scale GPS was tested in the Mark I Space Chamber at AEDC in 1977. The tests checked reliability of the satellite's systems prior to its launch in 1978. AEDC personnel reflected back on this testing on July 17, 2015, the 20th anniversary of when GPS reached full-operational capability.

    Space Test Branch helps change the world with decades of testing

    With the first ballistic missile being introduced in 1944 during World War II, the newest threat to the nations of the world was realized.At this time, the V-2 rockets, the world’s first long-range, guided, ballistic missiles, were not very accurate, but this new capability created new urgency for the U.S. and its allies.When the war ended and
  • The largest rocket propulsion unit tested in AEDC’s Engine Test Facility up until Sept. 1959, was Reaction Motor’s 50,000-pound-thrust liquid-propellant engine for the X-15 Research Aircraft. Purpose of the test was to determine the starting and throttling capabilities of the engine under high altitude conditions. Altitudes from 20,000 to 70,000 feet were simulated in the test cell, and a total of twenty starts were made during the first phase of the test program…five being made during one five-hour test period.

    Propulsion Test Branch at Arnold AFB helping power the Air Force since 1950s

    The Engine Test Facility (ETF), which is part of the AEDC Propulsion Test Branch at Arnold Air Force Base, was the first facility on base, with its construction completed in 1953.Equipment making up the ETF test cells, such as the motors and compressors, were confiscated from a Bavarian Motor Works (BMW) plant in Munich, Germany, following World
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