Instrumentation technicians perform maintenance on
Instrumentation technicians perform maintenance on Tunnel A at the Von Karman Facility at Arnold AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo/Deidre Ortiz)
Col. Scott Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex
Col. Scott Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex commander, and Senior Master Sgt. Michael Roberts, Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Commander, presents Master Sgt. Matthew Alfreno, AEDC Test Systems Susta... More
AEDC Hypervelocity Tunnel 9 Advanced Diagnostician
AEDC Hypervelocity Tunnel 9 Advanced Diagnostician and physicist Michael Smith works in the Tunnel 9 Laser Lab. Recently-developed advanced laser diagnostics are helping pave the way for a Mach 18 capability at... More
Col. Scott Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex
Col. Scott Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex commander, left, and retired USAF Maj. Gen. Michael Whittemer, former Arnold Engineering Development Center commander, right, presents Melissa Minter, Tes... More
Dr. Jerrod Hofferth, the Air Force Research Laboratory
Dr. Jerrod Hofferth, the Air Force Research Laboratory technical lead on the Tunnel D reactivation project, discusses the operations of the von Kármán Gas Dynamics Facility Wind Tunnel D. The reactivation of th... More
Col. Scott Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex
Col. Scott Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex commander, and Dr. Mark Mehalic, Arnold Engineering Development Complex vice director, presents Mrs. Jan Hoyt, AEDC/TSD, with a plaque for NAF Cat II Civi... More
Col. Scott Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex
Col. Scott Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex commander, left, and retired USAF Maj. Gen. Michael Whittemer, former Arnold Engineering Development Center commander, right, presents Maj. Virginia Trimb... More
Col. Scott Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex
Col. Scott Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex commander, and Dr. Mark Mehalic, Arnold Engineering Development Complex vice director, presents Mrs. Kristi Martin, AFTC/PZ (Arnold), with a plaque for AF... More
The reactivation of the von Kármán Gas Dynamics Facility
The reactivation of the von Kármán Gas Dynamics Facility Wind Tunnel D is nearing completion after approximately 40 years of dormancy. The project was led by the Air Force Research Laboratory, and the first res... More
Innovative analysis methodology making a difference for AEDC, Air Forc...
Using a photo of a Pratt & Whitney F135 engine in the AEDC Sea Level 2 test cell, Alan Hale, an AEDC analyst, left, describes how full frequency range screech analysis methodology is being used to reduce instab... More
Instrumentation technicians perform maintenance on
Instrumentation technicians perform maintenance on Tunnel A at the Von Karman Facility at Arnold AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo/Deidre Ortiz)
846th Test Squadron prepares Holloman High Speed Test Track for upcomi...
A rocket sled is shown just before launch on the Holloman High Speed Test Track at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. The 9-inch monorail sled was launched as part of the Hypersonic Readiness program, which i... More
A device known as the Ladder Up allows the crew at
A device known as the Ladder Up allows the crew at the Arnold Air Force Base Secondary Pumping Station to more easily ascend and descend suction valve pit ladders. The use of these devices is one of several upg... More
Col. Scott Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex
Col. Scott Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex commander, left, and retired USAF Maj. Gen. Michael Whittemer, former Arnold Engineering Development Center commander, right, presents the Capital Improve... More
Col. Scott Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex
Col. Scott Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex commander, left, and retired USAF Maj. Gen. Michael Whittemer, former Arnold Engineering Development Center commander, right, presents the Navigation Warf... More
Crews remove an old Data Acquisition and Control enclosure
Crews remove an old Data Acquisition and Control enclosure from Cart 2 of Propulsion Wind Tunnel 16T. An effort was launched this fiscal year to bring upgrades to 16T, including the installation of new Data Acq... More
Technicians Will Miller, left, and Steve Lampley install
Technicians Will Miller, left, and Steve Lampley install instrumentation wiring in the Computational Technology Area Axial boom in Propulsion Wind Tunnel 16T at Arnold Air Force Base.
Col. Scott Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex
Col. Scott Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex commander, presents Col. Eric Leshinsky, AEDC Training Support Division director, and Lieutenant Col. Jason Armstrong, Space and Missiles CTF Director, wi... More
U.S. Air Force Technical Sgt. Eric W. Williams, U.S.
