July 6, 2020 AEDC team member named AF nominee for NDIA award A capability manager for Hypervelocity Flyout, Impact and Lethality Ground Test and Evaluation at AEDC, has been named an Air Force nominee for the 2019 Air Force Government Civilian Tester of the Year award from the National Defense Industrial Association.Jonathan Carroll joined the AEDC in 2014 as
June 8, 2020 Virtual bootcamp trains new test engineers Approximately 15 enlisted, officers, civilians, and contractors participated in the course which was held virtually for the first time via the Microsoft Teams Commercial Virtual Remote environment.
June 3, 2020 Datalinks flight helps test mobile health monitor Battlefield Assisted Trauma Distributed Observation Kit connects to a variety of medical sensors that measures a patient’s vital signs such as heart and respiratory rates as well as blood oxygen saturation.
June 2, 2020 Total Force test team takes AF award Shared by 417th Flight Test Squadron & 153rd Airlift Wing
June 1, 2020 Jolly Green II, Apache fly together in joint test The joint service test-effort marks another milestone in the development of the Jolly Green II.
June 1, 2020 Ops group adapts technology to continue test missions Test could not occur within an acceptable time period without this new expanded use.
May 18, 2020 AEDC hypersonic test team presses on during pandemic Seven Hroncich, left, an instrument technician, Robert Bradford, center right, an electrician, Kevin Thompson, right, test operations engineer, Tim Mullins, an outside machinist, and others prepare for a test run in the Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) Arcs Test Facility Control Room,
May 11, 2020 Eglin lab begins COVID-19 testing DOD beneficiary testing split between Eglin and Wright Patterson AFB.
May 1, 2020 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