PRSRT STD US POSTAGE PAID TULLAHOMA TN Vol. 64, No. 8 Arnold AFB, Tenn. PERMIT NO. 29 April 24, 2017 Mission Ready - Today and Tomorrow PWT staff testing national assets for 60 years By Raquel March AEDC Public Affairs April 2017 marks 60 years that AEDC team- mates have operated the AEDC Propulsion Wind Tunnel, a one-of-a-kind test facility where the na- tion’s defense systems have benefited from test capabilities critical to de- velopment. The first test run in 1957 in the 16-foot Tran- sonic Tunnel, or 16T, was documented by Phil Tarv- er, then an AEDC staff photographer. However, public photos were never taken of the test article nor was there a mention of the name of the test article. The facility has three tunnels that are opera- tional which also includes, besides 16T, the 16-foot Supersonic Tunnel and the 4-foot Transonic Tunnel. See PWT, page 4 AEDC workers inspect tiles in the Propulsion Wind Tunnel 16-foot Supersonic Tunnel in 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo/Rick Goodfriend) Team members unite to make safety a priority By Raquel March maintenance, eye safety, to improve safety, and the AEDC Public Affairs fire safety, lighting, guard- area inspected with the ing and fall safety, which fewest unsafe findings. The members of the affect all team members at A continued process Manufacturing Safety the Complex. for the council, which was Leadership Council, or Members of the council exercised in the hunt, is MSLC, at AEDC are wit- implemented a process in having craft workers visit nessing the rewards of January called a “Hazard work areas outside of their having involvement from Hunt” to find unsafe con- own area to identify unsafe team members to achieve ditions during a one hour items on a routine basis. a superior safety mindset. safety stand-down which “We try to put fresh Since the beginning of aided in the discovery of eyes in every area,” said the fiscal year 2017, the 197 findings. During the Robby Brannan, Chairman council and AEDC craft stand-down, craft and ad- of the MSLC and boiler- workers have implement- ministrative team members maker at AEDC. “People ed solutions to 181 self-re- worked together to survey are taken from their work ported findings due to the their work areas and other area to an unfamiliar area involvement of the craft teammates work areas to in the hopes that they will team performing field in- find hazards. To add a little spot unsafe items that the stallation work in the plant competitive spirit and fun person working in the area and test areas, the manu- to the hunt, points were might overlook.” facturing fabrication areas given for the highest num- As stated by several and the laboratories. ber of hazards identified, of the council members The findings typically the most hazards corrected during a recent meeting, Pictured on the left is a load bank previously used to test 440 volt welders. The deal with housekeeping, during the hunt, the most craft members talk daily at 40-year old load bank didn’t meet regulations for operations posing a hazard to operators. Pictured on the right is the new load bank which replaces the older electrical hazards, trips serious hazard discovered, morning toolbox meetings version. (AEDC photo) and slips, hazmat, building the most ideas generated See PRIORITY, page 3 Forest management key to base land use By Shannon Allen and Brandon Bailey scientific basis for defining ecosystem integrity Arnold Natural Resources and Foresty and developing sound tree cultivation practices. This type of management will be practiced in The priorities of Air Force land use are sus- support of the base Airfield Reactivation, where tainable mission support and stewardship. the Base Forest Management Program will har- As a result, its forest management is not pri- vest 143 acres at the north and south ends of the marily dictated by traditional commercial for- airfield for flight line clearance between May estry practices that emphasize optimal yields and October. of forest products. Instead, the AF strives for Of the 39,081 acres at Arnold, 29,764 acres ecologically sustainable management of its for- are pine and hardwood forest. Pine forests at the ests to maintain the continued supply of desired base consist of planted loblolly pine plantations ecosystem services, including realistic training in a variety of age classes. Hardwood forests settings and mission support in general, as well consist primarily of closed canopy oak-hickory as maintenance of native biological diversity. forest types ranging from upland hardwoods on This sustainable approach to management is well-drained sites to mixed bottomland hard- conveyed in the Arnold Air Force Base Forest woods on poorly-drained sites. Management Program practices. We promote Arnold AFB manages all of its forests with ecosystem integrity at landscape levels while a sustainable approach, but the primary focus continuing to provide wood products and other for managing and harvesting forest products is ecosystem services. Natural models of forest within pine plantations. Logging at Arnold Air Force Base is shown here as part of the Base disturbance and stand development provide the Forest Management Program priorities for Air Force land use, which See MANAGEMENT, page 3 are sustainable mission support and stewardship. (AEDC photo) FIRST® LEGO® League teams take regional championships by storm …Page 3 2 • April 24, 2017 Johnson promoted to Arnold Engineering Development Complex major An Air Force Test Center Deputy Staff Judge Advocate Maj. Test Complex Brett Johnson (right), at Arnold Col. Rodney Todaro Air Force Base, receives a con- Commander gratulations on his promotion from his brother-in-law, Maj. Nicholas Jason Austin Kunde of the 81st Stryker Brigade Chief, Combat Team, Washington Army Public Affairs National Guard. Kunde took part in the April 3 ceremony by admin- istering the oath of office. (U.S. Air Force photo/Rick Goodfriend) Cynthia Rivera General Manager, National Aerospace Solutions High Mach Staff: Kathy Gattis, NAS Executive Editor Raquel March, Stopping Sexual Assault – Not Just in April NAS Editor By Chief Master Sgt. Every Airman who em- High Mach is published of the Air Force bodies our core values by Lakeway Publishers, Inc. a private firm in no way con- Kaleth O. 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