PRSRT STD US POSTAGE PAID TULLAHOMA TN Vol. 64, No. 10 Arnold AFB, Tenn. PERMIT NO. 29 May 22, 2017 Arnold AFB powered by workforce, fueled by innovation By Deidre Ortiz said. “It’s in our bloodline. We’ve faced Technology Innovations. “As part of area. AEDC Public Affairs challenges before and overcome them leadership’s commitment to cultivat- “Innovations have run the entire gam- with ideas.” ing new technical competencies, we are ut of technical competencies and all have The U.S. Air Force is focused on the To keep innovation at the forefront, recognizing our best innovators in ac- provided measureable and objective en- importance of innovation in delivering those heading up the Technology Inno- complishing our mission during our daily hancements to mission accomplishment,” war winning capabilities to the warfighter vations Branch at Arnold Air Force Base work. From the beginning of the Test Op- he said. “Innovative approaches to logis- by inspiring and providing the necessary are committed to creating technical com- erations Sustainment (TOS) contract per- tics, test support, manufacturing, engi- tools and support. petencies and supporting its employees as formance period until present, the Tech- neering solutions and information tech- Being a major Air Force Vision, Gen- the driving force behind these improve- nology Innovations Branch has reached nologies have dramatically enhanced test eral Dave Goldfein, Air Force Chief of ments. out to the other branches and documented efficiency and decreased mission risks.” Staff, has noted the significance of inno- “Our Technology Innovations branch over 70 specific technical innovations by One example of recent innovative vation. is currently focused on cultivating the to- team members.” efforts, of software engineer Scott Wil- “We are the service you rely on to push tal portfolio of our innovation pursuits,” Miller mentioned that the advances the limits of innovation,” Gen. Goldfein said David Miller, a group manager for haven’t been in only one AEDC mission See INNOVATION, page 5 Accelerating hypersonics Five selected development to be A Mach 10 Scramjet- powered vehicle con- AEDC Fellows figuration undergoes testing at AEDC Hyper- velocity Wind Tunnel 9 in 2010. The large scale & replication of flight phys- ics at Tunnel 9 provides the ideal environment to evaluate configura- tions such as this. The Defense Advanced Re- search Projects Agency, or DARPA, and U.S. Air Force sponsored test obtained aerodynamic control data to validate models and predict flight By Claude Morse performance. Tunnel 9, Arnold Community Council located at White Oak, Maryland, provides aero- TULLAHOMA, TN - The Arnold dynamic simulation criti- Community Council announced that five cal to the development of individuals who have made significant hypersonic systems and long-term contributions to the advancement hypersonic vehicle tech- of aerospace ground testing technology and nologies. (Photo by Mike Smith) capabilities at AEDC have been selected as 2017 AEDC Fellows. See the full story “Ac- Lester Bates, of Tullahoma, and the late celerating hypersonics Dr. E. Eugene “Gene” Callens Jr., formerly development” on page 3. of Tullahoma, have been selected to be hon- ored as AEDC Technical Fellows. Pete French, of Manchester, and An- nette McCullough Painter, of Manchester, have been selected to be honored as AEDC New crane purchased to support Craftsman Fellows. David Minto, recently retired technical director of the AEDC 704th Test Group at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, national defense mission has been selected as an AEDC Lifetime By Deidre Ortiz Achievement Fellow. AEDC Public Affairs The new selectees will be honored and inducted as AEDC Fellows at a banquet A large crane has been pur- June 23 at the Arnold Lakeside Center, Ar- chased to help maintain the nold Air Force Base. The annual Fellows national defense mission at Ar- banquet is held on the closest available date nold Air Force Base. to the birthday of General of the Air Force According to Mark Henry Harley “Hap” Arnold who was born Grantham, maintaining these June 25, 1886. facilities is an important task President Harry S. Truman dedicated because it ensures infrastruc- AEDC in Gen. Arnold’s memory on June ture is working as needed to 25th 1951, saying in his speech “here men perform the day to day test op- will test what lies on the other side of the erations of the base. speed of sound.” “The Grove GMK5200-1 The AEDC Fellows Program was es- Hydraulic All Terrain Mobile tablished in 1989 as the AEDC top award Crane will be used for routine, to honor those who have made significant planned maintenance and re- long term contributions to advance aero- pair of Arnold AFB test support space ground flight simulation technology assets,” he said. “The com- and capabilities. plex operates 28 aerodynamic To date, 91 people have been honored as and propulsion wind tunnels, AEDC Fellows. Col. Raymond Briggs, chief of the Arnold Air Force Base Test Systems Sustainment In late 2016 the Arnold Community rocket and turbine engine branch, makes a few remarks at the May 18 acceptance and naming ceremony for the test cells, space environmen- new crane, a Grove GMK5200-1 Hydraulic All Terrain Mobile Crane, purchased to per- form routine maintenance of the test facilities at Arnold. The crane was named Windy, See FELLOWS, page 5 See CRANE, page 5 after retired crane supervisor Windy Cunningham. (U.S. Air Force photo/Deidre Ortiz) AF Clubs to transition from credit card system to Future rocket scientists shoot for virtual portal and app coming August-September 2017 the stars at annual competition …Page 2 …Page 3 2 • May 8, 2017 Arnold Mattis welcomes new SecAF home Air Force By Master Sgt. as secretary May 12, has Base Bryan Franks more than 35 years of pro- Secretary of the Air Force fessional experience in a Public Affairs range of leadership and management roles in the WASHINGTON military, higher education, (AFNS) -- Defense Sec- government and private in- retary Jim Mattis ceremo- dustry. niously swore in Heather Mattis called Wilson Wilson as the 24th Secre- well suited to lead the Air tary of the Air Force at the Force and said he needs Col. Rodney Todaro Pentagon May 16, 2017. her ideas and wisdom as Commander “If we wanted to do the Air Force begins a new Jason Austin one thing to Webster’s chapter. Chief, Unbridged Dictionary to Mattis said he, Wilson Public Affairs define a Patriot with no and Air Force Chief of words, we could put up Staff Gen. David L. Gold- Heather Wilson’s picture fein are committed to re- right next to the word, and storing the readiness of the Cynthia Rivera we would explain what force, modernizing and ad- Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis delivers the ceremonial oath of office to Secre- General Manager, a patriot truly is,” Mattis vancing new capabilities to tary of the Air Force Heather Wilson, making her 24th secretary, during a Penta- National Aerospace said. “On behalf of the en- meet future threats, and de- gon event, May 16. (U.S. Air Force photo/Scott M. 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