Air Force Research Laboratory is bundling hypersonic research, engineering, and testing together into a cohesive new team at Arnold AFB, Tenn. AFRL’s new High Speed Experimentation Branch will open shop at Arnold Engineering Development Complex’ Von Karman test facility in October, according to a July 7 release. “The multi-disciplinary test facilities and teams at AEDC will give the Air Force a never-before-realized advantage of having everything the nation needs to move hypersonics to the warfighter co-located and moving in one direction,” said AEDC’s hypervelocity wind-tunnel manager Dan Marren. AFRL has partnered with AEDC on hypersonic research for several years. The formal partnership aims to “bring together the research talent of AFRL, the test and engineering expertise and facilities of AEDC, and the academic linkages … to form a national center of gravity in hypersonics,” added former AEDC Executive Director Douglas Blake.
Now Enlisted Airmen Can Stay in Uniform Longer
Dec. 8, 2023
The Air Force is extending the amount of time Airmen can spend at most enlisted ranks by two years, as the service looks to combat sluggish recruiting and balance its force structure. The High Year of Tenure (HYT) program sets limits on how long service members can spend in each grade…