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  • New STEM program designed to inspire the next generation underway at AEDC

    The next generation of engineers and scientists has just started their educational journey. Today they are solving multiplication and division problems and learning basic scientific principles, but one day they will be the designers of the next generation of flight vehicles or weapon systems. They

  • Area citizens advocate for AEDC in the nation's capitol

    Community leaders recently traveled to Washington, D.C., and walked the halls of Congress to advocate for Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC). Arnold Community Council (ACC) organized a group of 24 people for the trip, including three elected officials - Coffee County Executive, David

  • Guest speaker praises Arnold AFB, award nominees and winners

    Dan Clark, CEO of a multi-million dollar High Performance Consulting Firm and internationally recognized speaker, was the guest speaker at the 2009 annual awards banquet ceremony held recently at the Arnold Lakeside Center. "I have spoken all over the world and to every single command and I've never

  • Engineer-for-a-day program is alive and well in 2010

    Sixty-three students from eight mid-state counties recently attended the engineer-for-a-day program at Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) and other area businesses. According to Early McKnight, a systems support engineer for Jacobs Technology Inc., participation in the program may have hit

  • Tunnel 9 ushers in new paradigm for evaluation and test

    For the past year, engineers at the Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9 located at Arnold Engineering Development Center's (AEDC) White Oak location renovated their main tunnel controller. They installed a state-of-the-art digital control room and completed a successful return to service, verifying all

  • Bill Gray hangs up his hat for lighter days on the farm

    When asked what they plan on doing after retirement most people say travel, spend time with family or grandkids, but for Bill Gray it's something much more low key - farming. "We live on a farm in Lynchburg so I will probably be doing more farm jobs," he said. "One thing I want to do is finish my

  • Trip to war region heightens AFMC commander's resolve

    The commander of Air Force Materiel Command returned recently from a trip to Iraq and other sites in the region with an amped-up sense of responsibility to deployed Airmen who depend on his command for the supplies, parts and maintenance to get their jobs done.General Donald Hoffman had a simple

  • Arnold ups educational outreach

    Local students got a taste of the type of work conducted at AEDC as they either invited AEDC employees for activities at their schools or visited the center to get a first-hand look at facilities.Several of Arnold's military personnel took part in New Union Elementary's Read Across America program.