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  • 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,

  • Alabama tornado destroys home of employee's parents

    A number of Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) employees have some sort of connection to the April 27 tornadoes and storms that roared through the Southeast.Many workers either sustained damage, know someone who did or volunteered in the cleanup efforts. Such is the case with Stephen

  • Tornado victim thankful for co-worker's generosity

    Two weeks later, Warren Mullinax can sit in the control room at the Aerodynamic and Propulsion Test Unit (APTU) and talk about what happened leading up to when his home in Alabama was destroyed by a devastating tornado April 27.He can even smile a little bit when he talks about his one daughter's

  • New electric meters, software use provide glimpse at AEDC power consumption

    AEDC workers are excited about tapping into a system recently installed on base to give everyone a glimpse of how much power the base is consuming.The system developed in ATA's Information Technology department is taking advantage of a new system used to transmit the readings from electric meters on

  • AEDC contractor award fee announced

    The Air Force today announced an award fee rating of 92 for the Arnold Engineering Development Center's (AEDC) operating contractor, Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA), for the period October 1, 2010 through March 31, 2011. The award fee determining official, Randall Culpepper, gave the company an

  • Arnold AFB officials pleased with storm recovery efforts

    Power was restored to most of Arnold AFB during the afternoon of May 1 after strong storms downed trees and power lines April 27. Facilities returned to the electrical distribution grid included Arnold Lakeside Center (ALC), Family Housing, Wingo Inn and the Primary Pumping Station. Since then,

  • TTU alumni gathering at AEDC sets record

    Local Tennessee Technological University (TTU) alumni narrowly broke their own attendance record during a luncheon at Arnold AFB's Arnold Lakeside Center (ALC) May 4. The number of TTU alumni in attendance was 172, marking the largest alumni gathering outside the university campus. The previous

  • ATA announces management changes

    ATA General Manager, Dr. David Elrod, is leaving AEDC to become senior vice president of business development at Jacobs Technology in Tullahoma effective May 25.The new ATA general manager will be Steve Pearson who has served as deputy general manager since June of 2009 and the new deputy general

  • AEDC at Force Protection Condition Bravo

    U.S. Northern Command has set the FPCON level to Bravo for all Department of Defense (DOD) installations in its area of responsibility, which primarily consists of the lower 48 states, the District of Columbia, Hawaii and Alaska.FPCON levels are Normal, Alpha, Bravo, Charlie and Delta, with Delta