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  • Command moves forward with restructuring plan

    Air Force Materiel Command officials notified center commanders Tuesday, May 11, that Air Force headquarters has approved converting the command structure from wings, groups and squadrons to directorates, divisions and branches. The targeted implementation date for these organizational changes is

  • AEDC ramps up UXO response

    Many AEDC personnel have noticed a number of controlled detonations of unexploded ordnance (UXO) scheduled recently on base. As part of the Air Force's Military Munitions Response Program (MMRP), UXO surface clearance teams from Bay West and Shaw Environmental are currently seeking out and

  • Chief Trull graduates from police academy

    Chief Richard Trull of the Arnold Air Force Base Police Department (APD) graduated from the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy May 21. Trull received state-required basic police training in the academy and is now certified by the Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST)

  • Bates, Davis and Powell named newest AEDC Fellows

    AEDC will induct two new AEDC Fellows and one Lifetime Achievement Fellow June 25 at the annual Fellows banquet.The new AEDC Fellows are Dr. Milt Davis Jr. and Dr. Stan Powell. They join 59 others selected for this honor since the program began in 1989.The AEDC Lifetime Achievement Fellow recognizes

  • AEDC heralds successful first flight of X-51 Waverider

    Arnold Engineering Development Center employees' contributions played an important role, leading to the historic first flight of the X-51A Waverider May 26.Ed Mickle, AEDC's senior manager for aerodynamics test facility planning for the capabilities integration division, was the project engineer for

  • ATA staffers aid in flood relief

    On May 18, a group of Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA) personnel from the ID2 Investments at AEDC donated a vacation day to participate in the cleanup effort for people affected by the recent flooding in middle Tennessee. David Milleville, manager for ID2, organized five others in his department and

  • NFAC mechanic survives choking incident

    Kent Griffin was eating lunch in his cubicle at AEDC's National Full-Scale Aerodynamic Complex at Moffett Field, Calif. on May 18 when a piece of pork tenderloin became lodged in this throat. The situation could have proved fatal, but Griffin's fellow mechanics sprang into action and are credited

  • UTSI, AEDC collaboration leads to improved capability in space chamber

    If it doesn't exist - build it. Faculty, staff and students at the University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI) helped Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) do exactly that by building a precise electric propulsion (EP) thrust stand.According to Dr. Trevor Moeller, assistant professor at