Arnold Air Force Base

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The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arnold Air Force Base State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Arnold Engineering Release Status: Re More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arnold Air Force Base State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Arnold Engineering Release Status: Re More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arnold Air Force Base State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Arnold Engineering Release Status: Re More

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The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arnold Air Force Base State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to P More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arnold Air Force Base State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to P More

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The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arnold Air Force Base State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SMSGT. Robert Wickley Release Status: More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arnold Air Force Base State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SMSGT Robert Wickley Release Status: More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arnold Air Force Base State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SMSGT Robert Wickley Release Status: More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arnold Air Force Base State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SMSGT Robert Wickley Release Status: More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arnold Air Force Base State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SMSGT Robert Wickley Release Status: More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arnold Air Force Base State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SMSGT Robert Wickley Release Status: More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arnold Air Force Base State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SMSGT Robert Wickley Release Status: More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arnold Air Force Base State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to P More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arnold Air Force Base State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to P More

A full-scale replica of the Gemini adapter section and base of capsule is being prepared for simulated high altitude test of emergency abort system occurring in 1963 in the AEDC J-1 test cell at Arnold Air Forc More

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Robert Heckman, Arnold Engineering Development Complex superintendent, front left, hosts Arnold Engineering Development Complex’s, first Chief Master Sgt. U.S. Air Force retired More

Pratt & Whitney’s F100-PW-220 engine recently completed a 15-month accelerated mission test in AEDC’s Sea Level test cell 3

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

Col. Scott A. Cain is commander of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex, headquartered at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. The Complex employs more than 3,000 people and comprises more than 55 aerospace test More

One of the 20 cadets who participated in the South East Region (SER) National Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Glider Academy prepares for takeoff at the Tullahoma Municipal Airport. The academy, hosted by Beechcraft Her More

ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, TENN. -- Lt. Col. David Hoffman, right, becomes director of the Flight Systems Combined Test Force (TSTW) during a Change of Directorship ceremony July 21 inside the Model Installation B More

ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn. - Col. Scott A. Cain, Arnold Engineering Development Complex commander, presents a grant check for $48,886 to board members of the Hands-On Science Center in Tullahoma on behalf of More

ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn. – Edward J. Mickle, Arnold Engineering Development Center Flight Systems Combined Test Force operations officer, (left) briefs Dr. David Bowles, Director of NASA’s Langley Research More

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

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, 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

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

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

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

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

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 commander, and Senior Master Sgt. Michael Roberts, Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Commander, presents Master Sgt. Matthew Alfreno, AEDC Test Systems Susta More

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

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

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

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

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

Instrumentation technicians perform maintenance on Tunnel A at the Von Karman Facility at Arnold AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo/Deidre Ortiz)

Outside machinists Tim Gilliam, left, and Will Jacques, right, and boilermaker Troy Caldwell, second from right, look on as Lead Outside Machinist Mark Carson loads a projectile into the launcher. The craftsmen More

A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook lands at Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee, August 16, 2018, to conduct joint training with Arnold Air Force Base Emergency Management Services. The Chinook is a two-engine, tandem roto More

During Arnold Engineering Development Complex’s (AEDC) 3RD Quarter Air Force excellence award breakfast U.S. Air Force Col. Scott Cain, AEDC commander, (left), and U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Robert Heckma More

Air Force Test Center Commander Brig. Gen. Christopher Azzano, right, is greeted by Sean Smith outside of the Aerodynamic & Propulsion Test Unit during Azzano’s Nov. 16 tour of Arnold Air Force Base. Azzano and More

Chief Master Sgt. Robert Heckman, AEDC Superintendent, speaks to a group of senior non-commissioned officers in his office at Arnold Air Force Base during a meeting Jan. 10. (U.S. Air Force photo by Deidre Ortiz)

One of the more than a dozen birthday cards created by attendees is set out for display during the Sept. 18 Air Force birthday celebration at the Arnold Lakeside Complex on Arnold Air Force Base. Dozens of folk More

TDAAS enables engineers to quickly gather test data, current and historical, that allows them to evaluate design and engineering processes for next-generation aerospace technologies (like the F135 engine pictur More

Air Force Test Center Commander Maj. Gen. David A. Harris, left, presents the Arnold Engineering Development Complex flag to the newly-designated commander, Col. Scott A. Cain, during a change of command ceremo More

One of the 20 cadets who participated in the South East Region (SER) National Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Glider Academy prepares for takeoff at the Tullahoma Municipal Airport. The academy, hosted by Beechcraft Her More

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

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.

