News

May 4, 2023
Arnold AFB Fire and Emergency Services implores personnel to remain fire safe during outdoor activities

With winter in the rearview and warmer days ahead, many folks in search of leisure are sure to venture outside over the coming months.Grilling and camping are two popular outdoor pastimes. While usually brimming with food and fun, both can present their share of dangers.The Arnold Air Force Base
April 25, 2023
Chastain takes up mantle of Arnold AFB fire inspector

Guy Chastain now traverses hallways, offices and test facilities throughout Arnold Air Force Base to ensure safeguards designed to keep base personnel out of serious and potentially life-threatening situations are working as they should.In mid-January, Chastain took on the role of fire inspector for
April 17, 2023
Muckerheide joins AEDC as vice director

Kevin Muckerheide was looking for a way to pay for college.Air Force recruiters presented an intriguing offer.“The Air Force came along and said, ‘Hey, we’ll get you hooked up with an ROTC scholarship if you study engineering,’” Muckerheide recalled. “I thought, ‘Great! I’ll get my college paid for,
March 27, 2023
Arnold AFB crane and rigging crew supports annual Elk River Dam maintenance

Members of the Arnold Air Force Base crane and rigging crew spend much of their winters on the lake.Sure, it can get chilly; at times, uncomfortably frigid, but the crew’s annual wintertime stretch at Woods Reservoir is necessary to ensure components imperative to base operations remain in working
March 24, 2023
Arnold Recycling Center staff strive to educate base personnel, community about importance of recycling

The Arnold Air Force Base Recycling Center participated in the Global Recycling Day March 18 at the Hands-On Science Center in Tullahoma to help spread the word about why recycling and properly disposing of trash is important.According to Eric Hopp, Arnold Recycling Center manager, the Arnold
March 23, 2023
2023 AEDC Spark Tank initiative funds multiple projects

Arnold Engineering Development Complex team members were recently granted funding for their innovative ideas as part of the 2023 AEDC Spark Tank.An announcement was made in October 2022 calling all innovators to submit their ideas, and the last day for submissions was Jan.13. The AEDC Spark Tank
March 8, 2023
High-pressure air capacity being increased to support tests, throughput at Arnold Air Force Base

Over the last few years, new equipment has been manufactured and installed to provide high-pressure air to the Arnold Engineering Development Complex test facilities at Arnold Air Force Base in support of the recent increase in testing across base.According to Tyler McCamey, project manager for the
Feb. 8, 2023
Cub Scout Pack 142 visits Arnold Fire and Emergency Services

Henry Rogers, with Cub Scout Pack 142 of Tullahoma, Tennessee, knocks on the helmet of Jeff Collins, a firefighter with Arnold Air Force Base Fire and Emergency Services Jan. 24, 2023, at Arnold AFB, Tennessee. Collins showed the scouts how he dons his firefighting gear to be able to safely enter a
Jan. 24, 2023
AEDC team members like the limelight, take part in local theater production of “Oliver!”

While most people head home once their workday ends, Arnold Engineering Development Complex team members J.D. Dill and Frank Wonder instead leave Arnold Air Force Base and take to the stage to work on their latest roles, playing fictional characters in a local theater production.Both have parts in
Jan. 18, 2023
AEDC team members assist with bat research

On a cold, drizzly day in December, Arnold Air Force Base team members ventured into a wet, muddy cave to add to the data concerning white nose syndrome and tricolored bats.The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed listing the species as endangered in September 2022 due to the impacts of WNS, a

News Search