ARNOLD AFB, Tenn., Sept. 29 -- Arnold Air Force Base issued the following press release:
In 1958, only a few years after the Propulsion Wind Tunnel 16-foot transonic wind tunnel became operational at Arnold Engineering Development Center, a full-scale guided missile was put through simulated flight conditions without ever leaving the ground.
"When the GAM-72 decoy system, also known during its development as the Green Quail, underwent testing at Arnold Air Force Base in the PWT 16-foot transonic wind tunnel, or 16T, the effort marked the first combined aerodynamic-propulsion test of a full-scale missile of its type at AEDC," states an AEDC news release issued in 2021.
During the test program, the Green Quail was subjected to conditions i...