Tunnel 9 director breaks ground with new White Oak, Md. tenant

Area elementary student chosen as a national winner of Reach for the Stars Rocket Competition

Samuel Mansfield, fifth grade student at Robert E. Lee Elementary and son of GP Strategies engineer James Mansfield, won the local Reach for the Stars Rocket Competition last year and was recently selected as a winner at the national level.Samuel is one of four students that will be recognized as a

Arnold participating in Energy Savings Performance Contract

Arnold Air Force Base has been selected to take part in an energy saving performance contract due to having a very large energy load.Through this contract, funding will become available to finance numerous facility improvement projects that will save money and energy for AEDC. The execution of the

AFMC executive director reflects on career start, successes after 34 years

What began as uncertainty toward the possibility of an Air Force career transformed into a 34-year commitment for Air Force Materiel Command Executive Director Michael A. Gill, who retires April 1 after spending three years in the command's top civilian post."We all talk about retirement, but you

AFMC strategic plan to help carry Air Force to Third Offset

 Agility and innovation are cornerstones of a new Air Force Materiel Command strategic plan that will deliver war-winning capabilities.  Those capabilities will propel the Air Force as a key element of the future national defense strategy known as the Third Offset.The first "offset" came in in the

Data obtained during AEDC wind tunnel testing readies F-35 for first Sidewinder launch

Over the years, store separation testing using the Air Intercept Missile-9X (AIM-9X) Sidewinder has been conducted in the 4-foot transonic wind tunnel at AEDC. Data from these tests helped prepare the F-35 Lightning for its first successful launch of the AIM-9X.On Jan. 12, an F-35 from the 461st

Engine for the new Airbus A330neo tested at AEDC

The Trent 7000, the Rolls-Royce engine to be used in the new Airbus A330neo, was recently tested at AEDC.Jit Sahota, engine management engineer for  Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 and 7000 projects, said testing at AEDC was conducted to affirm the combined capabilities that Roll-Royce was striving for in

Swickard receives Air Force Association Award

Vickie Swickard, an investigative assistant with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations at Arnold Air Force Base, received the 2016 Air Force Association Outstanding Air Force Civilian Employee of the Year Award for her criminal and counterintelligence investigative support to AEDC.The

Local engineers show students how ‘Engineers make a world of difference’

Students in the region teamed with AEDC engineers to experience work environments and competitions during National Engineers Week, Feb. 21-27, focused on the national theme "Engineers make a world of difference."Engineers in the local area volunteered their time to assist with engineering mentoring

Close sisters working closely together

AEDC team members and sisters Faye Ford and Narlane Hampton have worked in the same building together for 30 years and their offices are currently side by side.Their relationship is similar to twin siblings because they are often together and speak several times throughout the day, including after