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  • AEDC glycol levels below detectable limits

    Glycol levels across the industrial area at Arnold Air Force base have dropped to below detectable levels at all 46 sampling sites. A set of samples has also been sent to two independent laboratories to verify the results from the on-base laboratory.Throughout the last week, crews have

  • AEDC's Bill Shappley combines old and new technology to reach out globally

    AEDC's Bill Shappley is the first to acknowledge he is more into technology than socializing, but his hobby has brought him into contact with people literally from all over the world, from Easter Island to Sweden, from Fiji to Israel. As an electrical engineer with ATA, the Tracy City resident said

  • AEDC team is proactive with protecting work force, local populace

    AEDC Commander Col. Michael Panarisi is impressed with the way the center's work force handled a challenging situation last Friday after low amounts of ethylene glycol were found in one building's water supply.Colonel Panarisi said the detection, investigation and mitigation efforts initiated by the

  • AEDC police re-emphasize dangers of texting and driving

    Police at Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) will tell you driving while typing or reading a text message is just as bad as drunk driving.They even have a point of reference.Recently AEDC officer Steve Luttrell pulled over a driver operating his vehicle in an erratic manner on Wattendorf

  • Crews searching for dangerous pieces of history at AEDC

    It started with an Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) security officer reporting unexploded ordnance (UXO) on a two-track trail in September 2009. The UXO was lying under and next to a tree near the boat ramp off South Hap Arnold Drive. It was round, brown and about eight inches in

  • Air Force officials announce court-martial sentence for former command chief

    The week-long court-martial of Chief Master Sgt. William Gurney, the former command chief of Air Force Materiel Command, concluded Jan. 28 with a six-member panel of male officers sentencing the chief to 20 months confinement, reduction to rank of E-1 and a dishonorable discharge for 15 violations

  • No contact order lifted at Arnold

    The commander of Arnold Air Force Base has lifted the no contact order for the base water supply after glycol levels dropped below one part per million throughout the base effective mid-day Sunday. The no drink order remains in effect until further notice and drinking water has been prepositioned in

  • AEDC Commander orders no drinking/no contact with base water

    The commander of Arnold Engineering Development Center has directed employees not to use the potable water on base because of contaminants found Friday. The workforce was alerted late yesterday after ethylene glycol was found in one building's water supply."Yesterday we sampled the water in the ELA