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  • The sky is calling AEDC's Larry Wilhite

    AEDC's Larry Wilhite recently got to combine his love of engineering and powered flight to take to the sky in a plane he literally assembled himself.From an early age Wilhite has been passionate about mathematics and fascinated with anything relating to science, especially computers. Combined with

  • AEDC workers find cost-saving fix for "Giant Voice"

    You could say the "Giant Voice" that sends messages across Arnold Engineering Development Center has been suffering a case of laryngitis over the last couple of months.Now, base workers have installed their own cure for it that also resulted in savings for AEDC.Some may have noticed the base Mass

  • AEDC employee featured as student success story

    Like many young people venturing out into the world after high school, Hillsboro resident Emily Dutton has changed the path she wants to take in life more than once in the last couple of years.Sometimes, the path has changed for her. When she's not working in the contract management office at Arnold

  • German technical experts visit AEDC for discussion on future collaboration

    Some of Europe's top wind tunnel and ground testing experts recently visited AEDC to work with their counterparts here on continuing a data exchange agreement (DEA) between the governments of Germany and the United States that dates back more than 30 years."The data exchange agreement we have with

  • AEDC airman to study Swahili in LEAP program

    There's a good chance most people know how to speak a few words of a language other than their native tongue. That other language is most likely a common one taught in high school, such as Spanish, French or German.But Air Force 2nd Lt. Wes Meredith forgot any of the French he took in school a long

  • AEDC’s 2010 economic impact exceeds $690 million

    Arnold Engineering Development Center's (AEDC) economic impact - which includes AEDC and its remote operating locations - the Hypervelocity Tunnel 9 at White Oak in Silver Spring, Md., and the National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex at Moffett Field, Calif. - was $694 million. Each location

  • Curtis Allen selected for chief master sergeant

    Senior Master Sgt. Curtis W. Allen has earned the highest enlisted rank in the Air Force - chief master sergeant.Chief master sergeants make up only one percent of the total enlisted population, adding prestige to the promotion.It means Sergeant Allen, who is the Maintenance Division superintendent

  • Reflections on a 41-year career in the aerospace industry

    Even many adults do not seem to know what they want to do when they grow up. But Randy Simpson knew from an early age he wanted to be become an engineer in the aerospace industry."As a baby boomer growing up in the late 50s and early 60s, I watched with great interest as our fledgling space program

  • AEDC lighting improvements also save energy

    Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) is continuing to implement an Air Force directive to "make energy a consideration in all that we do."One of the most visible energy-saving upgrades is to interior lighting for buildings on base. For example, the new lighting system in the Engine Test

  • Arnold Police participate in "active shooter" training

    Arnold Air Force Base Police Department (APD) should be better prepared to deal with an active shooter after completing recent up-to-date training.APD officers and Tullahoma policemen completed the training Oct. 4-15 at Tullahoma High School while students and teachers were on fall break.Lt. Buck