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  • Flu shots to be available for civilians as well as military

    For the second year in a row, Air Force Materiel Command will make the influenza (flu) vaccine available to its civilian workforce. This is in addition to the flu vaccine for military and TRICARE beneficiaries.There is a limited quantity of the flu vaccine purchased for the AFMC Civilian Workforce

  • Donations needed for annual AEDC VA picnic

    Arnold Engineering Development Complex's (AEDC) annual Veterans Affairs (VA) picnic is Oct. 4, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Arnold Lakeside Center and coordinators are encouraging the local community to provide donations.The veterans attending the picnic are residents of the VA Tennessee Valley

  • Aerospace Testing Alliance reduces staff by 17

    Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA), prime contractor at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC), will reduce its work force by 17 people in Fiscal Year 2013 (FY13).The company announced it will cut eight salaried and nine wage positions primarily because of skill mix issues."We were hoping

  • AEDC Junior Force Council spearheads Feds Feed Family's food drive

    The Arnold Engineering Development Complex's (AEDC) Junior Force Council (JFC) recently concluded the 4th annual Feds Feed Families (FFF) food drive. It was the second year the JFC has held the drive on base.The FFF food drive is an initiative of the 'Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act,' signed

  • AEDC's Space Threat Assessment Testbed team builds 'microsatellite'

    As Arnold Engineering Development Complex's (AEDC) project team recently celebrated Arnold's Space Threat Assessment Testbed's (STAT) successful initial site acceptance test, they also have another good reason to rejoice.The STAT Facility also comes complete with a fully-instrumented, plug-and-play

  • AEDC engineer is blessed with a life-saving opportunity

    Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity and responsibility to give something back by becoming more. - Tony Robbins, American self-help author and motivational speakerWhen Andy Escue, a Dynetics engineer with Aerospace Testing Alliance's (ATA) technology group at Arnold

  • Team AEDC participates in Battlefield Day exercise

    Team AEDC members took to the "battlefield" Aug. 15 to test their fitness.Battlefield Day, put together by the AEDC Fitness Center once a year, is a series of events designed to push competitors' level of fitness. Participants competed in relays and sprints, hit a 170-pound tire with a hammer and

  • AEDC removed from consideration for EPA National Priorities List

    The United States Environmental Protection Agency has decided to remove Arnold Engineering Development Complex from consideration for the agency's National Priorities List.Effective March 15 the EPA removed Arnold AFB from consideration for the list, which is a compilation of hazardous waste sites