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'The Bone' Returns to Arnold Air Force Base for Store Separation Testing PRSRT STD US POSTAGE PAID TULLAHOMA TN Vol. 66, No. 6 Arnold AFB, Tenn. PERMIT NO. 29 March 18, 2019 ‘The Bone’ returns to Arnold Air Force Base for store separation testing By Bradley Hicks AEDC Public Affairs It had been nearly 20 years since a test involving the B-1B Lancer aircraft was conducted by Arnold En- gineering Development Complex at Arnold Air Force Base. This long absence recently came to an end, as a 10 percent model of the bomber, known in the flight world as “The Bone,” is now being used to conduct a series of store separation tests in the 16-foot transonic wind tunnel at Arnold AFB. The tests, which began earlier this year, were re- quested by an AEDC testing partner, the Air Force SEEK EAGLE Office (AFSEO), based out of Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. A new targeting pod design has been introduced for the aircraft, and officials in the SEEK EAGLE Office will examine the effects of the new pod on the B-1B Lancer. Tests will be conducted on five different store models at Arnold to determine whether the full-size munitions will cleanly release from the actual bomber during flight. “AFSEO and AEDC engineers are running numer- ous tests in the wind tunnel to collect data that will allow them to analyze the forces, moments and aero- dynamic effects on the store and be able to determine if Lt. Johnathan Gutierrez, test manager in the Flight Systems Combined Test Force at Arnold Air Force the trajectories from the aircraft are safe and effective for Base, looks on as a store model performs an offline simulation of store separation from a 10 percent flight,” said 1st Lt. Johnathan Gutierrez, test manager in model of the B-1B Lancer. Store separation tests are currently being conducted in the 16-foot transonic wind tunnel at Arnold to assess the impact a newly-introduced targeting pod for the B-1B would have on stores released from the aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Bradley Hicks) (This image was altered by See THE BONE, page 3 obscuring badges for security purposes) Arnold Air Force Base Legal Office earns MAJCOM-level recognition for team and individual efforts By Bradley Hicks standing Legal Service Civilian service, whether active duty or duty Air Force and retirees, as AEDC Public Affairs of the Year for 2018. now as a civilian employee. She well as the dependents of active- McGowan was nominated for entered the Air Force after gradu- duty members, can seek legal The Arnold Air Force Base the MAJCOM-level award by ating high school. While serving advice from those in the office. Legal Office was recently recog- Lt. Col. Andrew Barker, Arnold in Japan, she began legal training McGowan also runs the office nized for its work supporting the AFB Staff Judge Advocate. and served as a military paralegal tax program, in which individu- base mission. A member of the “I was a little shocked and at Altus Air Force Base in Okla- als can schedule appointments to team was also recognized for the surprised because I feel there’s homa before her military separa- receive guidance needed to help oversight she provides for sever- a lot of civilian paralegals out tion. McGowan then worked as them complete tax forms. al programs offered by the office. there,” McGowan said. “I’m a civilian legal assistant at Altus Additionally, she runs the tax The office was named the Air very happy, and I appreciate Lt. before joining the Arnold AFB program for Rome Laboratory, a Force Materiel Command Small Col. Barker putting me up for the Legal Office. small Air Force Base located in Legal Office of the Quarter for the award.” McGowan currently manages Rome, New York, and she acts fourth quarter of 2018, and Para- McGowan has worked at Ar- a number of programs offered by as the claims examiner for all of legal Specialist Leslie McGowan nold since 2006. She began her Leslie McGowan the Arnold Legal Office, includ- Arnold AFB. was recognized with the Harold career at the base as a claims ex- rent role of paralegal specialist. ing its legal assistance program. R. Vague Award for AFMC Out- aminer before assuming her cur- She has a history of Air Force Through this program, active- See RECOGNITION, page 6 Fire and Emergency Services personnel participate in live fire training By Bradley Hicks AEDC Public Affairs A pair of Arnold Air Force Base firefighters cut through the thick smoke to gain entry into the small living room just as the flames engulfing a couch climbed higher. As soon as the duo suppressed this blaze, a sec- ond fire emanated from a stove in the kitchen. While the firefighters focused their attention on these flames, the fire in the living room reignited. As this occurred, a