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  • Seven 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.)

    TRMC funding boosts hypersonic testing throughput at Arnold Engineering Development Complex facilities

    Two of the test and evaluation capabilities within the Space Test Branch of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex have received funding from the Test Resource Management Center, or TRMC, to improve the nation’s ability to test hypersonic systems in a timely manner.
  • 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)

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

    Two weeks before Christmas a little more than a half-century ago, John T. Hill and Alvin D. Overman were charged with carrying out a routine job inside a small building behind the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Model Shop at Arnold Air Force Base.It was there that both of their lives ended.Hill and Overman have not been forgotten in the
  • Lafe Redd, co-founder and CEO of Augmntr, wears a headset to view the Sea Level Test Cell using the virtual reality (VR) capability of the Virtual Test Cell Presence System (VTCPS), as preparations are made for a run of a General Electric F404 engine for sensor testing June 15, 2021, at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn.

    Virtual reality capability used during sensor validation in AEDC test cell

    When performing sensor validation tests in the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Sea Level Test Cell 1, or SL-1, this summer, AEDC engineers at Arnold Air Force Base had the opportunity to view in nearly real-time a three-dimensional representation of the test hardware and support systems using virtual reality. The VR capability was provided
  • Arnold Engineering Development Complex team member Susumu Cherrix carries gifts Dec. 6, 2021, purchased by Arnold Air Force Base personnel during the 2021 Angel Tree drive from storage in the former barber shop at Arnold AFB to a nearby loading dock. From there, the gifts were loaded for transport off the base to be wrapped and readied for distribution. The workforce at Arnold provided Christmas gifts for more than 200 area children during the latest Angel Tree campaign. (U.S. Air Force photo by Bradley Hicks)

    Arnold AFB workforce serves more than 200 local children through AEDC Angel Tree

    An old adage warns against judging a book by its cover.This expression certainly applied to the nondescript garbage bags that by the morning of Dec. 6 had lined the floor and shelves of the former barber shop at Arnold Air Force Base, headquarters of Arnold Engineering Development Complex.On the outside, the bags were nothing special. They appeared
  • From right, Adam Moon, Air Force project manager for the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Innovation Center, and Dr. Justin Garrard, AEDC Test Operations and Sustainment contractor project manager for the center, discuss potential uses of the low-speed wind tunnel recently installed in the center at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., Sept. 29, 2021. The Innovation Center is being created to provide engineers a space to research and experiment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

    Innovation Center opening soon for engineers at Arnold AFB

    Engineers at Arnold Air Force Base will soon have a place to play around with their innovative concepts.This figurative “playground,” referred to as the Innovation Center, is being established to offer engineers a venue to break away from the confines of their desks and cubicle walls to brainstorm, prototype, experiment and explore new ideas and
  • Candace Anderson, left, and Garrett Masters display the frozen turkeys they won for being the first female and male runners to cross the finish line during the 36th annual Arnold Engineering Development Complex Turkey Trot, Nov. 10, 2021, at the Arnold Lakeside Complex on Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. Anderson is the wife of Maj. Wesly Anderson. Masters is the son of Arnold engineer Dr. James Masters. The Turkey Trot drew dozens of members of the AEDC workforce and their families. (U.S. Air Force photo by Bradley Hicks)

    AEDC Turkey Trot draws dozens for pre-holiday jaunt

    Even as it nears its 40th year, a longstanding pre-Thanksgiving tradition at Arnold Engineering Development Complex shows no signs of slowing down.The 36th annual AEDC Turkey Trot was Nov. 10 at the Arnold Lakeside Complex, the third consecutive year the race has been held at the ALC since its relocation from the Arnold Air Force Base mission
  • An AEDC team member at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., carries baskets of food items donated as part of the Junior Force Council Booster Club's Thanksgiving Food Basket Program.

    Junior Force Council Booster Club’s Thanksgiving Food Basket Program has most successful year yet

    The Arnold Air Force Base Junior Force Council Booster Club was unable to conduct its annual Thanksgiving Food Basket Program in 2020, but this year its members rallied together to get the word out and collect food items.Altogether, 62 food baskets were collected, making 2021 the most successful year for the JFCBC Thanksgiving Food Basket Program,
  • Amy Brightbill, left, a new member of Team AEDC waits for her badge to be completed July 7, 2020, as Jack Horner, a subcontractor, waits his turn at the Visitor Control Center at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. A renovation expanded and upgraded the facility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

    Web-based enrollment to streamline visitor pass process at Arnold starting Dec. 1

    Annually, the Arnold Air Force Base Visitor Control Center processes over 9,000 contractor and visitor Defense Biometric Identification Systems, or DBIDS, cards and passes.While these numbers are unlikely to decrease in the coming years, the VCC will be implementing a new web-based enrollment process for visitors Dec. 1 that will make the process
  • A heat exchanger is lifted and lowered into exhaust cooler 1 of the Aeropropulsion Systems Test Facility at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., Sept. 29, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

    Investment prepares AEDC to test next-gen engines

    As the Air Force develops engines for next-generation aircraft to fly faster and stay in the air longer, Arnold Engineering Development Complex, an Air Force Test Center organization, is preparing ground test facilities to prove their worthiness. The Next Generation Turbine Engine Test Capability Project, or NGTETC, is an effort to restore and modernize the C-Plant and two altitude test cells, C-1 and C-2, of the Engine Test Facility at Arnold Air Force Base to enable testing next-generation, full-scale propulsion systems under simulated flight conditions that are as realistic as possible.
  • James H. Nichols (U.S. Air Force photo)

    AEDC Fellow James Nichols’ contributions to the complex remembered

    AEDC Fellow James H. Nichols will be remembered for his contributions to Arnold Engineering Development Complex following his passing on Nov. 8 at the age of 91.Nichols is credited with exhibiting technical and managerial leadership in advancing state-of-the-art wind tunnel facility design, operation and testing. He was honored as an AEDC Fellow in
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