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    AEDC team members share their special holiday traditions

    Question: What is your favorite Christmas, or other holiday, tradition?“It’s hard to narrow it down to a single tradition. I love taking my three sons to Opryland Hotel every year to see the lights, and reading their ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas pop-up book to them on Christmas Eve is always a favorite, too. Also, I have a small tree that is
  • Marcy Releford, an administrative assistant for the Base Operations and Support Branch at Arnold Air Force Base, holds one of the 20 Nigerian dwarf goats she cares for on her 7.5-acre farm in Morrison, Tenn. In addition to goats, Releford also raises bantam Cochin chickens. (Courtesy photo)

    AEDC team member spends free time tending to tiny farm animals

    Marcy Releford works as an administrative assistant for the Base Operations and Support Branch at Arnold Air Force Base during the day, but before getting to her office in the morning and after she leaves for the day, she can be found working on her farm.On her 7.5-acre farm in Morrison that she manages with her two children, Releford raises
  • Bryon Harrington, a test engineer for the Propulsion Test Branch, Test Division, Arnold Engineering Development Complex, stands in front of an F100 engine outside of the Engine Test Facility at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., Dec. 4, 2020. When Harrington was an enlisted Airman in the U.S. Air Force he serviced and removed F100 engines. He now works as a civilian for an organization which has performed ground testing on the engine. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

    Former USAF crew chief puts his knowledge to use as a test engineer at AEDC engine test facilities

    Bryon Harrington, a test engineer for the Propulsion Test Branch at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., served previously as a crew chief in the U.S. Air Force from 2007 to 2017.While serving in the Air Force, Harrington worked hands-on with several of the aircraft and the engines that AEDC teams test and evaluate.“I worked the F-15 Eagle, F-22 Raptor
  • Joshua Cooke, front, an Arnold Engineering Development Complex senior utility manager, and Jeff Quattlebaum, cooling water system engineer, inspect a trunnion pin on the Elk River Dam, Sept. 10, 2020, at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. The AEDC Base Civil Engineering Branch is responsible for the dam which creates the Woods Reservoir, the water supply for Arnold AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

    AEDC Base Civil Engineering Branch vital to mission success at Arnold AFB

    From mowing grass to operating test utility systems, the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Civil Engineering Branch, or TSDC, ensures the readiness of the grounds, facilities and utility systems at Arnold Air Force Base, headquarters of AEDC.“The Test Support Division’s Civil Engineering Branch provides a wide variety of capabilities and

  • ‘Tis the season...for scams and malicious campaigns

    As this holiday season approaches, the Office of Special Investigations (OSI) Detachment 106 would like to remind everyone to be aware of potential scams and malicious campaigns, particularly when browsing or shopping online. Fraud is obtaining something of value through willful misrepresentation. Bad actors may send emails, e-cards or text
  • William “Bill” MacDermott

    AEDC Fellow William MacDermott’s contributions to the Complex remembered

    AEDC Fellow William “Bill” MacDermott will be remembered for his contributions to Arnold Engineering Development Complex following his passing on Dec. 5, 2020, at the age of 95.MacDermott is credited with demonstrating exemplary leadership and technical innovation over the course of a career with AEDC that spanned more than 40 years. He was honored
  • Aerojet Rocketdyne completes a successful series of hot-fire tests of an advanced air-breathing hypersonic engine under the USAF’s MSCC program. Some of the camera titling has been removed for a clearer image. (Image courtesy of Aerojet Rocketdyne.)

    AFRL teams up with Aerojet Rocketdyne to make hypersonic history

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) teamed up with Aerojet Rocketdyne in November to complete a successful series of record-breaking tests of an advanced air-breathing hypersonic engine in the Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) Aerodynamic and Propulsion Test Unit (APTU) at Arnold Air

  • Contracting team earns multiple AFTC awards

    The work of the men and women of the Contracting team that supports Arnold Engineering Development Complex, known as AFTC/PZ Arnold, was recently recognized by the Air Force Test Center Contracting, or AFTC/PK, for fiscal year 2020 annual awards.AFTC/PZ (Arnold) earned a total of seven awards, two team and five individual recognitions. This is the
  • Kellye Burns, left, a space test engineer, and Eric D'Ambro, a test operations engineer, open the door of a Space Asset Resilience thermal vacuum chamber, Aug. 3, 2020, at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. The chamber is contained in a class 10,000 clean room. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

    AEDC’s Space and Missile Test Branch operates a diverse set of test and evaluation capabilities

    The Space and Missile Test Branch within the Arnold Engineering Development Complex’s Test Division conducts developmental test and evaluation of space and missile systems.“Our mission is to deliver timely, disciplined, defensible and relevant developmental test and evaluation, or T&E, of space and missile systems for decision makers,” said Lt.
  • Col. Jeffrey Geraghty, left, commander, Arnold Engineering Development Complex, and Col. William Brandt exchange salutes after Geraghty presented the Legion of Merit to Brandt for his work while serving as the Individual Mobilization Augmentee to the AEDC Commander, during a ceremony Nov. 23, 2020, at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. IMAs are Reservists assigned to active duty units to provide specific skill sets that augment mission performance. Brandt's next assignment is Senior Reservist Adviser for the Air Force Research Laboratory Sensors Directorate at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

    Brandt awarded Legion of Merit

    Col. Jeffrey Geraghty, left, commander, Arnold Engineering Development Complex, and Col. William Brandt exchange salutes after Geraghty presented the Legion of Merit to Brandt for his work while serving as the Individual Mobilization Augmentee to the AEDC Commander, during a ceremony Nov. 23, 2020, at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. IMAs are
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