group of Arnold firefighters on the roof braved a blinding haze to gain entry from the atop the home. The fire and smoke were real, but the situation was only a drill. It was all part of the live fire training re- cently completed by firefighters with Arnold Fire and Emergency Services. Live fire training is an annual requirement for fire- fighters according to National Fire Protection Associ- ation standards. To ensure compliance among the Ar- nold AFB Fire and Emergency Services, a mobile live fire simulator was brought to Arnold. The training unit resembles a mobile home and is designed to replicate Brandon Gunn, left, and Lee Brassfield, driver/operators with the Arnold Air Force Base Fire and Emer- situations crews could encounter while responding to gency Services, move a firehose into position to battle a blaze during live fire training. The department a residential structure fire. took part in the training Feb. 26-28. The training was carried out using a simulator capable of replicating the fire, smoke and heat firefighters would face in actual structure fire situations. (U.S. Air Force photo See TRAINING, page 6 by Bradley Hicks) Working with Air Force One: Sen. Bowling speaks to AEDC Local Stellar Xplorers teams AEDC’s John Washer shares his personnel as part of International place second and third in experience Women’s Day celebration Southeast Region …Page 3 …Page 4 …Page 9 2 • March 18, 2019 Arnold Computer and network performance Air Force Base improvements are on the way By Dan Hall donut when suddenly Outlook re- perience in five key areas. They are: new Virtual Desktop Infrastructure AFTC Center Information sponds and sends your message. • E-mail (VDI). Technology Office For too many of us, this is a • Virtual Private Network This VDI solution allows for typical start to our workday. We (VPN) Connectivity small and inexpensive terminals You arrive at work, turn on your have learned to tolerate the delays • Local Application Latency to be deployed to end users, while computer and login. Then it’s off to of poor performing computers and • Failed Authentication & the processing and storage is main- Col. Scott Cain pour the first cup of coffee, maybe networks, and it never seems to get Logon Delays tained at redundant back end fa- Commander a restroom visit, put lunch in the better. You are not alone. The good • Web Traffic Latency cilities. This makes operation and Jason Austin fridge and greet a few coworkers. news is, your frustrations are being These teams are meeting week- maintenance much easier, with up- Chief, By now maybe the computer is heard and addressed by many lev- ly, some daily, to research and dates being deployed very quickly. Public Affairs finished loading and you can get to els of senior leadership. implement solutions, with 14-day, This architecture also allows for work. You launch email and wait Col. Rick “Rico” Johns, deputy 30-day, and long-term targets. They much greater flexibility and scal- for that to load. In the meantime director for Air, Space and Cyber- are looking at everything from net- ability. The central hardware and maybe launch the web browser to space Operations & Chief Infor- work traffic content filtering to- in software has already been installed Richard Tighe see what’s going on in the world. mation Officer of Headquarters crease throughput of the most com- and configured. A secondary fail- General Manager, That fails to load with a message Air Force Materiel Command, has monly used data; to desktop client over site is also being deployed. The National Aerospace that the site took too long to re- Operation Bottleneck as No. 1 on software configuration to speed next step is to identify key users for Solutions spond. his top 10 priorities. Brig. Gen. load times; to the physical location early implementation and testing, High Mach Staff: Back to Outlook and an impor- Christopher Azzano, commander and configuration of authentication which is currently underway. Kathy Gattis, tant message from the boss needs of the Air Force Test Center, com- servers to speed login prompts. Ev- It is clear that computer and net- NAS Executive Editor your attention. You click and wait mented after a recent AFTC climate erything is being implemented and work performance is receiving the for the PIN authentication to come survey that network and computer tested with the end-user experience attention and resources needed to Deidre Ortiz, up. You respond to the email and performance was reported as the in mind. allow personnel to be more produc- NAS Editor are prompted that the message must No. 1 hindrance to productivity. Our unclassified environment is tive in support of their various mis- High Mach is published by Lakeway Publishers, Inc.
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