• Sparking Innovation: Parasim, the Upgraded Free Fall Simulator

    The road to Spark Tank 2023 begins! This means the 412th Test Wing Innovation team, SparkED, has begun the FY23 Airmen Pitch Process. The Airmen Pitch Process gives Units, Squadrons and Groups the chance to think of the next great innovative idea that sparks change for the better within their

  • 412th Test Wing helps celebrate First Flights in the Aerospace Valley

    The 412th Test Wing helped celebrate the First Flights in the Antelope Valley with a dinner and consideration panel co-hosted by the West Coast section of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots in conjunction with the Society of Flight Test Engineers and the American Institute of Aeronautics and

  • AEDC Tunnel A tested with standard model

    An AGARD-B model is shown in the test section of supersonic wind tunnel A in the von Kármán Gas Dynamics Facility at Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee, headquarters of Arnold Engineering Development Complex, Dec. 13, 2022. The area leading up to the model is the 2D variable flex-wall nozzle that

  • 16-foot transonic wind tunnel tested with standard model

    The AGARD model in the C configuration, a standard model used to assess and compare the airflow in different wind tunnels and at different times in a single wind tunnel, is installed in the 16-foot transonic wind tunnel at Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee, Nov. 29, 2022. The AGARD-C model was used

  • F-35 Conducts First Flight with TR-3

    A developmental test team from the 461st Flight Test Squadron conducted the first flight of an F-35 in the Technology Refresh 3 (TR-3) configuration on January 6, at Edwards Air Force Base, California.

  • AEDC test engineer attends Space Test Course

    Savannah Langer, an aerospace engineer for the Arnold Engineering Development Complex 718th Test Squadron, attended a newly-established four-month training course for space testers at the 412th Test Wing’s U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School based at Edwards Air Force Base, California.The program,

  • Air Force technical leaders get up-close look at AEDC operations

    Technical leaders with the 412th Test Wing and 96th Test Wing met with Arnold Engineering Development Complex leadership over three days to view the ground test capabilities at Arnold Air Force Base. These two test wings, along with AEDC, make up the Air Force Test Center.

  • AF supports joint exercise to modernize tactical C2 capabilities

    The 505th Command and Control Wing supported the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center’s assessment of forward edge battle management command and control capabilities to advance the Department of Defense’s Joint All Domain Command and Control, or JADC2, concept during exercise Project

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