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AEDC once supported Air Force Olympic hopefuls in quest for winter games glory

Documents from the early 1960s show Arnold Engineering Development Complex, then Center, provided engineering analysis and materials testing to support the U.S. Air Force bobsled team as they vied for a spot in the 1964 Winter Olympics. AEDC was asked to fabricate runners, the skate-like blades on which bobsleds slide, for the Air Force’s two-man and four-man bobsleds, prompting the AEDC examination of the equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC once supported Air Force Olympic hopefuls in quest for winter games glory

Documents from the early 1960s show Arnold Engineering Development Complex, then Center, provided engineering analysis and materials testing to support the U.S. Air Force bobsled team as they vied for a spot in the 1964 Winter Olympics. AEDC was asked to fabricate runners, the skate-like blades on which bobsleds slide, for the Air Force’s two-man and four-man bobsleds, prompting the AEDC examination of the equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC once supported Air Force Olympic hopefuls in quest for winter games glory

Documents from the early 1960s show Arnold Engineering Development Complex, then Center, provided engineering analysis and materials testing to support the U.S. Air Force bobsled team as they vied for a spot in the 1964 Winter Olympics. AEDC was asked to fabricate runners, the skate-like blades on which bobsleds slide, for the Air Force’s two-man and four-man bobsleds, prompting the AEDC examination of the equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC once supported Air Force Olympic hopefuls in quest for winter games glory

Documents from the early 1960s show Arnold Engineering Development Complex, then Center, provided engineering analysis and materials testing to support the U.S. Air Force bobsled team as they vied for a spot in the 1964 Winter Olympics. AEDC was asked to fabricate runners, the skate-like blades on which bobsleds slide, for the Air Force’s two-man and four-man bobsleds, prompting the AEDC examination of the equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC engineers assist with SBIR effort researching noise reduction of aircraft engines

Dr. Tom Jenkins, left, president of MetroLaser, Inc., explains to Dr. David Mayo, with the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, how the cameras are adjusted to best capture the particulates of exhaust from an aircraft engine as they are influenced by a laser field in order to create a 3D model of the velocity of the exhaust during a break in testing of the measurement system Nov. 18, 2021, at the Propulsion Research Facility. The PRF is operated by Arnold Engineering Development Complex at the University of Tennessee Space Institute near Tullahoma, Tenn. MetroLaser developed the technology for the Navy through the Small Business Innovation Research program. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC engineers assist with SBIR effort researching noise reduction of aircraft engines

MetroLaser, Inc., uses the J85 engine, seen here, at the University of Tennessee Space Institute’s Propulsion Research Facility near Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., to study its three-component planar Doppler velocimetry, or PDV, measurement system for optical, non-intrusive measurements of exhaust gas velocity Nov. 18, 2021. Through a Small Business Innovative Research contract awarded to MetroLaser, by the U.S. Navy, the PDV system is being developed to measure the gas velocity of an engine exhaust to help the Navy in developing strategies to reduce noise from aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC engineers assist with SBIR effort researching noise reduction of aircraft engines

With an expanded laser beam illuminating a swath of an engine exhaust flow field, the MetroLaser, Inc., approach measures scattered laser light using three strategically placed camera systems.

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AEDC engineers assist with SBIR effort researching noise reduction of aircraft engines

During a break in testing Nov. 18, 2021, Dr. Tom Jenkins, center, president of MetroLaser, Inc., explains to Dr. David Mayo, with the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, how the cameras are adjusted to best capture the particulates of exhaust from an aircraft engine at the Propulsion Research Facility operated by Arnold Engineering Development Complex at the University of Tennessee Space Institute near Tullahoma, Tenn. The exhaust particles are influenced by a laser field in order to create a 3D model of the velocity of the exhaust. MetroLaser developed the technology for the Navy through the Small Business Innovation Research program. Also pictured is Regis Morgan, senior engineer for MetroLaser. (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 engineers assist with SBIR effort researching noise reduction of aircraft engines

