AEDC Ballistic Range S-3
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AEDC
Ballistic Range S-3 is a single stage air gun
owned by the United States Air Force
and operated by Aerospace Testing Alliance
. The gun is commonly used for bird strike
testing and is often called a chicken gun
.
Arnold Engineering Development Center
Arnold Engineering Development Center is a ground-based flight test facility operated by the US Air Force Materiel Command.-Mission statement:The AEDC mission is to:...
Ballistic Range S-3 is a single stage air gun
Air gun
An air gun is a rifle , pistol , or shotgun that fires projectiles by means of compressed air or other gas, in contrast to a firearm, which burns a propellant. Most air guns use metallic projectiles as ammunition. Air guns that only use plastic projectiles are classified as airsoft...
owned by the United States Air Force
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...
and operated by Aerospace Testing Alliance
Aerospace Testing Alliance
Aerospace Testing Alliance is an aerospace engineering company in the United States of America. It is the prime contractor of the US Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center , in Tullahoma, Tennessee....
. The gun is commonly used for bird strike
Bird strike
A bird strike—sometimes called birdstrike, avian ingestion , bird hit, or BASH —is a collision between an airborne animal and a man-made vehicle, especially aircraft...
testing and is often called a chicken gun
Chicken gun
A chicken gun is a large diameter compressed air cannon used to test the strength of aircraft windshields and the safety of jet engines. A common danger to aircraft is that they collide with birds in flight. Most parts of an aircraft are strong enough to resist such a bird strike...
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