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30 years and counting

Aerospace Testing Alliance engineer Bill Myers has been with AEDC for 30 years and is currently the electrical engineering technical Lead in the VKF/4T, heading up a $65 million modernization program of the facility. (Photo by Philip Lorenz III)

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30 years of photography

Phil Tarver with a Deardorff view camera in an informal work portrait taken at AEDC in 1958. (Photo provided)

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3D printing successfully used to fabricate discontinued part for lube oil system

Paul Kurtz, an intern with the Test Operations and Sustainment contractor National Aerospace Solutions, worked to develop a 3D-printed version of a breaker handle, pictured at left, which had been in use since the 1970s as part of the C-Plant Lube Oil System. The handle is no longer manufactured. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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3D printing successfully used to fabricate discontinued part for lube oil system

Paul Kurtz, an intern with the Test Operations and Sustainment contractor National Aerospace Solutions, used AutoCAD to develop a 3D model of a breaker handle, depicted above in AutoCAD software. This particular breaker handle is used on a breaker that feeds power to a 20 horsepower, 480-volt alternating current motor in the lube oil system, which directly supports two C-Plant process air compressors at Arnold Air Force Base. (Graphics provided)

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3D printing successfully used to fabricate discontinued part for lube oil system

In AutoCAD, Paul Kurtz, an intern for the Test Operations and Sustainment Contractor at Arnold Air Force Base, modified the handle design to make it stronger, particularly at the joints. This photo shown highlights the weak points of the original handle. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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3-D View of the New Captive Trajectory System in 4T

The image above is a three-dimensional cutaway view of the Captive Trajectory System (CTS) recently installed in AEDC’s 4-foot Transonic wind tunnel (4T). The new CTS, used for weapons integration testing, has improved performance capacities over the original system. It is designed to carry higher loads and achieve higher angles with more accurate positioning capacities and improved reliability. The design approach took advantage of AEDC experience, as well as technology developed in the robotics industry. This new CTS will allow AEDC to perform separation testing over an expanded 4T test envelope. Several of AEDC’s test teams assisted in the design and installation of the new CTS. The CTS and enclosure was designed by the Test Systems Design Group, instrumentation and controls were designed and fabricated by the Information and Technology Group, the fabrication and assembly was accomplished by the Model Shop and installation was accomplished by the Model Shop and the 4T test crew. The complete effort was coordinated and managed by the Investments Group.

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452nd FLTS work to keep Global Vigilance mission on track

Maj. Marc Nichols, 452nd Flight Test Squadron Assistant Director of Operations, conducts a walk-through inspection of an RQ-4 Global Hawk remotely-piloted aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base, California, April 6. (Air Force photo by Giancarlo Casem)

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586 FLTS can support low-level test missions.

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586 FLTS testing software management program for aircraft

Kubernetes is being implemented on the instrumentation system of T-38 aircraft for a flight test by the Arnold Engineering Development Complex 586th Flight Test Squadron, Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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586th FLTS accomplishes Air Force first in development of Kubernetes

The 586th Flight Test Squadron, 704th Test Group, Arnold Engineering Development Complex, took Kubernetes supersonic in a T-38 Talon like the one shown here during another flight. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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586th FLTS accomplishes Air Force first in development of Kubernetes

A T-38 Talon crew, Maj. Scott Pontzer, front cockpit, and Capt. Trevor Breau, from the 586th Flight Test Squadron, 704th Test Group, Arnold Engineering Development Complex, prepare for a test flight with Kubernetes software onboard, Dec. 11, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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586th FLTS hits testing milestone

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- A highly-modified Air Force C-12J with an inert Laser Maverick on the belly of its fuselage is flying after a testing mission Aug. 26, 2010. The Laser Maverick is an air-to-ground missile that can seek out laser-designated targets. This is the first time the 586th Flight Test Squadron has tested external stores on the modified C-12J, which is normally a “people mover”. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joshua Turner / Released)

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586th FLTS puts Holloman to the test

John Anderson, 586th Flight Test Squadron M1 avionics specialist, performs maintenance on a T-38C Talon at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, Jan. 10, 2022. The 586th FLTS performs flight tests on T-38C Talons, C-12F Huron, and the C-12J Huron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Nicholas Paczkowski)

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586th FLTS puts Holloman to the test

A C-12F Huron assigned to the 586th Flight Test Squadron parked in a hangar at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, Jan. 10, 2022. The 586th FLTS provides services for the Department of Defense and other commercial customers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Nicholas Paczkowski)

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586th FLTS puts Holloman to the test

Three T-38C Talons assigned to the 586th Flight Test Squadron are parked on the runway at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, Jan. 10, 2022. The 586th FLTS plans, analyzes, coordinates and conducts flight tests of advanced weapons and avionics systems. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Nicholas Paczkowski)

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704 TG welcomes new leaders

Jimmy Morgan

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704 TG welcomes new leaders

Lt. Col. Alex Wolfard

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704 TG welcomes new leaders

Lt. Col. Paul Dolce

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704 TG welcomes new leaders

Lt. Col. Roman Underwood

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704 TG welcomes new leaders

James Keith

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