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  • The largest rocket propulsion unit tested in AEDC’s Engine Test Facility up until Sept. 1959, was Reaction Motor’s 50,000-pound-thrust liquid-propellant engine for the X-15 Research Aircraft. Purpose of the test was to determine the starting and throttling capabilities of the engine under high altitude conditions. Altitudes from 20,000 to 70,000 feet were simulated in the test cell, and a total of twenty starts were made during the first phase of the test program…five being made during one five-hour test period.

    Propulsion Test Branch at Arnold AFB helping power the Air Force since 1950s

    The Engine Test Facility (ETF), which is part of the AEDC Propulsion Test Branch at Arnold Air Force Base, was the first facility on base, with its construction completed in 1953.Equipment making up the ETF test cells, such as the motors and compressors, were confiscated from a Bavarian Motor Works (BMW) plant in Munich, Germany, following World
  • During a June 25, 1951, ceremony at Arnold Air Force Base, President Harry Truman draws aside the curtain to reveal a dedicatory plaque mounted to a granite rock. The ceremony was held to dedicate the Air Engineering Development Center as the Arnold Engineering Development Center in honor of Gen. Henry H. “Hap” Arnold, who had passed away before the ceremony and whose vision was instrumental in bringing the center to fruition. Pictured with Truman is Arnold’s widow, Bee. It was 70 years ago this month that Truman signed into law the bills that allowed for the establishment of AEDC. (U.S. Air Force photo)

    Remembering the road to AEDC 70 years later

    During a June 25, 1951, ceremony at Arnold Air Force Base, President Harry S. Truman unveiled a plaque dedicating the Air Engineering Development Center as the Arnold Engineering Development Center in honor of General of the Air Force, Henry H. “Hap” Arnold. Arnold had passed away before the ceremony, but his vision was instrumental in bringing the
  • AEDC Tour Guide Deidre Ortiz, left, talks about the Propulsion Wind Tunnel facility June 10 during a tour for Bob Hyde, Annette Freres and Freres' daughter Michelle Freres at Arnold Air Force Base. Annette's father, Jack Durand, and stepfather, Col. Edwin Brown, both worked at Arnold. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett) (This image has been altered by obscuring badges for security purposes.)

    Woman’s visit to Arnold brings back memories of her family, childhood

    Touching an X-15 model in the A&E Lobby at Arnold Air Force Base, Annette Freres became emotional as she imagined her father doing the same decades earlier as an engineer working at Arnold.Freres recently had the opportunity to visit Arnold AFB, along with her daughter Michelle and high school friend Bob Hyde.Though she’s currently a resident of
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