Tinker Air Force base readies for B-52 upgrades as engines tested
"The clock's ticking" on the B-52's current engines, an official said, so the Air Force wants to upgrade the bombers as fast as possible.
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"The clock's ticking" on the B-52's current engines, an official said, so the Air Force wants to upgrade the bombers as fast as possible.
Under the "reoptimizing" effort, changes are coming across the Department of the Air Force, from new training approaches to the establishment of high-level offices.
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The performance of Northrop Grumman's second-stage intercontinental ballistic missile solid rocket motor has been demonstrated before the U.S. Air Force at the branch's Arnold Engineering Development Complex in Tennessee. The company announced Tuesday that it conducted a live, static-fire test of the LGM-35A Sentinel ICBM stage-two rocket motor through a high-altitude and space flight simulation inside a vacuum chamber.
ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn. – In nearby Coffee County, the significance of the static aircraft displayed outside the Main Gate and Gate 2 of Arnold Air Force Base goes beyond decorative purposes. The displays symbolize the importance of the work performed across Arnold Engineering Development Complex, headquartered at Arnold AFB. Testing conducted within AEDC facilities played a role in either the development or advancement of each type of air ...