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AEDC’s APTU supports first direct-connect hypersonic engine test program

Test hardware for APTU’s venturi-tube in place calibrations included multiple critical flow venturis, flow straightening screens and thermocouple rake. The ducting shown in this photo was obtained at the research tunnel at Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) and also installed in the APTU test cell.

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AEDC’s APTU supports first direct-connect hypersonic engine test program

Coils, such as this, are an integral part of the new Heated Fuel System (HFS) in the Aerodynamic and Propulsion Test Unit (APTU). The new HFS has been designed and built at Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) in support of the AFRL’s Medium Scale Critical Components (MSCC) program.

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AEDC’s Bill Shappley combines old and new technology to reach out globally

A stack of QSL cards, post cards from fellow amateur radio operators all around world, represent the capability, range and versatility of ham radio equipment and operators to AEDC’s Bill Shappley. A QSL card is used to confirm either a two-way radio communication between two amateur radio stations or a one-way reception of a signal from a radio, television or shortwave broadcasting station. Shappley has been receiving and sending the cards since earning his ham radio operator’s license in 2004. The electrical engineering lead with ATA has been an active participant in ham radio since his coworker, Jack Frazier, talked Shappley into giving the hobby a try in 2003. (Photo by Philip Lorenz III)

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AEDC’s Bill Shappley combines old and new technology to reach out globally

AEDC’s Bill Shappley, an electrical engineering lead with ATA’s control and data systems development branch, sits in his home-based “ham shack” while awaiting a reply after sending a message using Morse code over his computer-linked radio to another “ham” in Sweden. A fan of all things electronic, Shappley also enjoys building and operating radio-controlled model aircraft and building radio components. He works with both vintage radio systems and those with the most advanced technology. (Photo provided).

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AEDC’s Charles Easley recognized as a Hometown Hero

Charles Easley, an Aerospace Testing Alliance fuels specialist at AEDC, poses with a Hometown Hero award certificate the retired Air Force Master Sergeant recently received for his 32 years of military service, including deploying with the 118th Air National Guard during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. (Photo by Philip Lorenz III)

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AEDC’s Charlie Smith helps with disaster in the Gulf

NAS PENSACOLA, Fla. (May 4, 2010) Kayakers at Naval Air Station Pensacola detour around oil containment boom at Sherman Cove aboard the base. The boom was set to protect environmentally sensitive grass beds from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Deepwater Horizon was an ultra-deepwater oil rig that sank April 22, causing a massive oil spill threatening the U.S. Gulf Coast. (U.S. Navy photo by Patrick Nichols/Released)

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AEDC’s Charlie Smith helps with disaster in the Gulf

NAS PENSACOLA, Fla. (May 4, 2010) Naval Air Station Pensacola Pollution Response unit deploys oil containment boom at Sherman Cove aboard the base to protect environmentally sensitive grass beds from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Deepwater Horizon was an ultra-deepwater oil rig that sank April 22, causing a massive oil spill threatening the U.S. Gulf Coast. (U.S. Navy photo by Patrick Nichols/Released)

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AEDC’s Charlie Smith helps with disaster in the Gulf

Charlie Smith, an ATA senior engineer and mission pilot for the Civil Air Patrol, lines up a photo out of the rear-seat swing window during an oil spill surveillance mission. (Photo provided)

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AEDC’s Charlie Smith helps with disaster in the Gulf

Charlie Smith, an ATA senior engineer and mission pilot for the Civil Air Patrol, poses along-side the Cessna 182 that he flew in support of the Deep Water Horizon Mission from Mobile Alabama. (Photo provided)

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AEDC’s Charlie Smith helps with disaster in the Gulf

PENSACOLA, Fla. – Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Juniper deploy the Shipboard Oil-Recovery System (SORS) pump from the buoy deck in to the boom area where oil is collected and contained June 11, 2010. The Juniper, home-ported in Newport, R.I., began oil-skimming operations off the Fla. and Ala. coasts Friday. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Colin White)

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AEDC’s Emergency Management promotes cooperation between state and local agencies

Emergency responders from across middle Tennessee recently met to discuss ways to increase cooperation and assist each other during difficult times. (Photo by: Rick Goodfriend)

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AEDC’s first Chief Master Sergeant visits 49 years later

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Robert Heckman, Arnold Engineering Development Complex superintendent, front left, hosts Arnold Engineering Development Complex’s, first Chief Master Sgt. U.S. Air Force retired Chief Master Sgt. Charles E. Fryer, front center, for a tour of Arnold Air Force Base, lunch and a mentoring session with Arnold Air Force Base’s noncommissioned officers, here, August 23, 2018.

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AEDC’s Hypervelocity Ballistic G-Range return to service is complete

Milton Boyer, an ATA operating engineer, works with an installation crew to put a large valve into place above the repaired upper ducting for G-Range. He was on hand to inspect the alignment of the valve to ensure the crane operator had it correctly positioned. A mishap in November 2004 severely damaged the original valve.

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AEDC’s Hypervelocity Ballistic G-Range return to service is complete

David Brown, an ATA outside machinist, loads a high fidelity projectile into the barrel of a two-stage gas gun at the center’s Hypervelocity Ballistic G-Range during recent ongoing high-velocity impact testing.

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AEDC’s Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9 reaches 3,000-run milestone

Rita Bell, Tunnel 9 employee, “pushes the button” for the 3000th run at Tunnel 9. Bell was present during the facility’s first run in 1976.

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AEDC’s Jeff Haley is passionate about history, music

Jeff Haley plays a guitar while his wife Becky plays her fiddle during a practice session at their home. (Photo provided)

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AEDC’s Jeff Haley is passionate about history, music

Posing for a photo is Jeff Haley with his wife, Becky, who is wearing the World War II Army infantry jacket she wore on their first date. (Photo provided)

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AEDC’s Joel Reynolds is enjoying the ride

Joel Reynolds, an Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA) police lead and dispatcher for AEDC’s Police Department, shows off the customized lighting features on his 2005 GL1800, a Goldwing three-wheeled motorcycle. (Photos by Philip Lorenz III)

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AEDC’s Joel Reynolds is enjoying the ride

Joel Reynolds, an Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA) police lead and dispatcher for AEDC’s Police Department, shows off the customized lighting features on his 2005 GL1800, a Goldwing three-wheeled motorcycle. (Photos by Philip Lorenz III)

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AEDC’s Joel Reynolds is enjoying the ride

Sitting on his newly customized 2005 GL1800, a Goldwing three-wheeled motorcycle, Joel Reynolds, an Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA) police lead and dispatcher for AEDC’s Police Department, is ready to ride for a St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital fundraising event. St. Jude is located in Memphis. (Photo by Philip Lorenz III)

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