AFMC Command News

  • AEDC team members mark completion of 16S honeycomb

    The designers of the 16-foot supersonic wind tunnel at Arnold Air Force Base recognized when their work began in the 1950s that continuous improvements to the test facility would eventually be needed to keep pace with advancements in technology that were sure to transpire over the ensuing

  • Ejection seat testing returns to Arnold AFB for first time since late-1990s

    Until recently, the year 1997 was the last time ejection seat testing was conducted in the wind tunnels at Arnold Air Force Base. This summer, three variations of the ACES V ejection seat to be utilized across multiple platforms were tested at Arnold, headquarters of Arnold Engineering Development

  • SecAF visits Arnold Air Force Base

    During his visit to Arnold, headquarters of Arnold Engineering Development Complex, Kendall was treated to an up-close view of some base operations and new construction projects. Additionally, he received overviews of current and planned AEDC test capabilities.

  • Arnold AFB Junior Force Council facilitates tour of Innovation Center

    Matt Perenich, a test analyst with the 718th Test Squadron, checks out the oil analysis station in the condition-based maintenance area of the AEDC Innovation Center during a tour Feb. 15, 2023, at Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee. The Arnold Air Force Base Junior Force Council facilitated a tour of

  • 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

  • Maj. Gen. von Hoffman visits Arnold AFB

    Kris Hughes, deputy base civil engineer for Arnold Air Force Base, speaks with Maj. Gen. C. McCauley von Hoffman, director of Logistics, Civil Engineering, Force Protection and Nuclear Integration, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, about the Primary Pumping Station during her visit to Arnold

  • AEDC conducts tests for Orion ahead of Artemis launch

    After several years in the making, NASA launched Artemis 1, an unmanned maiden flight of the integrated Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, as part of its Artemis space program.Since the early flight missions to the moon, teams of

  • AFTC gains new test capability

    Members of the 716th Test Squadron and Integrated Analysis Branch of the 804th Test Group of Arnold Engineering Development Complex are advancing the test capabilities available to develop and prove the superiority of those systems needed to meet the demands of the National Defense Strategy with the

  • AFTC organizations collaborate to expand B-52 weapon capabilities

    The Air Force SEEK EAGLE Office recently called upon the expertise of the Store Separation Test team to test and evaluate the release of a GBU-38 from a B-52H Stratofortress with new load configurations in the 16-foot transonic wind tunnel at Arnold Air Force Base.