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  • Former Angel Tree recipient paying it forward

    The Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) Angel Tree program was a great success again this past Christmas, with approximately 160 employees providing gifts for 179 disadvantaged mid-state children.One of the AEDC volunteers, Art Walker, an Air Force Investments project manager, took a

  • U.S. Senate confirms AEDC commander for brigadier general appointment

    The Air Force announced Dec. 19 that the U.S. Senate has confirmed AEDC Commander Col. Michael T. Brewer for appointment to the grade of brigadier general.Colonel Brewer was one of four Air Force Materiel Command colonels nominated by the President to the Senate for appointment to the grade of

  • Visitors Center closing for the holidays

    The Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) Visitors Center will be closed in observance of the Christmas and New Year holiday break from 3:30 p.m. Dec. 23 through Jan 2. The Visitors Center will reopen at 6:30 a.m. Jan. 3.

  • Former AEDC pilot reflects on a storied military career

    As the number of surviving World War II veterans continues to decline, the opportunity to record their wartime experiences is slipping away.One example is a former active duty Air Force AEDC employee named Hugh Killingsworth, who flew missions over "The Hump" during World War II as an Army Air Corps

  • “Crucial Conversations” gaining AEDC popularity

    When Louis Vanacore, director of Projects and Design Engineering for Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA), read the book "Crucial Conversations," he saw great value in its concepts and wanted to share them across Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC).Vanacore was so impressed with the material,

  • AEDC machinists create B-52 in Model Shop

    R.D. Green sits in a chair, patiently filing away tooling marks where an engine pod has been joined to an airplane wing. The area he's buffing out is about the size of a quarter - on a seven-foot long piece of metal. Nearby, fellow Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA) machinist Derrick Burton is putting

  • AEDC-managed NFAC site of unique future generation test

    AEDC's National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex's (NFAC) 40-by-80-foot wind tunnel at Moffett Field, Calif., is the chosen location for a unique wind tunnel test on a 10-foot span model of a NASA's cruise efficient short take-off and landing (CESTOL) concept aircraft. According to Chris Hartley,

  • AEDC supports Angel Tree effort

    Disadvantaged mid-state children will once again benefit from the generosity of Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) employees this holiday season.The AEDC Angel Tree contains the names of 179 children, all of whom have already been "adopted" by AEDC employees. An additional 15 children were

  • Air Force analysis branch at AEDC is already busy

    By late 2010, guidance from the Arnold Engineering Development Center's (AEDC) Technical Excellence Board helped lead to the formation of an analysis branch at the world's largest and most advanced complex of flight simulation test facilities.Dr. Ed Kraft, AEDC chief technologist and the head of the

  • AEDC-tested Dreamliner makes first passenger flight

    News of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner's first commercial flight Oct. 26 apparently caught the attention of a lot of people, including AEDC's Doug Hodges.In 2007, Hodges was one of the engineers working with a team to conduct ground testing on the Trent 1000, the engine that powered the first passenger