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  • Everett becomes a Certified Homeland Protection Professional

    David Everett, a plans and programs officer with the Arnold Air Force Base police department, recently earned the designation of Certified Homeland Protection Professional (CHPP) by the National Sheriffs' Association, Center for Public Safety in partnership with the National Domestic Preparedness

  • AFMC promotes ‘Colorful Choices’ in September

    During the month of September, Air Force Materiel Command will be promoting its 'Colorful Choices: Fruit and Veggie Initiative.'September is National Fruit and Vegetables Month, an excellent time to revisit these bright and colorful powerhouses of a healthy nutrition plan. Eating the recommended

  • AEDC workers take part in STEM workshop

    AEDC workers are getting the tools they need to inspire young minds and encourage students to consider careers in engineering.Seventeen AEDC and Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA) employees and four local teachers visited the Challenger/STEM Center at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Aug. 2-3,

  • NFAC team conducts ‘game-changing’ technology test for NASA

    AEDC's National Full-Scale Aerodynamic Complex at Moffett Field, Calif., is the site of an ongoing pioneering test campaign supporting NASA's Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (HIAD) project. HIAD, described as a round, stacked series of "high-tech inner tubes," is under development as a

  • Team AEDC celebrates the landing of NASA's Mars Science Lab

    As news broke of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) "Curiosity" rover's successful landing on the "Red Planet" Aug. 6, a number of people affiliated with the Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) were paying close attention to the story."Curiosity" is the most highly advanced, mobile robot

  • AEDC's Tunnel 9 director celebrates the landing of NASA's Mars Science Lab

    As news broke of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) "Curiosity" rover's successful landing on the "Red Planet" Aug. 6, Arnold Engineering Development Complex's (AEDC) Hypervelocity Tunnel 9 Director Dan Marren was watching the live TV broadcast of the event."Last night, after eight months of

  • Families move into new base housing at Arnold AFB

    Capt. Allyson Benko's family is moving into a new home that has everything they need at Arnold Air Force Base. The home is a big move up from their current on-base residence. It has a two-car garage, a spacious kitchen, a screened-in back porch and lots of storage space both inside and out. The

  • Process Improvement Saves $25K

    Nathan Lister doesn't just sit on ideas - he takes action. Lister, a test engineer in the High Temperature Lab (HTL) area of ATA's Integrated Test and Evaluation Department, took the initiative to improve a process that will result in a cost savings of $25,500."The idea had been discussed by our