3 Aug 2020

AEDC Team members use special motion camera to troubleshoot excessive vibrations

Motion Amplification Camera identifies potential maintenance issues before they occur in test facilities at AEDC.

3 Aug 2020

Wees assumes command of AEDC 704th Test Group

The mission of the 704 TG, which is a unit of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex headquartered at Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee, is to operate world-class test facilities for high-speed sled track testing, navigation and guidance system testing, radar signature measurements, weapon systems flight testing and to act as Air Force liaison for all Air Force programs tested at White Sands Missile Range, also located in New Mexico.

3 Aug 2020

Test cell that helped put man on moon completed 60 years ago

Throughout the 1960s, approximately 55,000 hours of testing were conducted in more than two dozen of the then-40 AEDC test facilities in support of the Apollo program. This included more than 3,300 hours of wind tunnel tests and more than 1,700 rocket firings conducted and performed from 1960 to 1968.

3 Aug 2020

Arnold AFB Airmen support combatant commanders

Deployed AEDC Airman takes COVID-19 restrictions in stride to support financial mission downrange.

3 Aug 2020

Eglin four-ship conducts advanced radar test

Improves existing air-to-air capabilities and enhances air-to-ground mapping.

31 Jul 2020

Tinker units collaborate, produce first 3-D printed engine component

Members of the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex, an Air Force Sustainment Center wing, have produced the first additively manufactured metal component successfully tested on a U.S. Air Force aircraft engine, a significant milestone for future sustainment of aircraft like the E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System and the B-52 Stratofortress.

31 Jul 2020

Team Edwards bid farewell to fallen Airman

Members of the 412th Test Wing bid farewell to Senior Airman Cody Chrisman during a dignified transfer ceremony in Lancaster, California, July 31.

28 Jul 2020

Bomber Modular Acquisition System promotes “data independence”

A chance meeting at an International Test & Evaluation Association workshop in 2017 has led to “data independence” utilizing the Bomber Modular Acquisition System developed by the 812th Aircraft Instrumentation Test Squadron at Edwards Air Force Base, California.

28 Jul 2020

Team Eglin prepared, ready for F-15EX

Big plans for when EX1 and EX2 arrives in 2021.

24 Jul 2020

Edwards announces Voice Communication System Upgrade contract

Set to replace and modernize the aging voice communications system currently used to support flight test operations within the Ridley Mission Control Center, Birk Flight Test Facility, Mission Control Rooms and various support facilities throughout the Air Force Test Center.