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A Thiokol solid propellant apogee kick motor of the joint Air Force-Navy communications satellite (FLTSATCOM) is being put into a high altitude test cell

A Thiokol solid propellant apogee kick motor of the joint Air Force-Na...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arnold Air Force Station State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Phil Tarver Release Status: Releas... More

A solid-propellant apogee motor for the NATO III communications satellite (SATCOM) is being put into a 110,000-foot altitude test. The engine also underwent the impact, vibration and acceleration (IVA) test

A solid-propellant apogee motor for the NATO III communications satell...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arnold Air Force Station State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Phil Tarver Release Status: Releas... More

An X-24B lifting body model is being prepared for a wind tunnel test under a joint U.S. Air Force/National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) program. The purpose of the test is to generate data for comparison with flight data obtained at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif

An X-24B lifting body model is being prepared for a wind tunnel test u...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arnold Air Force Station State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Phil Tarver, USAF Release Status: ... More

A model, in flight at a speed of more than 12,000 mph, was photographed by pulsed laser. The color image, taken approximately nine degrees from head-on, reveals temperatures on the nosetip, red area, as high as 7,460 degrees Farenheit

A model, in flight at a speed of more than 12,000 mph, was photographe...

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A model, in flight at a speed of more than 11,000 mph, was photographed by pulsed laser. The color image, taken 24 degrees from head-on, shows temperatures ranging from about 4,670 degrees Fahrenheit in the light blue area to 6,560 degrees Fahrenheit in the dark red areas

A model, in flight at a speed of more than 11,000 mph, was photographe...

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A variable geometry Garrett AiResearsh TFE-731 turbofan engine is being tested at simulated altitude above 40,000 feet

A variable geometry Garrett AiResearsh TFE-731 turbofan engine is bein...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arnold Air Force Station State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Charley Powell, USAF Release Statu... More

Captain (CAPT) Larry Bowers, Air Force test director, right, and Mayford Clayton, a test facility craftsman, discuss a model of an extended range Standard missile, Type II (SM-2ER) during an aerodynamic characteristic test at the Arnold Engineering Development Center

Captain (CAPT) Larry Bowers, Air Force test director, right, and Mayfo...

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CAPT. Bill Tuck Jr., left, and Frank Keeny, ARO project engineer, examine a B-1 bomber model undergoing transonic wind tunnel testing at the Arnold Engineering Development Center. The tests are being conducted to examine the ability of various fairings to improve the quality of the airflow over the aircraft`s wing where it joins the fuselage

CAPT. Bill Tuck Jr., left, and Frank Keeny, ARO project engineer, exam...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arnold Air Force Station State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Phil Tarver Release Status: Releas... More

Jack Walker, a General Dynamics engineer, left, and Al Brooks, a test facility craftsman for ARO Inc., examine an advanced design concept of a fighter aircraft in the four-foot transonic wind tunnel at the Arnold Engineering Development Center

Jack Walker, a General Dynamics engineer, left, and Al Brooks, a test ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arnold Air Force Station State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Phil Taruer Release Status: Releas... More

Jack Walker, a General Dynamics engineer, right, and Al Brooks, a test facility craftsman for ARO Inc., examine an advanced design concept of a fighter aircraft in the four-foot transonic wind tunnel at the Arnold Engineering Development Center

Jack Walker, a General Dynamics engineer, right, and Al Brooks, a test...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arnold Air Force Station State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Phil Taruer Release Status: Releas... More

Frank Urbaniak, an ARO Inc. engineer examines a model of a space shuttle orbiter and launch vehicle in a wind tunnel at the Arnold Engineering Development Center

Frank Urbaniak, an ARO Inc. engineer examines a model of a space shutt...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arnold Air Force Station State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Phil Taruer Release Status: Releas... More

Captain (CPT) William Tuck Jr., left, an Air Force test director, and Frank Urbaniak, an ARO Inc. engineer, examine a model of a space shuttle orbiter and launch vehicle prior to a transonic wind tunnel at the Arnold Engineering Development Center

Captain (CPT) William Tuck Jr., left, an Air Force test director, and ...

