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  • 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

  • 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

  • F-35 Lightning engine undergoes corrosion testing at AEDC

    Corrosion testing of the F135 engine, the afterburning turbofan developed for the F-35 Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter, is being performed in one of the sea level test cells at AEDC.According to AEDC Aeropropulsion Test Branch deputy director Mike Dent, the F135 engine is undergoing propulsion