Evan Milligan, a journeyman wireman, connects cables
Evan Milligan, a journeyman wireman, connects cables to a F404 engine Jan. 10, 2020, in a sea level test cell at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. The engine is being prepared for use as a testbed by the Arnold Engi... More
Evan Milligan, a journeyman wireman, connects cables
Evan Milligan, a journeyman wireman, connects cables to a F404 engine Jan. 10, 2020, in a sea level test cell at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. The engine is being prepared for use as a testbed by the Arnold Engi... More
The Capital Improvements Branch, or TSSI, is restoring
The Capital Improvements Branch, or TSSI, is restoring the exhaust gas cooling system of the Aeropropulsion System Test Facility (ASTF), including forespray banks and exhaust cooler, seen here Feb. 14, 2020, at... More
Master Sgt. Lashonda Morehead, left, flight chief of
Master Sgt. Lashonda Morehead, left, flight chief of medical operations at Arnold Air Force Base, briefs Gen. Arnold W. Bunch Jr., right, commander, Air Force Materiel Command, and Chief Master Sgt. Stanley Cad... More
Maj. Christopher Brunelle, director of operations for
Maj. Christopher Brunelle, director of operations for the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Space and Missile Branch, explains the construction of an arc heater to Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barret... More
Scott Meredith, left, technical advisor for Arnold
Scott Meredith, left, technical advisor for Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) Flight Systems Branch, and Chief Master Sgt. Stanley Cadell, command chief, Air Force Materiel Command, walk past a rake... More
Trey Glenn, an outside machinist, uses an impact wrench
Trey Glenn, an outside machinist, uses an impact wrench to loosen bolts connecting a pitch table to a store separation test cart, March 16, 2020, in the Model Installation Building at Arnold Air Force Base, Ten... More
Dr. Rich Roberts, flight commander for store separation
Dr. Rich Roberts, flight commander for store separation at Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC), speaks with Chief Master Sgt. Stanley Cadell, command chief, Air Force Materiel Command, during a tour o... More
Ashley Dement, an electrical technician lead, works
Ashley Dement, an electrical technician lead, works on a rake used to characterize the flow of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex 16-foot Supersonic Wind Tunnel, March 24, 2020, at Arnold Air Force Base... More
Kellye Burns, left, a space test engineer, shows Secretary
Kellye Burns, left, a space test engineer, shows Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett some of the hardware and samples used during a materials test in teh Space Threat Assessment Testbed at Arnold Air For... More
Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Stephen Wilson
Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Stephen Wilson looks at materials tested in the Space Threat Assessment Testbed at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., as Kellye Burns, an Arnold Engineering Development Comp... More
Colby Cox, right, a rigger, directs the crane operator,
Colby Cox, right, a rigger, directs the crane operator, as Michael Levan, an ironworker, hooks cables to a pitch table to lift it to another location for maintenance, March 16, 2020, in the Model Installation B... More
AEDC Flight Systems Branch provides data critical to weapon systems de...
Michael Levan, an ironworker, secures a cable to a pitch table in order to lift it to another location for maintenance, March 16, 2020, in the Model Installation Building at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. (U.S. A... More
Troy Haywood, lead computer network technician, restages
Troy Haywood, lead computer network technician, restages a computer for Non-Classified Internet Protocol Router Network, Dec. 12, 2019, in the PC Staging Area at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. Computers must be l... More
Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., commander, Air Force Materiel
Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., commander, Air Force Materiel Command, shakes hands with Sarah Morgan, complex support director for Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC), Feb. 7, 2020, at Arnold Air Force Ba... More
Tunnel C in the von Kármán Gas Dynamics Facility at
Tunnel C in the von Kármán Gas Dynamics Facility at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., shown here March 12, 2020, is used for aerodynamic testing at speeds of Mach 4 and Mach 10. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)
Annette Painter, an instrument technician specialist
Annette Painter, an instrument technician specialist and AEDC Fellow, watches the image from a microscope projected on a screen as she wraps .002 in. wire around a wafer while demonstrating the making of a Schm... More
Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., commander, Air Force Materiel
Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., commander, Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC), fields questions during a breakfast with Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) team members, Feb. 7, 2020, at Arnold Air Force Ba... More
Kellye Burns, right, an Arnold Engineering Development
Kellye Burns, right, an Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) space test engineer, briefs Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Stephen Wilson on the Space Threat Assessment Testbed (STAT) during hi... More
James Dill, chief of Arnold Engineering Development
James Dill, chief of Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) emergency management, briefs Gen. Arnold W. Bunch Jr., commander, Air Force Materiel Command, about COVID-19 response at Arnold Air Force Base,... More
Tyler McCamey, left, an Air Force program manager,
Tyler McCamey, left, an Air Force program manager, points to a gauge on gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) for the Propulsion Wind Tunnel (PWT) Facility, Feb. 14, 2020, at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. The switchgea... More
AEDC exploring high-speed video for engine vibration testing analysis
Seth Beaman, a Naval Air Systems Command aeropropulsion test analyst, aims a light mounted alongside a high-speed camera at an aircraft engine, Sept. 1, 2020, in the sea-level test cell SL-1 at Arnold Air Force... More
Lt. Col. Adam Quick, front left, director of the Arnold
Lt. Col. Adam Quick, front left, director of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) Space and Missile Branch, briefs Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Stephen Wilson as they walk through part... More
Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., commander, Air Force Materiel
Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., commander, Air Force Materiel Command, fields questions during a breakfast with Arnold Engineering Development Complex team members, Feb. 7, 2020, at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. (U.S... More