U.S. Air Force Technical Sgt. Eric W. Williams, U.S. Air Force recruiter, briefs U.S. Air Force Col. Scott A. Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex commander, on the U.S. Air Force Recruiting’s Special O... More
ARNOLD AFB, Tenn. – Col. Scott A. Cain, Arnold Engineering
ARNOLD AFB, Tenn. – Col. Scott A. Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) commander; Dr. Mark A. Mehalic, AEDC executive director; and Senior Master Sergeant Charles W. Hoyt, AEDC Senior Enlisted Le... More
ARNOLD Air Force Base, Tenn. – Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski,
ARNOLD Air Force Base, Tenn. – Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski, Air Force Materiel Command commander (center), and Col. Scott Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex commander (right of center), receive a facili... More
ARNOLD Air Force Base, Tenn. – Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski,
ARNOLD Air Force Base, Tenn. – Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski, Air Force Materiel Command commander (center), and Maj. Gen. David Harris, Air Force Test Center commander (left), receive a briefing from AEDC staff me... More
ARNOLD Air Force Base, Tenn. – Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski,
ARNOLD Air Force Base, Tenn. – Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski, Air Force Materiel Command commander (center); Maj. Gen. David Harris, Air Force Test Center commander (left of center); and Col. Scott Cain, Arnold Eng... More
ARNOLD AFB, Tenn. – Col. Scott A. Cain, Arnold Engineering
ARNOLD AFB, Tenn. – Col. Scott A. Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) commander; Dr. Mark A. Mehalic, AEDC executive director; and Senior Master Sergeant Charles W. Hoyt, AEDC Senior Enlisted Le... More
Col. Scott Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex
Col. Scott Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex commander, presents the Insensitive Munitions Penetrator Test Team, 704th Test Group, led by Mr. AJ Ronquillo, with the AEDC Safety Award, February 2, 201... More
Science and Analytical Engineer Dwain Clark displays
Science and Analytical Engineer Dwain Clark displays his digital 3-D model of the Aeropropulsion Systems Test Facility. Clark completed the model using the AEDC Innovation Grant he received last fall. (This ima... More
Col. Scott Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex
Col. Scott Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex commander, left, and retired USAF Maj. Gen. Michael Whittemer, former Arnold Engineering Development Center commander, right, presents Mr. Daniel Gillilan... More
ARNOLD AFB, Tenn. – Col. Scott A. Cain, Arnold Engineering
ARNOLD AFB, Tenn. – Col. Scott A. Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) commander; Dr. Mark A. Mehalic, AEDC executive director; and Senior Master Sergeant Charles W. Hoyt, AEDC Senior Enlisted Le... More
ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn. – Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski,
ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn. – Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski, Air Force Materiel Command commander (center); Maj. Gen. David Harris, Air Force Test Center commander (right); and Col. Scott Cain, Arnold Engineering ... More
Free-jet engine test at AEDC facility sets record
The Rolls-Royce engine is set up here in free-jet mode inside the AEDC C-2 test cell at Arnold Air Force Base. Transonic speeds with large volumetric flow rates were recently achieved during free-jet testing of... More
Col. Scott Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex
Col. Scott Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex commander, tells Bridge to the Future participants and mentors about his time as an Air Force pilot and how the work at AEDC is important to the warfighte... More
Col. Scott Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex
Col. Scott Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex commander, left, and retired USAF Maj. Gen. Michael Whittemer, former Arnold Engineering Development Center commander, right, presents the Intercontinenta... More
Pictured is the additional optics used by AEDC Hypervelocity
Pictured is the additional optics used by AEDC Hypervelocity Tunnel 9 to convert a recently-developed laser diagnostics system to a Coherent anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy system. The new measurement system is ... More
Todd Davis, Armament Directorate, looks on as John
Todd Davis, Armament Directorate, looks on as John Edwards, chief executive officer of Fourth State Communications, signs contract documents during the Air Force’s first Hypersonics Pitch Day Nov. 7, at the Doo... More
The high-speed laser system, pictured, non-intrusively
The high-speed laser system, pictured, non-intrusively measures the velocity of the flow field at AEDC Hypervelocity Tunnel 9. The lower uncertainty of measurements through the utilization of this system are he... More
Col. Scott Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex
Col. Scott Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex commander, presents Staff Sgt. Oscar Samame, AEDC wing staff, with a plaque for Honor Guard Member of the Year, February 2, 2018 at the Arnold Lakeside Club.
