AEDC at 75: AEDC expands beyond Tennessee with addition of Tunnel 9
An engineer examines the illuminated temperature sensitive paint coating a cone prior to testing at AEDC Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9 in White Oak, Md., in 2014. Tunnel 9 became the first geographically separated unit of what is known today as Arnold Engineering Development Complex in October 1997. Prior to that point, AEDC operations were contained to its Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., headquarters.
BRAD HICKS AEDC Contributor For nearly 50 years, Arnold Air Force Base in Tennessee served as the sole location of what is now known as…