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  • AEDC's Kirk Rutland is dancing with his star

    In 1983, before following his dream of becoming a pilot, Kirk Rutland tried something he was less comfortable with, on an impulse."I took one ballroom dancing class before I went to flight school, with a community center, kind of as a whim," said Rutland, AEDC's deputy for the maintenance division.

  • Project Management Institute organization now local

    A team effort, spearheaded by Susan Rymer, business manager for ATA's Investments Department at AEDC, recently resulted in the establishment of the Project Management Institute (PMI) Chattanooga Chapter Middle Tennessee Branch. The new branch gives local project management professionals residing in

  • AEDC's Lance Baxter helps bring scouting back

    When Lance Baxter, chief of AEDC's technology branch, volunteered to deploy to Iraq late last year, he made an interesting and unexpected discovery. Baxter, who works for the Missile and Space Intelligence Center in Huntsville in his capacity as a major in the Air Force reserves, arrived at

  • Tunnel 9's Ray Schlegel loves to ride

    Ray Schlegel, who began his career at Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9, White Oak, Md., as a co-op student in 1981, has loved motorcycles since he was young."I've known how to ride a motorcycle since I was about 12 years old and I've always wanted one," said Schlegel, who is now Tunnel 9's senior

  • Arnold Airman part of AFMC marathon team

    1st Lt. Bradley Chronister has been selected to represent the Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) at the Air Force Marathon as a part of the men's half marathon team. The marathon is scheduled for Sept. 17 at the National Museum of the United States Air Force located on Wright-Patterson AFB,

  • New cameras make image capture easier at AEDC ballistics range

    Until recently, getting new parts for the laser camera system at AEDC's Hypervelocity Ballistic Range G was a lot like antique shopping.In a time when it's hard to buy a new camera that isn't digital, workers at Range G have been stretching their resources to keep their film-based camera equipment

  • Chief Master Sgt. James Roy visits Arnold AFB

    Chief Master Sgt. James Roy and his wife Paula visited Arnold Engineering Development Center June 15. Chief Roy, who represents the highest enlisted level of leadership, is responsible for providing direction to the enlisted force and representing their interests, as appropriate, to the American

  • NO EARLY RETIREMENT INCENTIVES FOR AFMC CIVILIANS IN FY11

    Air Force Materiel Command officials have announced that voluntary retirement and separation incentives will not be offered to its civilian workforce during the remainder of fiscal year 2011 which ends Sept 30. Instead, the command will continue using Air Force civilian hiring controls to manage the

  • AEDC's Brad McClure still counting his blessings

    Brad McClure considers himself blessed. When the tornado "season" was getting underway earlier in the year, his home was damaged, but not destroyed. Trees were laying on the front of the house and the shop behind it was missing its roof and a large door and block wall was blown out on two sides as