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Arnold Air Force Base PRSRT STD US POSTAGE PAID TULLAHOMA TN Vol. 66, No. 11 Arnold AFB, Tenn. PERMIT NO. 29 June 3, 2019 Bunch assumes command of AFMC By Air Force Materiel Command ees and manages nearly $60 billion and Mission Support Center provides Public Affairs annually. The command oversees combat support impacting installa- eight Air Force installations nation- tion operations and Airmen readiness WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR wide and is charged with developing, across the Air Force. FORCE BASE, Ohio – Gen. Arnold acquiring, modernizing and sustain- Bunch takes the banner of AFMC W. Bunch, Jr. assumed command of ing Air Force weapon systems across as the new National Defense Strategy the Air Force Materiel Command at their life cycle. focuses each of the services on inno- Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, The AFMC portfolio ranges from vation, cost-effective modernization Ohio, during a ceremony May 31, at basic and applied scientific research, and enhancing lethality to address the the National Museum of the U.S. Air to Air Force uniforms, to information challenge of great power competition. Force. systems and software, to manned and He is a graduate of the U.S. Air He previously served as Military unmanned aircraft, and directed en- Force Academy and the U.S. Air Deputy, Office of the Assistant Secre- ergy weapons. Force Test Pilot School. The B-52 tary of the Air Force for Acquisition, The command includes six centers, and B-2 bombers are among the many Technology and Logistics at the Pen- including acquisition product centers, aircraft he has flown. tagon, Washington, D.C. The nomina- depot maintenance facilities, global No stranger to AFMC or to Wright- Gen. Arnold W. Bunch Jr. is the com- tion was confirmed by the U.S. Sen- logistics and supply chain wings, the Patterson, Bunch has served in a number mander of Air Force Materiel Com- ate May 23. Air Force Research Laboratory, as mand headquartered at Wright-Patter- Bunch will direct AFMC's enter- well as the National Museum of the son Air Force Base, Ohio. (Air Force See , page 4 prise which oversees 80,000 employ- U.S. Air Force. Air Force Installation BUNCH courtesy photo) Arnold AFB Cultural Resources hosts Tribal Governments By Deidre Ortiz AEDC Public Affairs A meeting, hosted by Arnold Air Force Base Cultural Resources, was held May 21-22 at the Arnold Lakeside Center to provide a face-to-face government-to-govern- ment consultation with Tribal Historic Preserva- tion representatives of fed- erally recognized tribes. “The purpose was to review and discuss the cultural resource program at Arnold,” said Shannon Allen, National Environ- mental Policy Act, Natural and Cultural Resources planner. “It has been 10 years since the last meet- ing, so this is an opportu- nity for Arnold Air Force Base and tribal cultural re- sources personnel to meet each other and discuss any AEDC Commander Col. Scott Cain gives an overview of the complex to Tribal Historic Preservation representatives May 21 during concerns. Arnold regularly a government-to-government Tribal Consultation at Arnold Lakeside Center on Arnold Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett) consults with the tribes via letter, email and phone, Cherokee Indians, Semi- others calling in to par- sue metered Theodore von cable laws and regulations our cultural resources.” but face-to-face consulta- nole Nation of Oklahoma, ticipate. Kármán postage stamp as the base must follow in Routine consultations tion is less frequent.” Shawnee Tribe, Thlo- To begin the meeting, a token of appreciation. regards to consulting with include offering the base’s Allen added that Ar- pthlocco Tribal Town, AEDC Commander Col. There have been gov- Tribal Governments. Integrated Cultural Re- nold currently consults United Keetoowah Band Scott Cain provided an ernment-to-government “During, and since sources Management Plan with 15 federally recog- of Cherokee Indians overview of the research meetings previously, with these early meetings, (ICRMP) and the Annual nized Native American in Oklahoma, Eastern and testing capabilities five taking place from Arnold has continued to Cultural Resources Report governments on cultural Shawnee Tribe of Okla- of the facilities onsite at 2004 to 2009. The first of consult with all of the for review and comment. resource issues. They are homa, Kialgee Tribal Arnold as well as AEDC which was held at Arnold, interested tribes regard- “Also, if the con- the Absentee Shawnee Town, Muscogee (Creek) geographically separated with subsequent meetings ing base activities that sulting tribal members Tribe, Alabama-Quas- Nation and Poarch Band units. Following this, Cain alternating between Ada, might impact our cul- wish to visit the base, sarte Tribal Town, Ala- of Creek Indians. and AEDC Superintendent Oklahoma, at facilities tural resources,” Allen we accommodate their bama-Coushatta Tribe of Four representatives Chief Master Sgt. Robert provided