Oct. 8, 2023 Climatic lab returns home under 96th Test Wing After almost eight years, Eglin Air Force Base’s McKinley Climatic Lab returns to 96th Test Wing possession as of Oct. 1.
June 28, 2023 AEDC Spark Tank: Imager enhances leak detection, electrical inspection capabilities The group obtained an acoustic imager to identify leaks in compressed air, gas and vacuum systems.
March 25, 2023 Joint effort underway to power rocket sleds into the future Rocket sled testing is critical to bridging the gap between the laboratory and full-scale flight tests for weapon systems under development.
Aug. 4, 2021 AEDC tests directed energy system in wind tunnel The Aerodynamics Branch of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex at Arnold Air Force Base, is helping the Air Force take directed energy systems airborne.
March 16, 2021 AEDC adds large-scale mass flow assembly calibration to test capability offering Innovation by the Aerodynamics Test Branch resulted in new ways to calibrate mass flow assembly in wind-tunnel testing.
June 19, 2020 SecAF visits Arnold AFB to view developmental test capabilities The visit highlighted the contribution of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex team to a variety of national priority test missions such as nuclear modernization, flight vehicle aerodynamics, aero propulsion, hypersonic and space systems.
March 3, 2020 F-35A Lightning II store separation test completed ahead of schedule, under budget In addition to fulfilling the test requirements ahead of the original test schedule, the independent drive system within the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Propulsion Wind Tunnel Facility at Arnold Air Force Base was returned to service in time for the test, providing a substantial cost
Oct. 27, 2019 Innovation advances test operations at Arnold AFB hypersonic propulsion facility Arnold Engineering Development Complex Aerodynamics and Propulsion Test Unit team members at Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee, recently improved software to detect unsafe conditions preventing damage to expensive equipment.
July 15, 2019 AFMC conducts focus groups across enterprise The AFMC We Need enterprise-wide initiative, launched in late June 2019, seeks inputs and recommendations from AFMC civilian and military Airmen that can help posture the command to best support the National Defense Strategy today and in the decades to come.
March 19, 2019 B-1B returns to Arnold Air Force Base for store separation testing It had been nearly 20 years since a test involving the B-1B Lancer aircraft was conducted by Arnold Engineering Development Complex at Arnold Air Force Base. This long absence recently came to an end, as a 10-percent model of the bomber is now being used to conduct a series of store separation tests
May 9, 2018 Additive manufacturing capability could generate future efficiencies and cost-savings Additive manufacturing, a process commonly known as three-dimensional printing, describes technologies that build 3-D objects by adding layers. Team members in the Technology Innovation Branch at Arnold Air Force Base are looking at AM as a way to create efficiencies and cost-savings for the Arnold
April 24, 2014 Engine test facility upgrade improves exhaust handling efficiency There is an ongoing upgrade project for two of the intercoolers that aid in handling engine exhaust in the C-Plant Exhaust System at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex's engine test facility.