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R.T. Smith, a contract supervisor with ARO Inc., left, and Lieutenant (LT) J.M. McGee, an Air Force test director, examine re-entry test equipment at the Arnold Engineering Development Center.  The equipment duplicates the temperatures and pressures associated with atmospheric re-entry

R.T. Smith, a contract supervisor with ARO Inc., left, and Lieutenant ...

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An ARO Inc. engineer makes a bomb rack adjustment on a model of an F-111 aircraft in the four-foot transonic wind tunnel test at the Arnold Engineering Development Center

An ARO Inc. engineer makes a bomb rack adjustment on a model of an F-1...

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A composite photo of a water-cooled nose tip of a re-entry vehicle during a test in the re-entry test facility at the Arnold Engineering Development Center.  A stream of super-heated, high velocity air is being directed against the nose tip

A composite photo of a water-cooled nose tip of a re-entry vehicle dur...

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John Land, an ARO Inc. test facility craftsman, examines the nose tip of a simulated re-entry vehicle prior to a wind tunnel test at the Arnold Engineering Development Center

John Land, an ARO Inc. test facility craftsman, examines the nose tip ...

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Jack Culpepper, an ARO Inc. test facility craftsman, checks the alignment of a instrumented flow field survey proble on a model in a wind tunnel test at the Arnold Engineering Development Center

Jack Culpepper, an ARO Inc. test facility craftsman, checks the alignm...

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Jack Culpepper, an ARO Inc. test facility craftsman, inspects a model of a laser-guided bomb in a wind tunnel at the Arnold Engineering Development Center

Jack Culpepper, an ARO Inc. test facility craftsman, inspects a model ...

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An ARO Inc. test facility craftsman, makes an adjustment on a half-scale model of an aircraft ejection seat prior to a wind tunnel test at the Arnold Engineering Development Center

An ARO Inc. test facility craftsman, makes an adjustment on a half-sca...

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Technicians X-ray a United Technologies Chemical Systems Division solid-propellant rocket motor prior to testing at the Arnold Engineering Development Center. The rocket will be used as the main propulsion unit for the Space Shuttle's Inertial Upper Stage

Technicians X-ray a United Technologies Chemical Systems Division soli...

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Artist's concept of parasol wing design by Boeing Military Airplane Co., part of a study to develop an advanced strike fighter. "Favorable interference" between the engine nacelles and the wing helps the craft to cruise at three times the speed of sound. Arnold Engineering Development Center, Arnold Air Force Station, Tennessee

Artist's concept of parasol wing design by Boeing Military Airplane Co...

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Working model of a Turbine Engine loads Simulator (TELS) for testing jet engines

Working model of a Turbine Engine loads Simulator (TELS) for testing j...

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A supersonic wind tunnel with side wall removed to show flexible plate nozzle at the Arnold Engineering Development Center

A supersonic wind tunnel with side wall removed to show flexible plate...

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A scale model of an MX undergoes a wind tunnel test at the Arnold Engineering Development Center

A scale model of an MX undergoes a wind tunnel test at the Arnold Engi...

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Aerial view of the Aeropropulsion System Test Facility (ASTF) in the Arnold Engineering Development Center. The ASTF, presently under construction, will provide a greatly expanded advanced jet engine test capability

Aerial view of the Aeropropulsion System Test Facility (ASTF) in the A...

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Technicians discuss a scale model of an advanced forward-swept wing configuration aircraft in a test wind tunnel at the Arnold Engineering Development Center

Technicians discuss a scale model of an advanced forward-swept wing co...

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Technicians discuss an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft model in a test wind tunnel at the Engineering Development Center. The model holds an assortment of armament models

Technicians discuss an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft model in a test w...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arnold Air Force Station State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Afsc Release Status: Released to P... More

Technicians discuss an MX scale model in a test wind tunnel at the Arnold Engineering Development Center

Technicians discuss an MX scale model in a test wind tunnel at the Arn...

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A technician at the Arnold Engineering Development Center adjusts the argon gas velocimeter, prior to a test in a one-foot transonic wind tunnel

A technician at the Arnold Engineering Development Center adjusts the ...