Randy Quinn, right, Arnold Engineering Development
Randy Quinn, right, Arnold Engineering Development Complex Space and Missile Rocket Propulsion Test Capability manager, speaks with Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett about testing at the Large Rocket M... More
Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., commander, Air Force Materiel
Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., commander, Air Force Materiel Command, coins Wende Pepper, an Arnold Engineering Development Complex team member during a breakfast, Feb. 7, 2020, at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. (U.S... More
Lt. Col. Adam Quick, left, director of the Arnold
Lt. Col. Adam Quick, left, director of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) Space and Missile Branch, briefs Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Stephen Wilson as they walk through part of th... More
Melissa Tate, left, deputy director of Aeropropulsion
Melissa Tate, left, deputy director of Aeropropulsion for Arnold Engineering Development Complex, and Lt. Col. Lane Haubelt, chief of the Aeropropulsion Test Branch, speak about the Aeropropulsion Systems Test ... More
Dr. David Plemmons, left, a senior scientist with the
Dr. David Plemmons, left, a senior scientist with the Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC), speaks about the use of a continuous wave laser Jan. 13, 2020, in the Test Technology, Analysis and Evaluatio... More
Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., commander, Air Force Materiel
Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., commander, Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC), fields questions during a breakfast with Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) team members, Feb. 7, 2020, at Arnold Air Force Ba... More
Adam Marshall, a telephone technician, connects a phone
Adam Marshall, a telephone technician, connects a phone line, Dec. 12, 2019, using a punch-down block on the main distribution frame in the Telephone Switchroom at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. (U.S. Air Force p... More
Kellye Burns, center, a space test engineer, explains
Kellye Burns, center, a space test engineer, explains to Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett a materials test that was conducted in the Space Threat Assessment Testbed to understand the performance of th... More
New officers monitor roadways, enforce laws at Arnold AFB
Department of the Air Force police officers pose for a photo, Sept. 2, 2020, at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. Pictured are, from left, Officer Todd Malone, Officer Bill Hernandez, Sgt. Andy Schwegler, Sgt. Georg... More
Brian Anderson, an instrumentation specialist, places
Brian Anderson, an instrumentation specialist, places a test cone, used in Arnold Engineering Development Complex arc heated test facilities to characterize flow, into an Arc Lamp System in the Aerothermal Cali... More
Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., commander, Air Force Materiel
Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., commander, Air Force Materiel Command, shakes hands with Wende Pepper, an Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) team member, Feb. 7, 2020, at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. Bunc... More
Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., commander, Air Force Materiel
Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., commander, Air Force Materiel Command, shakes hands with John Claybrook, an Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) team member, Feb. 7, 2020, at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. Bu... More
Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., commander, Air Force Materiel
Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., commander, Air Force Materiel Command, fields questions during a breakfast with Arnold Engineering Development Complex team members, Feb. 7, 2020, at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. (U.S... More
Dr. Rich Roberts, flight commander for store separation,
Dr. Rich Roberts, flight commander for store separation, speaks with Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett about a store separation test of a AARGM-ER from an F-18 Super Hornet using models in the Arnold E... More
Ron Wood, an instrument technician, uses an oscilloscope
Ron Wood, an instrument technician, uses an oscilloscope Jan. 13, 2020, in the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Test Technology, Analysis and Evaluation Branch Electronics Laboratory at Arnold Air Force B... More
F135 testing resumes in J2
Jeff Albro, right, Joint Strike Fighter Joint Program Office F135 ground test and evaluation manager, speaks with Lt. Col. Lane Haubelt, Materiel leader for the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Aeropropul... More
Joseph Baxter, right, an Air Force project manager,
Joseph Baxter, right, an Air Force project manager, talks about A Plant Exhauster Motors improvements being completed under the Service Life Extension Program (SLEP), seen here Feb. 13, 2020, at Arnold Air Forc... More
Scott Meredith, left, technical advisor for Arnold
Scott Meredith, left, technical advisor for Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) Flight Systems Branch, talks about the 16-foot supersonic wind tunnel as he, Chief Master Sgt. Stanley Cadell, second fr... More
Lindsay Anderson, an Arnold Engineering Development
Lindsay Anderson, an Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) test engineer, briefs Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Stephen Wilson, right, and Brig. Gen. William Henry Kale, Director of Civil Eng... More
Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett looks at
Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett looks at a model of an F-18 Super Hornet in the Arnold Engineering Development Complex 16-foot Transonic Wind Tunnel during her visit, June 18, 2020, to Arnold Air For... More
Gen. Arnold W. Bunch Jr., center, commander, Air Force
Gen. Arnold W. Bunch Jr., center, commander, Air Force Materiel Command, initiates a discussion about diversity and inclusion with Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) senior leadership, July 8, 2020, ... More
Col. Ernest Lincoln Bonner, chief of the Arnold Engineering
Col. Ernest Lincoln Bonner, chief of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) Test Division, offers his thoughts to Gen. Arnold W. Bunch Jr., commander, Air Force Materiel Command, during a discussion ... More
Dr. Joe Wehrmeyer, technical advisor for the Technology
Dr. Joe Wehrmeyer, technical advisor for the Technology Section of Arnold Engineering Development Complex Test Technology, Analysis and Evaluation Branch, shows how a Joint Standard Instrumentation Suite platfo... More