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  • 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

  • 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

  • AEDC promotes STEM at Tracy City Elementary

    Students, teachers and parents at Tracy City Elementary School recently saw first-hand how much fun science, technology, engineering and mathematics can be when the AEDC Discovery Dome came to their school.The Discovery Dome provides a full planetarium experience and is 16 feet. by 10 feet.; it can

  • Godwin reporting for duty, ready for inspections

    Bradford Godwin, the new AEDC director of Inspections, arrived at the Complex in December ready to lend his experience in keeping Arnold Air Force Base operating at peak efficiency.As the director of Inspections, Godwin is responsible for providing leadership an overview of organizational health

  • AEDC arc heater facility supports next generation weapon systems

    Testing on nosecone materials for a next generation weapons system was recently completed in the AEDC arc heater facility.According to 1st Lt. Joey Achenbach, Air Force project manager at AEDC, the test program for San Diego Composites, Inc. (SDC) was performed to screen materials that will likely

  • AEDC receives Air Force Organizational Excellence Award

    Air Force officials recently announced AEDC was selected as the recipient of the Air Force Organizational Excellence Award for 2015 for exceptionally meritorious service from June 1, 2013 to May 31, 2015.Maj. Gen. David Harris, commander of the Air Force Test Center, presented the award Jan. 29 to