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  • Network Operations team members Troy Smiddy, right, and Ryan Eaves, work together in a storeroom, May 5, 2020, at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. The AEDC Base Communications continues to provide support to AEDC during the coronavirus pandemic to ensure fellow AEDC team members have the communications resources necessary to fulfill the AEDC mission. They are utilizing social distancing and when that is not possible, masks, as risk mitigation measures. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett) (This image has been altered by obscuring items for security purposes and cropped to emphasize the subject.)

    Base Comms team provides support, ensures connectivity during pandemic posture

    The Operationally Urgent posture now in place at Arnold Air Force Base brought with it many changes, but one thing remains the same – the support of computer and network systems is as important as ever.The Arnold Engineering Development Complex Base Communications and Information Technology Services team continues its work to ensure personnel both
  • Kirk Rutland (U.S. Air Force graphic)

    Team AEDC Frontlines: Kirk Rutland

    Editor’s note: The Team AEDC Frontlines series is a recurring feature that puts the spotlight on some of the members of Team AEDC on the “frontlines” supporting our mission, people and families during the COVID-19 crisis.Kirk Rutland is the Deputy Director of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Test Operations Division. In this role,
  • Kellee Pritt (U.S. Air Force graphic)

    Team AEDC Frontlines: Kellee Pritt

    Editor’s note: The Team AEDC Frontlines series is a recurring feature that puts the spotlight on some of the members of Team AEDC on the “frontlines” supporting our mission, people and families during the COVID-19 crisis.Kellee Pritt is the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Chief of Program Management. Pritt, who has been at Arnold Air Force
  • Amy Foster (U.S. Air Force graphic)

    Team AEDC Frontlines: Amy Foster

    Editor’s note: The Team AEDC Frontlines series is a recurring feature that puts the spotlight on some of the members of Team AEDC on the “frontlines” supporting our mission, people and families during the COVID-19 crisis.Amy Foster is the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Director of Contracting. Foster, who arrived at Arnold Air Force Base in

  • First test cell installed at Aeropropulsion Systems Test Facility 40 years ago this month

    Forty years ago this month, a significant hurdle in bringing the multiyear, multimillion dollar Aeropropulsion Systems Test Facility construction project at Arnold Air Force Base to completion was cleared. The first test cell in ASTF was put into place in May 1980. This milestone occurred almost three years after the ASTF groundbreaking ceremony
  • The test site shown from a distance the morning of a static F-35 canopy test March 27, 2020, at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. The unique test, performed by the 846th Test Squadron, 704th Test Group, Arnold Engineering Development Complex, required the canopy to be heat soaked to a very high, specific temperature range while controlling the internal temperature of the ejection seat and manikin within their much lower, temperature range. Additionally, large poles support a soft catch net to safely recover the ejection seat and manikin post-test with minimal damage to the test items. (U.S. Air Force photo by Timothy Gros)

    Second vendor F-35 canopy testing completed by HHSTT team

    On Friday, 27 March, testers from the Holloman High Speed Test Track, in conjunction with members of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office, Lockheed Martin, Martin Baker, and BAE Systems, successfully conducted an F-35 static ejection seat test to evaluate pilot survivability using a canopy transparency from a new manufacturer. The purpose of

  • AEDC Commander discusses COVID-19 impact, looks ahead during third virtual town hall

    Arnold Engineering Development Complex Commander Col. Jeffrey Geraghty hosted a third virtual town hall April 22 to answer questions and provide updates on the continuing impact of COVID-19 at Arnold Air Force Base. During the most-recent of the town halls, which he intends to hold weekly during the Operationally Urgent posture now in place at
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    Faster, smarter: virtual hiring fair recruits STEM talent

    In conjunction with the Air Force Personnel Center, the Air Force Materiel Command held a virtual hiring fair April 23, to fill open science, technology, engineering and mathematics positions across the command. This was the third virtual hiring event held by AFMC over the past year, part of an ongoing effort to leverage in-person and online recruiting events to reach large number of candidates for open opportunities.
  • A simplified look at the Risk Assessment Matrix from Air Force Test Center Instruction 91-202. (U.S. Air Force graphic)

    AEDC commander provides transparency in decision-making during coronavirus pandemic

    Arnold Engineering Development Complex Commander Col. Jeffrey Geraghty took time April 22 during a virtual town hall to explain a key tool used in determining the who, what, when and how members of Team AEDC will return to the installation, both in the short term for operationally-urgent testing, and in the long term for a greater return to

  • AEDC Commander provides COVID-19 updates through second town hall

    In the second of what he intends to make a weekly occurrence during the operationally urgent posture now in place, Arnold Engineering Development Complex Commander Col. Jeffrey Geraghty took to social media April 15 to provide updates on the COVID-19 situation at Arnold Air Force Base. During the virtual town hall, Geraghty answered questions
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