Sept. 16, 2019 Tunnel 9 personnel provides guidance for hypersonic experiment When those conducting Air Force-sponsored basic science research in hypersonic aerodynamics needed some advice, they relied upon the expertise of engineers and technicians at AEDC Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9 in White Oak, Maryland.Earlier this year, personnel from Tunnel 9 provided instrumentation
Sept. 16, 2019 Fusion splice repair passes field tests The Air Force Sustainment Center and Air Force Research Laboratory worked with the 309th Aircraft Battle Damage Repair and Expeditionary Depot Maintenance team at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, from Sept. 9-12 to test the feasibility of a new fiber optic fusion splice repair technique for
Sept. 16, 2019 AFRL team invents cargo aircraft tire change tool WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – How many airmen does it take to change a cargo aircraft tire? Too many, said J.D. Bales, Air Force Research Laboratory and Junior Force Warfighter Operations team member of the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate.The 60th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron,
Sept. 16, 2019 FLASHBACK: Gliders...from Wright Field to the Netherlands “I’ll tell you straight out. If you’ve got to go into combat, don’t go by glider. Walk, crawl, parachute, swim, float – anything! But don’t go by glider.”[1]Walter Cronkite, American war correspondentGlider training had become a requisite for Luftwaffe flight training post-World War I and by 1935,
Sept. 16, 2019 Acting SecAF Donovan announces B-21 manufacturing, testing locations While speaking at the Air Force Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference, Donovan remarked on the Air Force’s B-21 program noting, “the development of the B-21 Raider is on schedule and the first test aircraft is under production at the same production facility in Palmdale, California, as its
Sept. 16, 2019 Air Force announces newest Red Tail: ‘T-7A Red Hawk’ Acting Secretary of the Air Force Matthew Donovan made the announcement during his speech at the 2019 Air Force Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Sept. 16.
Sept. 16, 2019 3D printing successfully used to fabricate discontinued part for lube oil system When a decades-old part could no longer be purchased, the Plant Operations and Maintenance team at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Engine Test Facility at Arnold Air Force Base coordinated with members of the Condition Based Maintenance, group, or CBM, to determine how best to recreate
Sept. 16, 2019 Test squadron delivers relevant results The 40th Flight Test Squadron mission highlights.
Sept. 15, 2019 Air Force defends Alpha Warrior Inter-Service title Air Force defended and won the Warrior Inter-Service Battle for the second consecutive year against the Army and Navy.
Sept. 13, 2019 Tyndall holds third industry day to plan rebuild of base Resilient. Sustainable. Adaptable. This was the mantra of Air Force planners, community leaders and industry representatives collaborating on the rebuild of Tyndall Air Force Base during an industry day held near the base Sept. 12. Nearly a year after Hurricane Michael caused massive destruction to