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SECAF visits Arnold AFB to view developmental test capabilities

Kellye Burns, left, a space test engineer, shows Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett some of the hardware and samples used during a materials test in the Space Threat Assessment Testbed at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., June 18, 2020. Also pictured is John Claybrook, capability manager for Space Asset Resilience. (U.S. Air Force photos by Jill Pickett)
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SECAF visits Arnold AFB to view developmental test capabilities

Kellye Burns, center, a space test engineer, explains to Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett a materials test that was conducted in the Space Threat Assessment Testbed to understand the performance of the materials and susceptibility to a realistic space environment at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., June 18, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photos by Jill Pickett)
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APTU team mitigates coronavirus risk, continues hypersonic testing

Daryl Osteen, left, a test operations engineer, John VanScoten, an outside machinist, and other Team AEDC personnel work in the control room of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) Aerodynamic and Propulsion Test Unit (APTU), May 20, 2020, while wearing masks to help mitigate risk associated with the coronavirus pandemic. The APTU team has performed their tasks, providing hypersonic testing capabilities, without interruption during the pandemic. Hypersonics is considered a critical field for national defense. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)
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APTU team mitigates coronavirus risk, continues hypersonic testing

Exhaust and cooling water shoot out the back of the Aerodynamic and Propulsion Test Unit during a test at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., May 5, 2020. Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) team members are taking measures to mitigate the risk of transmission of coronavirus so they may continue performing the critical national defense mission of AEDC. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)
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APTU team mitigates coronavirus risk, continues hypersonic testing

Joseph Cowan, left, an outside machinist, and other Team AEDC personnel work in the control room of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) Aerodynamic and Propulsion Test Unit (APTU), May 20, 2020, while wearing masks to help mitigate risk associated with the coronavirus pandemic. The APTU team has performed their tasks, providing hypersonic testing capabilities, without interruption during the pandemic. Hypersonics is considered a critical field for national defense. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)
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AEDC hypersonic test team presses on during pandemic

Robert Bradford, center, an electrician, Kevin Thompson, right, test operations engineer, Tim Mullins, an outside machinist, and others prepare for a test run in the Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) Arcs Test Facility Control Room, May 5, 2020, at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. The Arcs Facility provides aerothermal ground test simulations of hypersonic flight over a wide range of velocities and pressure altitudes in support of materials and structures development. Team members are maintaining social distancing when possible and wearing masks when not, so they can continue the critical national defense mission of AEDC. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett) (This image has been altered by obscuring items for security purposes.)
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AEDC hypersonic test team presses on during pandemic

Steven Hroncich, left, an instrument technician, Robert Bradford, center right, an electrician, Kevin Thompson, right, test operations engineer, Tim Mullins, an outside machinist, and others prepare for a test run in the Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) Arcs Test Facility Control Room, May 5, 2020, at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. The Arcs Facility provides aerothermal ground test simulations of hypersonic flight over a wide range of velocities and pressure altitudes in support of materials and structures development. Team members are maintaining social distancing when possible and wearing masks when not so they can continue the critical national defense mission of AEDC. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett) (This image was altered by obscuring items for security purposes.)
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Commissary employees continue serving during coronavirus pandemic

Bagger Mary Cathey bags a customer's purchases, May 5, 2020, at the Arnold Air Force Base Commissary, while taking measures to reduce the risk of coronavirus transmission. The Arnold Air Force Base Commissary and Base Exchange have remained open to serve their customers throughout the coronavirus crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett) (This image was altered by obscuring a badge for security purposes.)
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Commissary employees continue serving during coronavirus pandemic

Store teller Wynetta Johnson scans a customer's purchases May 5, 2020, at the Arnold Air Force Base Commissary, while taking measures to reduce the risk of coronavirus transmission. The Arnold Air Force Base Commissary and Base Exchange have remained open to serve their customers throughout the coronavirus crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)
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Commissary employees continue serving during coronavirus pandemic

Store teller Tina Lawson scans a customer’s purchases, as bagger Sarah Goldston bags the items, May 5, 2020, at the Arnold Air Force Base Commissary, while taking measures to reduce the risk of coronavirus transmission. The Arnold Air Force Base Commissary and Base Exchange have remained open to serve their customers throughout the coronavirus crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett) (This image was altered by obscuring a badge for security purposes.)
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Base Comms team provides support, ensures connectivity during pandemic posture

Network Operations team members Troy Smiddy, right, and Ryan Eaves, work together in a storeroom, May 5, 2020, at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. The AEDC Base Communications continues to provide support to AEDC during the coronavirus pandemic to ensure fellow AEDC team members have the communications resources necessary to fulfill the AEDC mission. They are utilizing social distancing and when that is not possible, masks, as risk mitigation measures. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett) (This image has been altered by obscuring items for security purposes and cropped to emphasize the subject.)
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Screening process in place before entry into Arnold AFB

Arnold Air Force Base Contract Security personnel ask individuals entering the base a series of COVID-19 screening questions as a requirement to be allowed entry to the base March 23. The questions include if individuals have tested positive for COVID-19 or have been in contact with someone who has tested positive, locations of recent travel or if experiencing relevant symptoms. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett) (This image was altered by obscuring items for security purposes.)
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Screening process in place before entry into Arnold AFB

Col. Charles Roberts, Chief of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Test Support Division, observes Arnold Air Force Base Contractor Security personnel as they ask individuals entering the base a series of COVID-19 screening questions as a requirement to be allowed entry to the base March 23. The screening questions were implemented beginning March 21. Security falls under the Test Support Division. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett) (This image was altered by obscuring badges for security purposes.)
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Critical national defense mission keeps AEDC open amid pandemic

Chris Easterly, an ironworker, welds a joint on a C-1 pipe support stand April 1 in the Model and Machine Shop at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. Easterly is wearing a welding helmet with a powered air purifying respirator (PAPR) and a hood, which provides protection from smoke and fumes. The PAPR is not required for welding non-stainless steel, but is being explored as a risk mitigation option for when craftsworkers need to be closer than six feet apart to complete the task. (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 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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AEDC Capital Improvements Branch manages restoration, modernization, development of infrastructure

The von Kármán Gas Dynamics Facility drier regenerator, shown here Feb. 14, 2020, was restored and modernized as part of the Service Life Extension Program a few years ago, at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. The effort improved the reliability and safety of the system. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)
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