Col. Raymond Briggs, Test Systems Sustainment Division
Col. Raymond Briggs, Test Systems Sustainment Division director, pictured in center left, welcomes the Bridge to the Future participants to Arnold Air Force Base, Dec, 18, 2017, at the Arnold Engineering Develo... More
Todd Davis, Armament Directorate, looks on as Marcie
Todd Davis, Armament Directorate, looks on as Marcie Black of Advanced Silicon Group, signs contract documents during the Air Force’s first Hypersonics Pitch Day Nov. 7, at the Doolittle Institute in Niceville,... More
Col. Scott Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex
Col. Scott Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex commander, and Senior Master Sgt. Michael Roberts, Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Commander, presents Staff Sgt. Oscar Samame, Wing Staff, with a plaque f... More
The reactivation of the von Kármán Gas Dynamics Facility
The reactivation of the von Kármán Gas Dynamics Facility Wind Tunnel D is nearing completion after approximately 40 years of dormancy. Here, the Tunnel D flexible plate nozzle contours are adjusted manually usi... More
Prior to renovation work, members of Arnold Fire and
Prior to renovation work, members of Arnold Fire and Emergency Services conduct a training exercise raising a simulated victim out of a cooler. Conducting exercises such as this allows the Arnold Fire and Emerg... More
Col. Scott Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex
Col. Scott Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex commander, left, and retired USAF Maj. Gen. Michael Whittemer, former Arnold Engineering Development Center commander, right, presents Technical Sgt. Dani... More
U.S. Air Force Technical Sgt. Eric W. Williams, U.S.
U.S. Air Force Technical Sgt. Eric W. Williams, U.S. Air Force recruiter, explains the U.S. Air Force Recruiting mission to U.S. Air Force Col. Scott A. Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex commander, w... More
Col. Scott Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex
Col. Scott Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex commander, and Dr. Mark Mehalic, Arnold Engineering Development Complex vice director, presents Mr. Mark Lewis, AEDC/TSDIC, with a plaque for APF Cat II C... More
ARNOLD AFB, Tenn. – Col. Scott A. Cain, Arnold Engineering
ARNOLD AFB, Tenn. – Col. Scott A. Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) commander; Dr. Mark A. Mehalic, AEDC executive director; and Senior Master Sergeant Charles W. Hoyt, AEDC Senior Enlisted Le... More
ARNOLD AFB, Tenn. – Col. Scott A. Cain, Arnold Engineering
ARNOLD AFB, Tenn. – Col. Scott A. Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) commander; Dr. Mark A. Mehalic, AEDC executive director; and Senior Master Sergeant Charles W. Hoyt, AEDC Senior Enlisted Le... More
ARNOLD AFB, Tenn. – Col. Scott A. Cain, Arnold Engineering
ARNOLD AFB, Tenn. – Col. Scott A. Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) commander; Dr. Mark A. Mehalic, AEDC executive director; and Senior Master Sergeant Charles W. Hoyt, AEDC Senior Enlisted Le... More
ARNOLD AFB, Tenn. – Col. Scott A. Cain, Arnold Engineering
ARNOLD AFB, Tenn. – Col. Scott A. Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) commander; Dr. Mark A. Mehalic, AEDC executive director; and Senior Master Sergeant Charles W. Hoyt, AEDC Senior Enlisted Le... More
AEDC team members resurrect 1996 software to assist in engineering ana...
Joshua Diller, an AEDC system administrator at Arnold Air Force Base, works with an analysis software program for early engineering analyses related to pressure vessels. Diller, with the help of other AEDC team... More
Col. Scott Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex
Col. Scott Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex commander, left, and retired USAF Maj. Gen. Michael Whittemer, former Arnold Engineering Development Center commander, right, presents Capt. Donald Schnei... More
This team, consisting of members from several organizations
This team, consisting of members from several organizations across Arnold Air Force Base, recently worked together to prevent a calibration interval dropping to under six months for digital temperature scanners... More
Randy Prince performs validation and verification of
Randy Prince performs validation and verification of digital temperature scanner firmware to ensure that it is properly configured for test at Arnold AFB. (U.S. Air Force photos by Deidre Ortiz)
ARNOLD AFB, Tenn. – Col. Scott A. Cain, Arnold Engineering
ARNOLD AFB, Tenn. – Col. Scott A. Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) commander; Dr. Mark A. Mehalic, AEDC executive director; and Senior Master Sergeant Charles W. Hoyt, AEDC Senior Enlisted Le... More
Col. Scott Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex
Col. Scott Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex commander, left, and retired USAF Maj. Gen. Michael Whittemer, former Arnold Engineering Development Center commander, right, presents Ms. Sharon McRory, ... More
U.S. Air Force Col. Scott A. Cain, Arnold Engineering
U.S. Air Force Col. Scott A. Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex commander, gives the opening speech at the 2018 FIRST® Robotics Competition Rocket City Regional at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, ... More
AEDC Commander presents Hands-On Science Center grant check
U.S. Air Force Col. Scott A. Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex commander, presents Mrs. Olga Oakley, Hands-On Science Center's Air Force STEM director, with a grant check for $113,000 at the Hands-On... More
Upgrades bring the AEDC 16-foot supersonic wind tunnel nozzle back to ...