by the Chicka- said. “In addition to the requests as much as pos- Texas, Coushatta Tribe of these tribes were able Heckman presented each saw Nation. tribes, we regularly con- sible,” Allen said. of Louisiana, Cherokee to attend the face-to-face tribal representative with Allen explained that sult with the Tennessee Nation, Chickasaw Na- government-to-govern- a framed envelope that these types of meetings State Historic Preserva- See GOVERNMENTS, page 5 tion, Eastern Band of ment meeting, with two includes a first-day of is- are requirements of appli- tion Officer in regards to Arnold Community Council announces 2019 AEDC Fellows By Claude Morse their significant contributions tainment contractor for AEDC. of running on condition was on test accuracy and safety; and Arnold Community Council to advancing aerospace excel- He distinguished himself as a schedule and significantly under reduced environmental emis- lence for national programs and leader in the return to service of budget. sions and program costs. His test – MANCHESTER, Tenn. multiple national agencies. The the 16-foot Supersonic Propul- Technical Fellow – measurement enhancements were The Arnold Community Coun- new Fellows are Gary Clower, sion Wind Tunnel (16S). This Dr. Robert Howard critical to customers from DOD, cil (ACC) has recognized five Dr. Robert Howard, Dr. Doug complicated project of bring- NASA, Missile Defense Agency Technical Fellow selectee Dr. outstanding contributors to our Garrard, Dan Marren and An- ing “a large mothballed facility” and other government agencies. Robert Howard is a subject mat- nation’s aerospace excellence thony Taylor. back to life, is critical to advanc- Dr. Howard has represented the ter expert and principal investi- at the Arnold Engineering De- ing the Air Force’s number one Air Force on national and inter- Craft Fellow – velopment Complex headquar- game changing technology – gator for Quantitech, the Tech- national committees and is recog- Gary Clower tered at Arnold Air Force Base hypersonics. Because of Clow- nical, Management and Analy- nized by his peers in the American as AEDC Fellows for 2019. Craft Fellow selectee Gary er’s detailed knowledge, exem- sis Support contractor at AEDC. The ACC AEDC Fellows Clower is a flight systems plan- plary leadership and integrated He has been a national leader selection committee chose one ner/scheduler for National planning expertise, the initial in the development and use of See FELLOWS, page 4 craft, two technical and two life- Aerospace Solutions (NAS), 16S return-to-service program non-intrusive instrumentation time achievement fellows for the Test Operations and Sus- first run to prove it was capable and diagnostics that improved Chief of AFRL High Speed NAS SHE Manager RoboDores wrap up Experimentation Branch earns safety honor robotics competition retiring season …Page 2 …Page 3 …Page 5 2 • June 3 2019 Arnold Chief of AFRL High Speed Experimentation Branch retiring Air Force By Deidre Ortiz gineering in 1982. Following this, he Base AEDC Public Affairs went on active duty in the U.S. Air Force as an engineer. He achieved Glenn Liston, chief of the U.S. the rank of Captain. Air Force Research Laboratory “My wife and I were both active (AFRL) High Speed Experimen- duty at the time in Sunnyvale, Cali- tation Branch at Arnold Air Force fornia, at the Satellite Control Cen- Base, will retire from Air Force ci- ter,” he said. vilian service June 30 after 37 years In 1984, he received his mas- of federal service. ter’s degree in Management Sci- Liston was selected to establish ence from the University of Dayton Col. Scott Cain the new branch in May 2014 and to in Ohio. Then in 1987, he started a Commander oversee the operations of the govern- DOD civilian position with the Air Jason Austin ment and contractor teams conduct- Force Wright Aeronautical Labora- Chief, ing experimental research within the tory at Wright-Patterson AFB. Public Affairs AEDC von Kármán Gas Dynamics Most of his career has been with Facility (VKF) at Arnold. Air Force laboratory organizations. “I supervise a team of about 16 He started working for AFRL when members that make up the AFRL it stood up in 1997. Richard Tighe team,” Liston said. “I got here in Oc- Liston mentioned that he is glad Glenn Liston, chief of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory General Manager, tober 2014 and set up the office and to have had the opportunity to work High Speed Experimentation Branch at Arnold Air Force Base, National Aerospace started hiring. We were fully staffed at Arnold, having worked closely stands by a model of the X-51A WaveRider, an experimental, sc- Solutions by December 2015.” with members of Team AEDC over ramjet-powered hypersonic vehicle. In addition to his other career High Mach Staff: He commented that many indi- the years, but never having visited milestones, Liston said he is most proud of his involvement in Kathy Gattis, viduals across the AEDC team at the site in Tennessee until 2010.
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