Families move into new base housing at Arnold AFB

AEDC Commander Col. Raymond Toth speaks to the crowd in attendance at the dedication ceremony for the new on-base housing at Arnold AFB July 31. Fourteen new homes have been built on base; Toth is one of the new residents. (Photo by Jacqueline Cowan)

Process Improvement Saves $25K

Kevin Thompson, HTL lead engineer,left, and Nathan Lister, HTL test engineer, review Lister’s design that will result in a cost savings of $25,500. (Photo by Consetta Woosley)

Chemical and Metallurgical Lab supports wide variety of functions at AEDC

ATA Non Destructive Testing Specialist Shannon Medley conducts a magnetic particle inspection of a turbine blade for cracks. (Photo by Rick Goodfriend)

AEDC Power Control workers stay busy 24/7

Mark Trybe, one of five ATA dispatchers at Power Control, points to a gauge on the configuration panel board for incoming 161 kilo volt (KV) power lines at AEDC. These configuration panel boards allow dispatchers to monitor and keep track of the incoming line voltage from TVA and the two central facilities' transformers' secondary voltages. This panel is also what the dispatcher would have to use to tie the two central facility transformers together to support switching on AEDC’s 13.8 KV distribution circuits. These configuration panel boards allow dispatchers like Trybe to monitor and keep track of power distribution on base, 24/7, 365 days a year. (Photo by Philip Lorenz)

ATA Donations Pay for School Calculators

Pre-algebra students at East Middle School in Tullahoma display the calculators that were purchased with donations provided by Aerospace Testing Alliance's (ATA) Employee and Community Activities Committee (E&CAC). Christy Hazelwood, East Middle math teacher, accepts the check from ATA E&CAC Chairwoman Christy Brunner. ATA is the operating contractor for Arnold Engineering Development Center and employs about 1,900 people. (Photo provided)

Explosives clearing goes underground at Arnold AFB

An 81-mm mortar was found at Arnold AFB Feb. 27. Workers from subcontractor Bay West use a small charge to detonate unexploded ordnance found during the remedial investigation phase of the Military Munitions Response Project ongoing at the base. (Photo provided)