Arnold Engineering and Development Center in Tennessee is overseeing the reactivation of the National Full-Scale Aerodynamic Complex at Moffett Field, Calif., and expects to see it reopen, after a three-year hiatus, in December. NFAC, billed as the world’s largest wind tunnel, will become an AEDC remote operating location. AEDC has employed Remote Access Technology of Rodeo, Calif., as well as a new NFAC operating workforce and former staff to reactivate the facility.
The U.S., South Korea, and Japan flew an unusual trilateral flight with two U.S. B-52H Stratofortress bombers escorted by two Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-2s, and two ROK Air Force KF-16 fighters—both countries’ respective variants of the F-16—July 11. That same weekend, the top military officers of the three nations…