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

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

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

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

AEDC outside machinists and boilermakers perform maintenance on the C-Plant Turbine Chiller 3, or TC3, in February of 2018, in support of the engine test facilities at Arnold Air Force Base. Similar equipment w More

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

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

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

Chief Master Sergeant Robert A. Heckman is the Superintendent of Arnold Engineering Development Complex, headquartered at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. The Complex employs more than 3,000 people and comprises mo More

Instrumentation technicians perform maintenance on Tunnel A at the Von Karman Facility at Arnold AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo/Deidre Ortiz)

Arnold Air Force Base firefighters arrive at the landing zone to begin joint familiarization training on the U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopter at Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee, August 16, 2018.

During Arnold Engineering Development Complex’s (AEDC) 3rd Quarter Air Force excellence award breakfast U.S. Air Force Col. Scott Cain, AEDC commander, (left), and U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Robert Heckma More

Brig. Gen. Christopher Azzano speaks during a strategic planning meeting at the Gossick Leadership Center during the 2018 Air Force Test Center Strategic Offsite. Azzano and other AFTC leadership visited Arnold More

Zone Status, a group based out of Murfreesboro, performs during the Air Force birthday celebration, Sept. 18, 2020, at the Arnold Lakeside Complex on Arnold Air Force Base. The U.S. Air Force was officially est More

F135-PW-100 Corrosion Test in AEDC SL-3 Sea Level Test Cells entering third decade with AEDC

The recent testing for the Graflight V-8, a high-efficiency, diesel engine designed and produced by Engineered Propulsion Systems, has brought about the reopening of the AEDC T-11 engine test cell at Arnold Air More

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

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, 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 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 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

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

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

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

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

AEDC test teams were conducting testing on the Rolls-Royce engine pictured here when facility crews at Arnold Air Force Base determined plant equipment needed to be replaced. The equipment was replaced quickly More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mason, MH-47 crew chief, briefs Arnold Air Force Base’s Emergency Management Services personnel on the general characteristics of the Chinook and explains the training they are about to rec More

Edward W. Ayer is the Vice Director of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex, headquartered at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. The Complex employs more than 3,000 people and comprises more than 55 aerospace t More

During Arnold Engineering Development Complex’s (AEDC) 3rd Quarter Air Force excellence award breakfast U.S. Air Force Col. Scott Cain, AEDC commander, (left), and U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Robert Heckma More

Brig. Gen. Christopher Azzano, commander of the Air Force Test Center, left, is greeted by AEDC Test Systems Sustainment Chief Col. John Tran outside of the Engine Test Facility at Arnold Air Force Base. Azzano More

The 704th Test Group, Aerospace Survivability and Safety Office, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, has received $23,000 as part of the Squadron Innovation Funds provided by the Air Force Material Comman More

One of the more recent tests conducted in the AEDC J-1 engine test cell at Arnold Air Force Base was for the Pratt & Whitney Adaptive Engine Technology Demonstrator engine core, pictured here. (U.S. Air Force photos)

2nd Lt. Riley Vaught, left, and Col. Carl Ise cut the cake during the Air Force Birthday celebration, Sept. 18, 2020, at the Arnold Lakeside Complex on Arnold Air Force Base. It is tradition for the youngest Ai More

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

A new Test Article Control System enclosure is installed onto Cart 2 of the Propulsion Wind Tunnel 16T.

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 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 Development Complex commander, watches the Alliance round of the 2018 FIRST® Robotics Competition Rocket City Regional at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville More

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

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 Air Force Base’s Emergency Management Services personnel are briefed on the unique characteristics of the Chinook’s tandem rotors during joint familiarization training at Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee More

Alpha Warrior brought one of its battle stations to Arnold Air Force Base on Aug. 28 as part of an ongoing tour of Air Force installations. Airmen at Arnold AFB used the obstacle course for physical training, a More

During Arnold Engineering Development Complex’s (AEDC) 3rd Quarter Air Force excellence award breakfast U.S. Air Force Col. Scott Cain, AEDC commander, (left), and U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Robert Heckma More

Brig. Gen. Christopher Azzano, commander of the Air Force Test Center, right, is briefed by AEDC Test Systems Sustainment Chief Col. John Tran before his tour of the Engine Test Facility at Arnold Air Force Bas More

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 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

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

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