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- [Narrator] Welcome to Arnold Engineering Development

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Complex, headquartered at Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee.

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The complex is assigned to the Air Force Test Center

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and part of the overall Air Force Materiel Command.

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Within Air Force Materiel Command, the priority mission

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areas include nuclear, technology, life cycle management,

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test and evaluation, sustainment, and installation

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and mission support.

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The Air Force Test Center spans 31 locations, and is the

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only organization in the Air Force responsible for

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developmental testing and evaluation,

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a crucial part of all acquisition processes, and the key

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to the success of programs throughout their life cycle.

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Within the Air Force Test Center, the role of the 96th

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Test Wing at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida

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is to test and evaluate state-of-the-art weapons

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and provide superior installation support.

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The 412th Test Wing at Edwards Air Force Base, California,

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utilizes the location, weather, partnerships, and

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personnel to conduct independent, objective assessments

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of various systems on behalf of the United States Air Force.

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The mission of AEDC is to conduct developmental test

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and evaluation for the nation through modeling, simulation,

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ground and flight test.

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AEDC, dedicated by President Harry Truman in 1951,

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is named after General of the Air Force, Henry "Hap" Arnold,

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who after World War II determined the United States

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would never lag any country in aeronautical technology

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and commissioned a study, Toward New Horizons, which became

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the blueprint for Arnold Engineering Development Complex.

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Today, AEDC operates on an annual budget of nearly

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$600 million, and has an estimated replacement value

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of more than $11 billion.

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AEDC is an Air Force wing equivalent with organizations

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at Arnold Air Force Base, the Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel

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Number Nine at the White Oak Federal Research Facility

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near Silver Springs, Maryland, the National Full Scale

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Aerodynamic Complex at Ames Research Center

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in Mountain View, California, McKinley Climactic

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Laboratory at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida,

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and the Hypersonic Combined Test Force at Edwards

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Air Force Base, California.

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AEDC also manages the 704th Test Group at the Holloman

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Air Force Base, New Mexico, including two additional

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operating locations at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base,

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Ohio, and Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.

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The Arnold Engineering Development Complex operates

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more than 55 aerodynamic and propulsion wind tunnels,

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rocket and turbine engine test cells,

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environmental chambers,

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arc heaters, ballistic ranges, sled tracks,

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centrifuges, and other specialized use.

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AEDC engineers and scientists can use these facilities

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to replicate flight conditions from sea level

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to 300 miles above the earth's surface,

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and from subsonic velocities to Mach 20.

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The men and woman throughout all AEDC locations

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perform a wartime mission every day,

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ensuring the war fighter doesn't have to think twice

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about the fighting capability they've been delivered.

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The work done by AEDC employees is vital to the men

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and women of the greatest Air Force the world

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has ever known.

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