AFMC Command News

  • 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

  • Second vendor F-35 canopy testing complete

    Testers from the Holloman High Speed Test Track, in conjunction with members of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office, Lockheed Martin, Martin Baker, and BAE Systems, successfully conducted an F-35 static ejection seat test to evaluate pilot survivability using a canopy transparency from a new