May 3 Marks 70 Years Since First Jet Engine Test at Arnold Engineering Development Center
May 02, 2024
May 02, 2024
ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, May 2 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news:
By Bradley Hicks, AEDC Public Affairs
The payoff to nearly a decade of groundwork and work on the ground was realized 70 years ago with the push of a switch.
On May 3, 1954, the first turbojet engine test was initiated in the T-1 Test Cell of the new Engine Test Facility at Arnold Air Force Base.
Not only did this event mark the engine test in ET . . .
By Bradley Hicks, AEDC Public Affairs
The payoff to nearly a decade of groundwork and work on the ground was realized 70 years ago with the push of a switch.
On May 3, 1954, the first turbojet engine test was initiated in the T-1 Test Cell of the new Engine Test Facility at Arnold Air Force Base.
Not only did this event mark the engine test in ET . . .