MetroLaser, Inc., uses the General Electric J85 engine, seen here, at the University of Tennessee Space Institute’s Propulsion Research Facility near Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., to study its three-component planar Doppler velocimetry, or PDV, measurement system for optical, non-intrusive measurements of exhaust gas velocity Nov. 18, 2021. Through a Small Business Innovative Research contract awarded to MetroLaser, by the U.S. Navy, the PDV system is being developed to measure the gas velocity of engine exhaust to help the Navy in developing strategies to reduce noise from aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC engineers assist with SBIR effort researching noise reduction of aircraft engines

In order to non-invasively measure the unsteady, 3D velocity field of a jet plume from a stationary aircraft engine, Nov. 18, 2021, a laser beam is redirected and spread into a wider plane as it crosses behind the engine at the Propulsion Research Facility operated by Arnold Engineering Development Complex on the campus of the University of Tennessee Space Institute in Tullahoma, Tenn. Cameras are then aimed at a 45-degree angle to the laser plane to observe the scattered laser light from soot particles in the exhaust and measure their velocity. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC engineers assist with SBIR effort researching noise reduction of aircraft engines

Dr. David Mayo, right, a mechanical engineer with the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division; Dr. Tom Jenkins, center, president of MetroLaser, Inc.; and Regis Morgan, senior engineer with MetroLaser, monitor data during a test of the company's setup to non-invasively measure the unsteady, 3D velocity field of a jet plume from a stationary aircraft engine, Nov. 18, 2021, at the Propulsion Research Facility operated by Arnold Engineering Development Complex on the campus of the University of Tennessee Space Institute in Tullahoma, Tenn. The technology was being tested on a General Electric J85. The technology was developed through the Small Business Innovation Research program for the Navy. (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 engineers assist with SBIR effort researching noise reduction of aircraft engines

From left, Dr. Tom Jenkins, president of MetroLaser, Inc., and Regis Morgan, senior engineer with MetroLaser, observe the visual display of data during a test of the company's setup to non-invasively measure the unsteady, 3D velocity field of a jet plume from a stationary aircraft engine, Nov. 18, 2021, at the Propulsion Research Facility operated by Arnold Engineering Development Complex on the campus of the University of Tennessee Space Institute in Tullahoma, Tenn. The technology was being tested on a General Electric J85. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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Arnold AFB website gets new look

The Air Force Public Web Program recently updated the look of the Arnold Air Force Base website, www.arnold.af.mil. (U.S. Air Force screen grab)

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AFMC hosts virtual town hall

Patricia Young, Air Force Materiel Command Executive Director, discusses policy during the AFMC Town Hall, Jan. 7, 2022.

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AFMC hosts virtual town hall

Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., Air Force Materiel Command Commander and Chief Master Sgt. David Flosi, AFMC Command Chief, answer questions during the AFMC Town Hall, Jan. 7, 2022.

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AFMC hosts virtual town hall

Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., Air Force Materiel Command Commander, awaits his next question during the AFMC Town Hall, Jan. 7, 2022.

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Air Force, Space Force observe National Mentoring Month in January

The Air Force and Space Force observe January as National Mentoring Month. The theme for 2022 is “Everyone Wins with Mentoring” and the Department of the Air Force will host multiple virtual events throughout the month designed to foster and promote a Total Force mentoring culture. (U.S. Air Force graphic by John Cochran)

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Members of Team AEDC remember two of their own on the 50th anniversary of their passing

Matt Logan, center, crane and rigging planner/scheduler at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., says a prayer during a memorial held in remembrance of John Hill and Alvin Overman who died 50 years ago working at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., Dec. 9, 2021. Hill and Overman died as a result of argon asphyxiation while working on an offline furnace. Tools regularly used today to mitigate risk were not available at the time. From left, also pictured are Warner Holt, Test Operations and Sustainment contractor group manager for Manufacturing, and Jim Hereford, chairman for the Model Shop Safety Leadership Committee. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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Members of Team AEDC remember two of their own on the 50th anniversary of their passing

A memorial plaque hangs John Hill and Alvin Overman died on Dec. 10, 1971, while working at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., Dec. 9, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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