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  • Air Force environmental conservation efforts progressing at AEDC

    As the nation celebrates the 45th annual Earth Day this April 22, the Air Force is re-emphasizing its standing commitment to environmental stewardship and encouraging its military and civilian workforce to promote recycling both at home and on the job, and asking them to leverage available

  • AFTC enterprise foundation set as Bunch prepares to depart

    Maj. Gen. Arnold Bunch Jr., Air Force Test Center commander, stood before members of the Edwards workforce and gave his last commander's calls at two separate times April 7 in the base theater. Bunch recognized the AFTC annual award winners and congratulated the test wing on a "fantastic job" in the

  • AEDC firefighters train for readiness

    Thirty-eight AEDC firefighters participated in a three-day live fire training March 23-25 at the Complex.Live fire training is critical for AEDC firefighters to ensure readiness during an emergency either at the Complex or for mutual aid in the surrounding counties."Structural firefighting is the

  • Students victorious in local Engineers Week activities

    Engineers helped students reach new horizons in various activities and competitions during National Engineers Week, Feb. 22-28.Local engineering societies joined in hosting a MathCounts® competition and a student design competition where students used their engineering skills to solve math problems

  • PGA Family Tee Program comes to Arnold Golf Course

    Have you ever been interested in golf, but the game seems too intimidating? Confusing? Do you know the rules, or even how to swing the club?Certified by the Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA), a family course will be built into the already existing nine-holes at the Arnold Golf

  • Combined Test Force helping to streamline work at AEDC wind tunnel facilities

    A total of five Combined Test Forces (CTF) have been established to improve testing at Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC).The Flight CTF, which includes the Propulsion Wind Tunnel and von Kármán Gas Dynamics facilities, makes up one of these CTF groups.The others include the Propulsion

  • Orion parachute testing conducted at AEDC NFAC facility

    Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) engineers at the National Full Scale Aerodynamics Complex (NFAC) assisted in recent testing of sub-scale parachutes for the next mission of the Orion spacecraft, Exploration Mission-1.The testing, conducted in January in the 80-by 120-foot wind tunnel by

  • AFMC announces, honors annual award winners

    Air Force Materiel Command hosted its top Airmen of 2014 during the command's Annual Excellence Awards event March 10 and 11, 2015.Sixty-one Airmen from throughout AFMC's headquarters, centers and wings were nominated to compete in nine separate categories -- airman, non-commissioned officer, senior