Norwegian Defense staff member visits AEDC

Jon Ulv Deglum, a captain with the Norwegian Defense Staff, visited AEDC April 16. Deglum is a member of a six-person Rotary Group Study Exchange (GSE) team visiting the Tullahoma area for five days as part of a four-week visit to Tennessee. Rotary’s GSE program is designed for vocation and cultural exchange. Pictured here from left is Don Miller, AEDC chief of police; Pat Eagan, ATA mission support director; Deglum and Rick Trull, AEDC emergency services manager. Greg Sandlin (not shown), an ATA engineer and Tullahoma Rotary Club member escorted Deglum during his visit. (Photo by Greg Sandlin)

AEDC team members prepare for a future in engineering

AEDC Engineers Billy Stack, left, and Nathan Sindorf, right, poses for a picture with Jacobs’ President Craig Martin while attending the global Jacobs Future Weekend event in Texas last month. (Photo provided)

Everett completes training at the Southeastern Command and Leadership Academy

Lt. Dave Everett of the Arnold Police Department recently received a certificate for completing the Southeastern Command and Leadership Academy (SECLA), a law enforcement leadership development program hosted by the UT Law Enforcement Innovation Center and the criminal justice department at UT Chattanooga.

AEDC outside machinist Ricky Taylor loves the ride

Ricky Taylor, an ATA outside machinist at AEDC’s Engine Test Facility (J-Side Turbine test area), stands by his Harley Davidson Sportster at the beginning of a shift on base. Early last February, he made a commitment to ride his motorcycle to and from work every day for one year, unless safety concerns stood in his way. Recently he successfully reached that goal. (Photo by Philip Lorenz III)

ATA team receives NASA award

The NASA Alternative Aviation Fuel Experiment-II (AAFEXII) AEDC team tested NASA’s DC-8 aircraft CFM-56 engines for emissions using a rake positioned behind the right inboard engine. (NASA/Tom Tschida)

ATA team receives NASA award

Pictured left to right are Steven Lepley, machinist; Brad Besheres, machinist; Dr. Robert Howard, AAFEXII project lead engineer; Jennifer Harvey, technical specialist; Roy Carroll, instrumentation specialist; Bob Boswell, test support supervisor (accepting on behalf of the AEDC Model and Machine Shop), Larry Stanford, test support supervisor (accepting on behalf of the AEDC Model and Machine Shop); Danny Catalano, senior associate engineer; and Gary Storey, technology instrument technician. Recipients not pictured are Katie Stephens, engineer/scientist; Brad Winkleman, engineering specialist; and Becky Combs, engineering technician. (Photo by Rick Goodfriend)