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May 23, 2022
AEDC team members witness car wreck, take action

The phrase “not all heroes wear capes” is often used to describe everyday people who do good deeds.To a local mother and her two children, Arnold Engineering Development Complex team members Casey Culver, Greg Garner and U.S. Space Force 1st Lt. Michael Hareld, are definitely considered heroes.As
May 20, 2022
AEDC stands up 804th Test Group with ceremony

An official ceremony was held May 20 at Arnold Air Force Base, headquarters of Arnold Engineering Development Complex, to activate the 804th Test Group as part of reorganizing AEDC to align with the traditional Air Force structure.“The activation of the 804th Test Group at Arnold Air Force Base
May 10, 2022
Redesigned birdchaser sleds at Holloman test track saves time, money

The 846th Test Squadron, a unit of Arnold Engineering Development Complex, has deployed a new design for the birdchaser sleds used at the Holloman High Speed Test Track, or HHSTT, on Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. The birdchaser sleds, used to mitigate bird and animal strikes during HHSTT test
May 3, 2022
Missionized tire wear testing helping tire designers fail fast to move forward

High costs and long lead times can be a deterrent to innovation. The team at the Landing Gear Test Facility, or LGTF, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is trying to lower those barriers for aircraft tire manufacturers.
April 4, 2022
Decommissioned Mach 8 tunnel removed to make room for future test opportunities

The hardware making up the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Tunnel E facility has been scrapped, leaving behind a mostly empty room in the building that also houses Tunnel D at the von Kármán Gas Dynamics Facility at Arnold Air Force Base. It hasn’t been an active wind tunnel in years, so the
March 31, 2022
Arnold AFB Fire and Emergency Services conducts rappelling training

Arnold Air Force Base Fire and Emergency Services personnel practice a lift of a simulated victim during rappelling training, March 10, 2022, at Arnold AFB, Tenn. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett) (This image was altered by obscuring badges for security purposes.)
March 29, 2022
AEDC teams put problem-solving skills to use during AFTC Hackathon

Arnold Engineering Development Complex team members, along with other Airmen from across the three wings, participated in the second Air Force Test Center Data Hackathon in March to find innovative solutions to issues being faced by the organizations. Over the course of the weeklong event, held
March 18, 2022
AEDC engineers team with local business, UTSI to apply optical flow visualization to jet engine testing

Working together with a local business and academic professionals at the University of Tennessee Space Institute, Arnold Engineering Development Complex team members at Arnold Air Force Base are studying optical measurement techniques to better evaluate turbine engine exhaust characteristics during
March 14, 2022
New device leads to cost, time savings for von Kármán Facility maintenance

Five Arnold Engineering Development Complex team members created a device to help reduce cost and time in maintaining equipment for the von Kármán Gas Dynamics Facility, or VKF, at Arnold Air Force Base.Bruce Jones, Eddie Lee, Carlos Bussche, Gary Jarrell and Joel Sizemore helped to design,
March 11, 2022
Melissa Tate becomes first female McKinley Climatic Laboratory site director

Melissa Tate, who has served as the lead engineer and deputy of the Propulsion Test Branch, Test Division, Arnold Engineering Development Complex, since April 2019, will take on a new role as McKinley Climatic Laboratory site director at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, beginning next month.

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