Air Force puts ‘force’ in new lab | Air Force Life Cycle Management Center

Commemoration ceremony attendees view deadweight testers at the Air Force Primary Standards Lab at Heath, Ohio Sept. 12, 2022. The ceremony marked the opening of the Founders Force Lab, containing 30,000 and 102,00 pound deadweight testers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Matthew B. Fredericks)

By Daryl Mayer, AFLCMC Public Affairs

HEATH, Ohio (AFLCMC) – The Air Force Metrology and Calibration Program located in Heath, Ohio opened a state-of-the-art facility called the Founders Force Laboratory in a ceremony September 12.   

Two deadweight calibrators, rated at 102,000 and 30,000 pounds, will serve as the primary force standards in the Air Force for decades.  Their main job is to calibrate secondary force standards to be used at Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratories at more than 60 installations around the world. 

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