Air Force Flight Test Center Commander Maj. Gen. Curtis Bedke recently paid his first visit to Arnold Engineering Development Center, Arnold AFS, Tenn., after which he told Shelbyville (Tenn.) Times-Gazette that it delivers “more diverse capability” than he realized. Bedke said, “I knew it as the wind tunnel place.”
Amid a high-profile recruiting crisis, Air Force leaders and experts have increasingly noted the challenging long-term trends the service will face in enticing young Americans to sign up—decreasing eligibility to serve, less propensity to do so, and less familiarity with the military. But while those same leaders say there’s no “silver…