• AEDC machinist keeps pedal to the metal during leisure time

    Life in the fast lane suits Daniel Jones just fine.Jones’ work and his pastime both center on achieving extreme speeds. As the inside machinist lead at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Model and Machine Shop at Arnold Air Force Base, Jones works to support the high-speed testing that

  • Arnold AFB Carroll Building hits the big 3-0

    For a time, those at Arnold Air Force Base responsible for engineering analysis and computer operations were spread far and wide across the installation.They either worked out of one of the dozens of “fish camp” trailers, as they were then described, set up across the base or occupied available

  • Upgrades bring the AEDC 16-foot supersonic wind tunnel nozzle back to life

    A $13 million dollar project to upgrade the nozzle drive motors for the Arnold Engineering Development Complex 16-foot supersonic wind tunnel, or 16S, at Arnold Air Force Base is complete as of early October.While the last customer test in 16S was completed in 1997, a new investment of $60 million

  • AEDC Spark Cell implementing ideas submitted by workforce

    In late 2019, Arnold Engineering Development Complex leadership implemented the AEDC Spark Cell, a campaign headed by AEDC team members meant to instill a culture of innovation Complex-wide.According to Cameron Liner, chief of the AEDC Capabilities Integration Branch at Arnold Air Force Base, the

  • Two AEDC Aeropropulsion team members receive special recognition

    Steve Arnold, technical advisor for Aeropropulsion, was selected as the AFMC Science Engineering and Engineering Management Senior Career Civilian Scientist/Engineer of the Year. Maj. Michael Knauf, former operations officer for Aeropropulsion, was selected as an Air Force nominee for the Air Force

  • 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

  • SECAF visits Arnold AFB to view developmental test capabilities

    Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett visited Arnold Air Force Base June 18 to get a first-hand look at critical ground-based developmental test mission activities.The visit highlighted the contribution of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex team to a variety of national priority test

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