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  • AFMC promotes ‘RECESS’ physical activity challenge

    During the months of October through December, Air Force Materiel Command will promote its RECESS physical activity challenge.RECESS is a command-wide initiative which is conducted by Civilian Health Promotion Services, to help the AFMC workforce increase movement by promoting short bursts of

  • Kovacs helping to maintain cybersecurity at AEDC

    For the past year, Amanda Kovacs has been assigned as the AEDC TEMPEST, or Emissions Security, manager.As TEMPEST manager she oversees the TEMPEST program, which identifies vulnerabilities in information systems processing classified information that could result in compromising emanations and the

  • Every smoke alarm has an expiration date: What’s yours?

    Does your home have a smoke alarm?According to the National Fire Protection Association, the answer is likely “yes.” NFPA research shows that most American homes have at least one. But do you know how old your smoke alarms are? If you’re like most people, you’re probably not so sure.A recent survey

  • AEDC tests contribute to world space advancement

    During World Space Week, Oct. 4-10, AEDC testing of the Global Positioning System satellite and the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-M (GOES-M) weather satellite can be remembered as an essential contributor to advancing the observation of earth from space.The 2016 theme of the WSW

  • AEDC team members celebrate Air Force birthday

    Second Lt. Thomas Julian and the AEDC Commander Col. Rodney Todaro cut the birthday cake during the Air Force Birthday Fair Sept. 16, 2016, at the Arnold Lakeside Center. The Air Force 69th birthday was Sept. 18. (U.S. Air Force photo/Emily Howell)

  • Area mayors tour AEDC

    Mike Dent, Aeropropulsion Combined Test Force Deputy Director, holds up an F-35 model while speaking to a tour group consisting of mayors, aldermen and representatives from Coffee County and cities of Manchester and Tullahoma in the Aeropropulsion Systems Test Facility C-1 test cell Aug. 10. The

  • AEDC Hypervelocity Tunnel 9 team takes aerodynamic testing to new speeds

    The AEDC Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9 team is conducting tests in support of risk reduction for a new test capability that will be revolutionary for AEDC and the U.S. Air Force. The capability involves increasing the Mach number of what AEDC is currently able to achieve at Tunnel 9 in White Oak, Md.,

  • Casteel hits first hole-in-one

    It was a very exciting day for Bud Casteel Sept. 3 at the Arnold Golf Course Fall Open, a two-day tournament.Casteel shot a score of 81, just one less than his age of 82, highlighted by a hole-in-one. This was his first hole-in-one.Casteel said, “I felt like I hit a good shot.”The shot was witnessed

  • Technical Advisory Board visits AEDC

    Dr. Doug Garrard, AEDC senior staff engineer, explains testing operations in the Aerodynamic and Propulsion Test Unit at the Complex to members of the National Aerospace Solutions, LLC Technical Advisory Board Sept. 9, 2016. APTU is a blow-down, true temperature and pressure test facility designed