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  • Local man drowns in Woods Reservoir

    A 29-year-old local man died Monday while swimming in Woods Reservoir at Arnold AFB. George Mends, was swimming with friends. At some point, the swimmers headed toward the beach, but the man remained in the water, and when the other swimmers reached the beach they didn't see him and called 911. AEDC

  • AEDC holds Great American Shakeout emergency response exercise

    Recently, floods and tornadoes have dominated the news, impacting lives and destroying homes throughout a wide area, now, throw in an earthquake.No, not the real thing, but a large-scale natural disaster exercise that included Arnold AFB. AEDC conducted an earthquake exercise in conjunction with the

  • AEDC police say be ready for Bonnaroo traffic

    AEDC police have a message for base workers and other people who use Interstate 24 on a day-to-day basis: find another way June 8-12.June 8 is the day police expect tens of thousands of people to start arriving at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival site in Manchester - and backing up Interstate 24

  • AEDC teams support Relay for Life

    Two teams from Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC), "Remember" and "Coins 4 a Cure," participated in last month's Relay for Life.The event, sponsored by the American Cancer society, was held at the Coffee County Fairgrounds April 29.The AEDC teams raised almost $8,000 for cancer research,

  • AEDC volunteers pitch in to help tornado victims

    When tornadoes recently ravaged the mid-South, including rural and urban areas of Alabama, members of AEDC's work force stepped up to help and "pay it forward."Tawana Gardner, an ATA project manager at the Space and Missiles Branch, is from Birmingham, Ala. "The church that I used to go to is on

  • AEDC to participate in Kiwanis Air Show

    Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) is co-sponsoring the Kiwanis Air Show and Fireworks Display July 1 at the Tullahoma Airport as part of the center's 60th anniversary celebration.Parking and gates open at 3 p.m. The only entry point to the event will be the main gate beside the terminal

  • Friends, coworkers reflect on Dr. David Elrod and his career

    When Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA) General Manager Dr. David Elrod recently announced his upcoming retirement from Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) after a career spanning more than 33 years, friends and coworkers took the opportunity to share their thoughts and memories of him.Heard

  • Technology supports AEDC testing for 60 years

    When the gates to Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) swung open 60 years ago, what is known today as the Test Technology Branch did not exist.In reality, however, only the names have changed because the support and capabilities the branch supplies to all of the base's testing areas have

  • Award-winning AF officer heading to test pilot school

    It's up, up and away for Capt. Scott Rinella.Captain Rinella, who is a jet engine test project manager and assistant director of operations in Arnold Engineering Development Center's (AEDC) Turbine Engine Ground Test Complex (TSTB), will be leaving this summer for test pilot school at Edwards AFB,