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  • Groups and programs in place to ensure safety across Arnold

    Late last year, AEDC Commander Col. Scott Cain set a lofty yet critical goal for the upcoming 12 months. “Our ultimate goal in 2018 is zero Class A/B mishaps,” Cain wrote in his Commander’s 2018 Safety Guidance memorandum disseminated on Dec. 15, 2017. “Mishaps, at whatever level, reduce our capacity to conduct the mission, a mission which is
  • Flight Systems Combined Test Force Director Lt. Col. David Hoffman speaks with CTF personnel during a recent session to discuss safety and security issues. CTF operations were stood down on Feb. 5 for safety and security discussions.

    Flight Systems CTF refocuses on safety and security during operations stand down

    Following what he described as a series of “significant events,” Flight Systems Combined Test Force Director Lt. Col. David Hoffman made the decision to stand down Flight Systems CTF operations. In lieu of normal testing and maintenance operations on Feb. 5, Hoffman led several sessions at the Arnold Air Force Base Main Auditorium during which he
  • Ryan Allen, at right, a lead test operations engineer, and Troy Stokes, lead outside machinist, set up a GN2 panel for system checkouts prior to a test in one of the jet engine test facilities at Arnold Air Force Base. In his position as operations engineer, Allen leads and coordinates activities of the test cell, plant and test article during a test. (U.S. Air Force photos/Deidre Ortiz)

    AEDC Spotlight: AEDC Turbines CTF Lead Operations Engineer recognized for exemplary support during complex engine test

    A Lead Operations Engineer of one of the AEDC jet engine test cells at Arnold Air Force Base is applauded for his support during the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Adaptive Engine Technology Development (AETD) core program.According to Scott Grigsby, an Aeropropulsion test cell supervisor at Arnold Air Force Base, Ryan Allen’s “thoroughness
  • AEDC craft personnel perform maintenance on the C-Plant Turbine Chiller 3 (TC3) at the Aeropropulsion Systems Test Facility for test support of the C-2 engine test cell at Arnold Air Force Base. Chiller units like TC3 enable altitude testing in the C1 and C2 engine test cells. In addition to the crane and ironworker support from the AEDC Model and Machine Shop, those involved in completing the work include: outside machinists David Brooks, Steve Cowan and John Meeks and boiler makers Scott Murphy and Stevie Sullivan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jacqueline Cowan)

    AEDC skilled craft workers providing essential support to engine test facilities at Arnold

    AEDC craft personnel perform maintenance on the C-Plant Turbine Chiller 3 (TC3) at the Aeropropulsion Systems Test Facility for test support of the C-2 engine test cell at Arnold Air Force Base. Chiller units like TC3 enable altitude testing in the C1 and C2 engine test cells. In addition to the crane and ironworker support from the AEDC Model and
  • : Cynthia Bevel, AEDC employee at Arnold Air Force Base, demonstrates seatbelt safety by buckling in before driving on base. As outlined in Air Force Instruction 91-207, it is mandatory for anyone driving on a military installation to be wearing his or her seatbelt. (U.S. Air Force photo/Deidre Ortiz)

    Drivers must follow Air Force requirements when operating a vehicle on Arnold Air Force Base

    Drivers are required to follow Air Force guidelines when operating a motor vehicle on Arnold Air Force Base. Air Force Instruction 91-207 “implements Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 91-2, Safety Programs, and the guidance portion of Department of Defense Instruction (DODI) 6055.04, DoD Traffic Safety Program. The Traffic Safety Program’s goal is

  • AEDC contractor offers small business training forum

    The AEDC Test, Operations and Sustainment contractor, National Aerospace Solutions, LLC, will host a small business training forum March 22 at the University of Tennessee Space Institute Auditorium in Tullahoma, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.“This small business event will provide in depth training on how to properly respond to a request for quote or request for
  • High school students design vehicles during the Arnold Air Force Base Student Design Competition Feb. 20 at the Hands-on Science Center. The SDC is an event that the HOSC supports in partnership with Arnold AFB and other local engineering societies and businesses. (Courtesy photo)

    Arnold STEM Center passes ‘fun in learning’ to Hands-On Science Center

    As the Arnold Air Force Base Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Center closes, the Hands-On Science Center of Tullahoma picks up the baton. Through an Air Force partnership, learning tools and support will transfer to the HOSC, continuing STEM support to regional youth.“For years the Arnold AFB STEM Program has been checking out our
  • Volunteer engineers organized events in recognition of National Engineers Week, Feb. 18-24, to help students prepare for future careers in engineering. During the Arnold Air Force Base Engineers Week Student Design Competition Feb. 20 at the Hands-On Science Center, Tullahoma, Alina Parks and Leanne Turpin from Franklin County High School, maneuver a Blimpinator around obstacles to a predetermined destination while SDC referee Dr. Taylor Swanson observes. The team was able to maneuver with the best time and skill and won first place in the competition. Twenty-one, two-student teams were challenged to construct a vehicle, from provided scraps and materials, which would travel through the air while also moving around obstacles. Seven schools from four counties participated in the competition. (Courtesy photo)

    Arnold Engineers Week participants prepare for the future

    Volunteer engineers organized events in recognition of National Engineers Week, Feb. 18-24, to help students prepare for future careers in engineering. During the Arnold Air Force Base Engineers Week Student Design Competition Feb. 20 at the Hands-On Science Center, Tullahoma, Alina Parks and Leanne Turpin from Franklin County High School, maneuver
  • Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski, Air Force Materiel Command commander, discuss job responsibilities with Captains Paul Merrill and Matthew Decker, 375th Operations Group instructors and examiners, during her tour of the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Jan. 30, 2018.

    First command-wide exercise of 2018 ends, identifies key lessons

    Highlights of the week-long exercise that concluded throughout Air Force Materiel Command Feb. 2, 2018.
  • Former NASA administrator Charles Bolden Jr. speaks during the Arnold Air Force Base African-American Heritage Committee Black History Observance on Feb. 5 at the University of Tennessee Space Institute. (Air Force photo/Bradley Hicks)

    Former NASA administrator Bolden speaks at Arnold AFB Black History Observance

    Citing the appropriateness of the setting, Charles Bolden Jr. gave those in attendance for his speech at the University of Tennessee Space Institute a little homework assignment.“Your homework is to do all you can with what you have with the time that you have in the place that you are,” Bolden said. Bolden, a retired U.S. Marine Corps Major
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