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  • Ways to increase energy efficiency explored at AEDC

    It's an unavoidable cost of doing business: in order to fulfill Arnold Engineering Development Center's mission, the base has to consume power - at times, a massive amount of it.That's why AEDC workers are actively working to lessen the energy use and ultimately the cost of the rigorous testing that

  • Edward R. Greer to speak at 2011 AEDC Fellows Banquet

    Edward R. Greer, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Developmental Test and Evaluation (DT&E), will deliver the keynote address at the 2011 AEDC Fellows Banquet.The banquet will take place June 24 at the Arnold Lakeside Center.Greer was sworn in as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for

  • Back from the war: AFMC commander refines support priorities

    When asked if he returned home with a to-do list after visiting select Pacific Air Forces bases and Afghanistan, Gen. Donald Hoffman thumbed through a quarter-inch stack of papers before citing several examples during a March 25, 2011, interview."The purpose of this trip was not to solve

  • AEDC supports more than 50 years of testing for T-38 Talon

    Air Education and Training Command celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first operational T-38 Talons' arrival at Randolph Air Force Base (AFB), Texas March 17.Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) tested the T-38 before it flew and has supported upgrades to the aircraft throughout the

  • Arnold AFB observes 60th anniversary in June

    AEDC turns 60 years old June 25, and High Mach is planning a series of features to help the center celebrate its years of critical contributions to the defense capability of the United States military as well as commercial aerospace ventures.President Harry Truman dedicated Arnold June 25, 1951, in

  • New baler reduces cost, time and improves recycling capability at AEDC

    AEDC's 704th Mission Support Group's Base Services recently acquired a new major asset - a state-of-the-art baler that will process approximately 2,000 pounds of recyclable materials, including paper, cardboard, plastic bottles and aluminum cans, every 20 minutes.According to Robbie Evans, the base

  • Record amount of material disposed of on ‘shred day’

    More than 33 tons of material were shredded June 18, resulting in AEDC's largest bulk shred of non-printed media to date. As part of ongoing recycling efforts, and in support of Information Protection Program requirements, AEDC hosted a bulk shred day to properly dispose of sensitive materials, to

  • AEDC tackles upgrade project to VKF compressed air system

    An Energy Conservation Investment Program-funded modernization project at the von Kármán Gas Dynamics Facility at AEDC will save energy and money in the long run, according to John McInturff, ATA program manager on the project. "The savings are estimated to be around $162,000 and [the upgrade will