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  • Adam Webb, bottom left, an electrical engineer, Justin Floyd, an outside machinist, and other Team AEDC personnel work in the control room of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Aerodynamic and Propulsion Test Unit (APTU) May 20 while wearing masks to help mitigate risk associated with the coronavirus pandemic. The APTU team has performed their tasks, providing hypersonic testing capabilities, without interruption during the pandemic. Hypersonics is considered a critical field for national defense. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

    Arnold AFB test teams maintain mission focus through COVID-19 constraints

    Most teams at Arnold Engineering Development Complex tasked with carrying out work critical to national security, for a period of time, did not have a full complement of personnel on hand.Precautions requiring adherence, such as team members maintaining a proper distance from one another and the use of personal protection equipment when this is not
  • The Gas Dynamics Facility at Arnold Air Force Base was dedicated in honor of Dr. Theodore von Kármán on Oct. 30, 1959. Von Kármán helped provide the blueprint that led to the construction of Arnold Engineering Development Complex at Arnold AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo)

    VKF named in honor of von Kármán 60 years ago

    Sixty years ago, a test facility at Arnold Air Force Base was renamed in honor of the man who helped provide the blueprint that led to the construction of the now Arnold Engineering Development Complex headquartered at Arnold AFB.During an Oct. 30, 1959, ceremony, the Gas Dynamics Facility was dedicated as the von Kármán Gas Dynamics Facility, a
  • AEDC Tour Guide Deidre Ortiz, left, talks about the Propulsion Wind Tunnel facility June 10 during a tour for Bob Hyde, Annette Freres and Freres' daughter Michelle Freres at Arnold Air Force Base. Annette's father, Jack Durand, and stepfather, Col. Edwin Brown, both worked at Arnold. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett) (This image has been altered by obscuring badges for security purposes.)

    Woman’s visit to Arnold brings back memories of her family, childhood

    Touching an X-15 model in the A&E Lobby at Arnold Air Force Base, Annette Freres became emotional as she imagined her father doing the same decades earlier as an engineer working at Arnold.Freres recently had the opportunity to visit Arnold AFB, along with her daughter Michelle and high school friend Bob Hyde.Though she’s currently a resident of
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