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AEDC Test Technology, Analysis and Evaluation Branch validates, advances testing

Ron Wood, an instrument technician, uses an oscilloscope Jan. 13, 2020, in the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Test Technology, Analysis and Evaluation Branch Electronics Laboratory at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. The oscilloscope measures the changing voltage of an electrical signal. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC Test Technology, Analysis and Evaluation Branch validates, advances testing

A pulse laser ionizes air Jan. 13, 2020, in the Laser Laboratory at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. The Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) Test Technology, Analysis and Evaluation Branch develops measurement and diagnostic techniques utilizing the lasers in the lab that can then be fielded in AEDC test cells. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC Test Technology, Analysis and Evaluation Branch validates, advances testing

A continuous wave laser burns a hole into a sample Jan. 13, 2020, in the Laser Laboratory at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. The Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) Test Technology, Analysis and Evaluation Branch develops measurement and diagnostic techniques utilizing the lasers in the lab that can then be fielded in AEDC test cells. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC Test Technology, Analysis and Evaluation Branch validates, advances testing

Dr. David Plemmons, left, a senior scientist with the Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC), speaks about the use of a continuous wave laser Jan. 13, 2020, in the Test Technology, Analysis and Evaluation Branch’s Laser Laboratory at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. The Branch develops measurement and diagnostic techniques utilizing the lasers in the lab that can then be fielded in AEDC test cells. Also pictured are Dr. Joe Wehrmeyer, center, technical advisor to the Technology Section of the Branch, and Joe Braker, an optical engineer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC Test Technology, Analysis and Evaluation Branch validates, advances testing

Telescopes, wrapped for shipping, sit on a table in the Optics Laboratory at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., Jan. 13, 2020. The telescopes are part of Joint Standard Instrumentation Suite and mount to the platforms in the background. The equipment is in the Optics Laboratory for further development by the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Test Technology, Analysis and Evaluation Branch. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC Test Technology, Analysis and Evaluation Branch validates, advances testing

Dr. Joe Wehrmeyer, technical advisor for the Technology Section of Arnold Engineering Development Complex Test Technology, Analysis and Evaluation Branch, shows how a Joint Standard Instrumentation Suite platform can make complex movements to track a missile in flight Jan. 13, 2020, in the Optics Laboratory at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. Equipment mounted to the platform captures data during missile testing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC Test Technology, Analysis and Evaluation Branch validates, advances testing

Evan Milligan, a journeyman wireman, connects cables to a F404 engine Jan. 10, 2020, in a sea level test cell at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. The engine is being prepared for use as a testbed by the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Technology, Analysis and Evaluation Branch. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC Test Technology, Analysis and Evaluation Branch validates, advances testing

Evan Milligan, a journeyman wireman, connects cables to a F404 engine Jan. 10, 2020, in a sea level test cell at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. The engine is being prepared for use as a testbed by the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Technology, Analysis and Evaluation Branch. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC Test Technology, Analysis and Evaluation Branch validates, advances testing

Evan Milligan, a journeyman wireman, connects cables to a F404 engine Jan. 10, 2020, in a sea level test cell at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. The engine is being prepared for use as a testbed by the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Technology, Analysis and Evaluation Branch. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC Test Technology, Analysis and Evaluation Branch validates, advances testing

Stan Freeze, an outside machinist, inspects the tail of a F404 engine Jan. 10, 2020, in a sea level test cell at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. The engine is being prepared for use as a testbed by the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Technology, Analysis and Evaluation Branch. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC Test Technology, Analysis and Evaluation Branch validates, advances testing

Stan Freeze, an outside machinist, removes a plug from a borescope inspection port on an F404 engine Jan. 10, 2020, in a sea level test cell at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. The engine is being prepared for use as a testbed by the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Technology, Analysis and Evaluation Branch. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC Test Technology, Analysis and Evaluation Branch validates, advances testing

Stan Freeze, an outside machinist, removes a plug from a borescope inspection port on an F404 engine Jan. 10, 2020, in a sea level test cell at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. The engine is being prepared for use as a testbed by the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Technology, Analysis and Evaluation Branch. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC Test Technology, Analysis and Evaluation Branch validates, advances testing

Annette Painter, an instrument technician specialist and AEDC Fellow, watches the image from a microscope projected on a screen as she wraps .002 in. wire around a wafer while demonstrating the making of a Schmidt-Boelter heat flux gauge Jan. 15, 2020, in the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Test Technology, Analysis and Evaluation Branch's Aerothermal Measurements Lab at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC Test Technology, Analysis and Evaluation Branch validates, advances testing

Stan Freeze, outside machinist, inspects the tail of a F404 engine Jan. 10, 2020, in a sea level test cell at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. The engine is being prepared for use as a testbed by the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Technology, Analysis and Evaluation Branch. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC testers share mission with elementary school students

Lt. Col. Brent Peavy, AEDC’s Turbine Engine Ground Test Complex commander, shows Air Force posters and photos to members of Kathy Hagerty and Sherry Roepke’s fifth grade extracurricular Energy Team group at Robert E. Elementary School in Tullahoma.

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AEDC testers share mission with elementary school students

Robert E. Lee Elementary School’s Energy Team study group and guest speakers from AEDC assemble for a group photo. Pictured are (front row, l-r) Cooper Yoder, Bradley Holmes, Leach McClure, Maddie Kane, Sam Uselton, Janhvi Patel, Sarah Schweitzer and Will Bailey; back row: Kathy Hagler, Sherry Roepke, Charity Tyler, Megan Schweitzer, 2nd Lt. Drew Miller, Col. William Bailey and Lt. Col. Brent Peavy. Energy Team member not present was Dante Brown. (Photo provided)

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AEDC testing benefits future of F-35 fleet

Pratt & Whitney’s F135 engine, used in the F-35 Lightning II, successfully demonstrated hot-life capability during Accelerated Mission Testing at AEDC. Pictured here is the engine during testing in the Engine Test Facility Sea Level 2 Test Cell. (Photo by Rick Goodfriend)

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AEDC testing brings unique blended wing aircraft closer to flight

Arnold Engineering Development Center recently concluded aerodynamic tests on this two-percent model of the BWB aircraft in the center's 16 foot transonic wind tunnel.

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AEDC testing brings unique blended wing aircraft closer to flight

Arnold Engineering Development Center recently concluded aerodynamic tests on this two-percent model of the BWB aircraft in the center's 16 foot transonic wind tunnel.

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AEDC testing cost-, time-saving water line repair method

Maj. Michael Knauf looks on as Dusty Pickens sweeps water in raw water pipes near the Engine Test Facility J-3 test cell at Arnold Air Force Base during a Sept. 23 inspection of pipes recently lined with a fiber-reinforced polymer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Bradley Hicks)

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