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A close-up view of the transpiration cooled missile nosetip of a test projectile being checked by test project manager Gil Jones. The projectile was captured in four rails of a recovery device during the Arnold Engineering Development Center's 1,000-foot hyperballistic range test

A close-up view of the transpiration cooled missile nosetip of a test ...

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Engineering check an MX Stage Two rocket motor at the Arnold Engineering Development Center, prior to test firing

Engineering check an MX Stage Two rocket motor at the Arnold Engineeri...

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An aerial view of the Aero-propulsion System Test Facility presently under construction at the Arnold Engineering and Development Center. The test facility will provide a more advanced jet engine test capability

An aerial view of the Aero-propulsion System Test Facility presently u...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arnold Air Force Station State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released t... More

A Thiokol solid propellant apogee kick motor of the joint Air Force-Navy communications satellite (FLTSATCOM) is being put into a high altitude test cell. The engine also underwent the impact, vibration and acceleration (IVA) test

A Thiokol solid propellant apogee kick motor of the joint Air Force-Na...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arnold Air Force Station State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Phil Tarver Release Status: Releas... More

An aerial view (looking west) of the Aeropropulsion System Test Facility (ASTF) under construction at the Arnold Engineering and Develpomnet Center

An aerial view (looking west) of the Aeropropulsion System Test Facili...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arnold Air Force Station State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SPC 4 Ronald Barfield Release Stat... More

Personnel inspect a wedge model at the nozzle end of an arc heater in the new test facility at Arnold Engineering Development Center. From left to right are Al Dietz, Air Force Facility Planning Division, Captain Terry Hall, Air Force Directorate for Flight Dynamics Test and engineers J.B. Patton and Joe Henson

Personnel inspect a wedge model at the nozzle end of an arc heater in ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arnold Air Force Station State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released t... More

A view of the F110-GE-100 engine installed in the Arnold Engineering Development Center's (AEDC) Engine Test Facility J-2 Cell after recently completed development testing. From left to right is Don Davidson, project manager, Julian Harris, General Electric representative, and Captain Joe Peloguin, AEDC Air Force project manager

A view of the F110-GE-100 engine installed in the Arnold Engineering D...

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An aerial view of the Aeropropulsion Systems Test Facility with the air supply building in the lower left corner and the exhauster building and the water cooling towers in the middle right portion of the photo

An aerial view of the Aeropropulsion Systems Test Facility with the ai...

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A view of the Aeropropulsion System Test Facility exhaust ducting. Air is drawn from the test cell through this ducting to simulate high altitude/low pressure conditions and to cool the hot exhaust gases from the engine before the air is vented into the atmosphere

A view of the Aeropropulsion System Test Facility exhaust ducting. Air...

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Technicians work in the Aeropropulsion System Test Facility test control room where the engine test conditions are controlled and monitored. Each of two cells will have 2,170 instrumentation channels, nearly double the best existing data gathering capabilities. These channels will measure engine performance, acquire test data and monitor testing

Technicians work in the Aeropropulsion System Test Facility test contr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arnold Air Force Station State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released t... More

The Aeropropulsion test cell C-2 shown open with an engine simulator installed. The cell is 28 feet in diameter, 85 feet long, and is designed to accommodate full-scale engines mounted in portions of the airframe that would affect airflow during the flight

The Aeropropulsion test cell C-2 shown open with an engine simulator i...

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Marilyn Felch, controls systems engineer, works on the T-2 Test Cell Westinghouse Test Area Control 2D3451A computer. The control system tests tactical engines in the T-2 cell at Arnold Engineering Development Center

Marilyn Felch, controls systems engineer, works on the T-2 Test Cell W...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arnold Air Force Station State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Lemuel Casillas Release Stat... More

Fisheye lens view of, from left: TECH. SGT. Paul Scharfenberger, DOPD/Propulsion Testing; Doug Dixon, instrumentation controls engineer; Marilyn Felch, controls system engineer and Joel Wood, work element engineer. The engineers are reviewing the TAC computer system check list of the T-2 Test Cell Westinghouse Test Area Control 2D03451A computer at the Arnold Engineering Development Center

Fisheye lens view of, from left: TECH. SGT. Paul Scharfenberger, DOPD/...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arnold Air Force Station State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Lemuel Casillas Release Stat... More