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  • ACC meets with Pentagon officials, lawmakers

    The Arnold Community Council made their annual trip to meet with lawmakers and Pentagon officials last month to discuss AEDC.Retired Air Force Major Gen. Mike Wiedemer, ACC president during the trip, said, "The ACC visits the Pentagon each year to ensure the most senior military leadership in the

  • Air Force Safety Center sponsors Fall Protection Focus weeks

    Air Force Ground Safety will sponsor Fall Protection Focus weeks from May 4-15. This initiative is a partnership with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health campaign, "National Safety Stand-Down."During fiscal years 2010-2014, the

  • Area students invited to participate in AIAA Rocketday! event

    The Tennessee Section of the American Institute of Aeronautics is hosting a Rocketday! event for area students May 14 at the Hands-On Science Center in Tullahoma.The event will be held 10 a.m.-2 p.m. and will include three rocket competitions and speakers on rocketry, with information on how to get

  • Wind tunnel test cart enclosures upgraded to accommodate new systems

    The test carts for the AEDC Propulsion Wind Tunnel have received new enclosures to house the updated data acquisition and control systems."With new systems on the carts, we had to come up with a new enclosure to house that equipment," said Marc Smotherman, ATA project manager for the Improve

  • David Duma set to speak at AEDC Fellows Banquet

    The 2016 AEDC Fellows Banquet will be at the Arnold Lakeside Center on June 24 at 5:30 p.m. where David Duma, the principal deputy director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) Department of Defense, will be the speaker.The event is an opportunity to recognize AEDC individuals, past and

  • NAS Transition hits the one-month mark

    The transition of National Aerospace Solutions assuming responsibility of the operations at Arnold Engineering Development Complex hit the one-month mark last week, with an end date of July 1 when NAS officially becomes the Test Operations and Sustainment contractor."We have learned a lot about the

  • Veterans receive unique opportunity to watch rocket motor test at AEDC

    Three Korean War era veterans from the Garden Plaza retirement community in Cleveland, Tenn., had the chance to watch a live firing of the Minuteman Stage II rocket motor from an AEDC control room.On April 13, Army veterans Donald Brodes and Leonard Ohlsson, and Navy veteran Charles Bolick, were

  • AFMC command chief reflects on 30-year career

    Air Force Materiel Command's top enlisted member will end his military career May 6, 2016, closing out what he calls a "wonderful journey" around the world.Chief Master Sgt. Michael Warner, AFMC's command chief, will retire in a ceremony at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. Gen.