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AEDC attends The Great Tennessee Air Show, educates public of important mission

Attendees of The Great Tennessee Air Show in Smyrna, Tenn., look at a T-38 Talon on display June 10, 2023. The T-38 pictured belongs to the 586th Flight Test Squadron, 704th Test Group, Arnold Engineering Development Complex. AEDC is headquartered at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., but has several geographically-separated units, including the 586 FLTS based at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC Base Civil Engineering Branch vital to mission success at Arnold AFB

Joshua Cooke, front, an Arnold Engineering Development Complex senior utility manager, and Jeff Quattlebaum, cooling water system engineer, inspect a trunnion pin on the Elk River Dam, Sept. 10, 2020, at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. The AEDC Base Civil Engineering Branch is responsible for the dam which creates the Woods Reservoir, the water supply for Arnold AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC Base Civil Engineering Branch vital to mission success at Arnold AFB

Joshua Cooke, an Arnold Engineering Development Complex senior utility manager, inspects a water pumping station, Sept. 10, 2020, at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. The AEDC Base Civil Engineering Branch oversees utilities at Arnold AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC Base Civil Engineering Branch vital to mission success at Arnold AFB

Joshua Cooke, an Arnold Engineering Development Complex senior utility manager, inspects a water pumping station, Sept. 10, 2020, at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. The AEDC Base Civil Engineering Branch oversees utilities at Arnold AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC Base Civil Engineering Branch vital to mission success at Arnold AFB

Arnold Engineering Development Complex electrical distribution dispatchers Tom Payne, left, and Mitch Kendrick monitor the power usage at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., Sept. 10, 2020, in order to coordinate demand with the Tennessee Valley Authority. The AEDC Base Civil Engineering Branch ensures utilities for both testing and support are available when needed. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC Base Civil Engineering Branch vital to mission success at Arnold AFB

David Scheuermann, an Arnold Engineering Development Complex fuel farm machinist, turns on the pump for Tank 11, Sept. 10, 2020, at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. The AEDC Base Civil Engineering Branch oversees utilities at Arnold AFB, including jet fuel for testing needs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC Base Civil Engineering Branch vital to mission success at Arnold AFB

Garry Sudberry, an Arnold Engineering Development Complex fuel farm machinist, sets up the A Plant Fuel System, Sept. 10, 2020, at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. The AEDC Base Civil Engineering Branch oversees utilities at Arnold AFB, including jet fuel for testing needs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC Base Civil Engineering Branch vital to mission success at Arnold AFB

A member of Team AEDC mows grass Sept. 10, 2020, at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. Grounds maintenance is one of the responsibilities of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Base Civil Engineering Branch. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC Base Civil Engineering Branch vital to mission success at Arnold AFB

Tim Bagley, a system engineer for the electric utilities, checks the voltage and current on switchgear for the Aeopropulsion Systems Test Facility exhaust motors and unit subsystems, Sept. 10, 2020, at Arnold Air Force Base. The Arnold Engineering Development Complex Base Civil Engineering Branch, installed the new switchgear. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett) (This image has been altered by obscuring a badge for security purposes.)

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AEDC beginnings remembered during the 65th anniversary

President Harry Truman delivers the dedication speech at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex in 1951. The President dedicated the new Air Engineering Development Center as the then Arnold Engineering Development center in memory of General of the Air Force Henry “Hap” Arnold. Arnold had pushed for the establishment of the test complex so that America would never lag behind in aerospace testing again. President Truman said in his address that “here men would explore flight beyond the speed of sound.” Mrs. Arnold, her sons, then Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg and thousands of guests braved the unseasonable heat and dust to attend the ceremony. (AEDC file photo)

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AEDC beginnings remembered during the 65th anniversary

Five star General of the Air Force, Henry H. “Hap” Arnold (AEDC file photo)

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AEDC beginnings remembered during the 65th anniversary

The first jet engine test pictured here at the AEDC Engine Test Facility took place in 1953. The test required design and construction of a thrust stand for the J47 turbojet engine used in calibrating the Complex T-1 high-altitude test cell. (AEDC file photo)

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AEDC Blade Shop provides composite material repair

To show its size, an AEDC craftsman stands beside compressor blades in the bell mouth of one of the Propulsion Wind Tunnel facility compressors. The Complex has a Blade Shop that leads repair of the rotor blades and spacers for the compressors in PWT. (Photo provided)

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AEDC Blade Shop provides composite material repair

An AEDC craftsman applies adhesive to bond foam seal to a spacer for one of the axial flow compressors used to run the large wind tunnels at AEDC. A two-man Blade Shop has been heading up the repair of the rotor blades and spacers for the axial flow compressors in the AEDC Propulsion Wind Tunnel facility. (Photo provided)

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AEDC breaks new ground in improvements to U.S. long-range strike capabilities

This five-percent scale model of the F-15E Strike Eagle and Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) was used to conduct store separation testing in Arnold Engineering Development Center’s four-foot transonic wind tunnel.

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AEDC camera assists in turbine tests

A periscope camera on loan from AEDC provided images of a Williams International turbine engine augmentor rig test at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. The camera provided visuals of metal temperatures in areas of concern that otherwise would not have been known. (AFRL Photo)

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AEDC Capital Improvements Branch manages restoration, modernization, development of infrastructure

The Capital Improvements Branch, or TSSI, is restoring the exhaust gas cooling system of the Aeropropulsion System Test Facility (ASTF), including forespray banks and exhaust cooler, seen here Feb. 14, 2020, at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. This effort will enable testing of the next generation of turbine engines in ASTF. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC Capital Improvements Branch manages restoration, modernization, development of infrastructure

The Capital Improvements Branch, or TSSI, is restoring the exhaust gas cooling system of the Aeropropulsion System Test Facility (ASTF), including forespray banks and exhaust cooler, seen here Feb. 14, 2020, at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. This effort will enable testing of the next generation of turbine engines in ASTF. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC Capital Improvements Branch manages restoration, modernization, development of infrastructure

The Capital Improvements Branch, or TSSI, is restoring the exhaust gas cooling system of the Aeropropulsion System Test Facility (ASTF), including forespray banks and exhaust cooler, seen here Feb. 14, 2020, at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. This effort will enable testing of the next generation of turbine engines in ASTF. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC Capital Improvements Branch manages restoration, modernization, development of infrastructure

Tyler McCamey, left, an AEDC program manager, observes a gauge on gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) for the Propulsion Wind Tunnel (PWT) Facility, Feb. 14, 2020, at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. The switchgear was upgraded to GIS as a Service Life Extension Program effort. Also pictured, Nathan Harrison, former Service Life Extension Program manager for the Capital Improvements Branch. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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