Outside machinists Todd Robison, top, and Troy Jernigan inspect a ball screw for one of the jacks on the plenum side of the nozzle of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex 16-foot supersonic wind tunnel Se... More
Deidre Ortiz, tour escort with the AEDC External Affairs
Deidre Ortiz, tour escort with the AEDC External Affairs and Communications Office, speaks to Bridge to the Future event participants, Dec. 18, 2017, at the Propulsion Wind Tunnel lobby during the tour portion ... More
Dr. Jerrod Hofferth, the Air Force Research Laboratory’s
Dr. Jerrod Hofferth, the Air Force Research Laboratory’s technical lead on the Tunnel D reactivation project, points out the Tunnel D flexible plate nozzle. The reactivation of von Kármán Gas Dynamics Facility ... More
A new Test Article Control System enclosure is installed
A new Test Article Control System enclosure is installed onto Cart 2 of the Propulsion Wind Tunnel 16T.
Col. Scott Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex
Col. Scott Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex commander, and Dr. Mark Mehalic, Arnold Engineering Development Complex vice director, presents Mr. Paul Wright, AEDC/TSDIC, with a plaque for APF Cat III... More
U.S. Air Force Col. Scott A. Cain, Arnold Engineering
U.S. Air Force Col. Scott A. Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex commander, watches the Alliance round of the 2018 FIRST® Robotics Competition Rocket City Regional at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville... More
F-35 Lightning engine undergoes corrosion testing at AEDC
An F135-PW-100 engine, which powers the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, undergoes salt water corrosion testing in the Arnold Engineering Development Complex SL-3 facility at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., on Oct 23, ... More
Crews remove an old Data Acquisition and Control enclosure
Crews remove an old Data Acquisition and Control enclosure from Cart 2 of Propulsion Wind Tunnel 16T. An effort was launched this fiscal year to bring upgrades to 16T, including the installation of new Data Acq... More
Arnold AFB Angel Tree supporters bring Christmas joy to 143 children
Senior Master Sgt. Charles Hoyt, Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Commander, along with the AEDC Arnold Air Force Base Test Systems Sustainment Division, and a community volunteer, collect the toys and clothing d... More
U.S. Air Force Col. Scott A. Cain, Arnold Engineering
U.S. Air Force Col. Scott A. Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex commander, speaks with members of Team Appreciate from Austin, Texas at the 2018 FIRST® Robotics Competition Rocket City Regional at the... More
AFRL achieves record-setting hypersonic ground test milestone
The AEDC Aerodynamic and Propulsion Test Unit at Arnold Air Force Base supports recent testing for the Air Force Research Laboratory Medium Scale Critical Components Scramjet program. The Northrop Grumman-produ... More
ARNOLD AFB, Tenn. – Col. Scott A. Cain, Arnold Engineering
ARNOLD AFB, Tenn. – Col. Scott A. Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) commander; Dr. Mark A. Mehalic, AEDC executive director; and Senior Master Sergeant Charles W. Hoyt, AEDC Senior Enlisted Le... More
As part of an exercise, a firefighter with the Arnold
As part of an exercise, a firefighter with the Arnold Fire and Emergency Services team at Arnold Air Force Base raises a simulated victim out of an industrial work area on base prior to lowering the simulated v... More
Randy Prince, an instrumentation, data and controls
Randy Prince, an instrumentation, data and controls engineering tech at Arnold Air Force Base, performs validation and verification of DTS4050 firmware to ensure the digital temperature scanner is properly conf... More