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  • Annual Children's Christmas Party returns Dec. 6

    The annual Children's Christmas Party will be held from noon - 4 p.m. Dec. 6 at the Arnold Lakeside Center (ALC) for ages twelve and under. This event is free and open to all Arnold Engineering Development Center employees (active duty military, civil service, contractors), National Guard, Reserves,

  • AEDC hosts workshop on new Air Force firefighting training requirements

    Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) hosted a workshop Nov. 9 and 10 to brief Air Force Materiel Command fire training officers on upcoming changes to the Air Force's new firefighter Annual Training Program (ATP) and Automated Civil Engineer System - Fire Department (ACES-FD) scheduled to

  • AEDC hosts annual TERRA conference

    Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) recently hosted the annual Tennessee Employment Relations Research Association (TERRA) conference at the Arnold Lakeside Center. AEDC's Tom Quatrini said the annual event is a forum to bring management and labor from middle Tennessee together to discuss

  • AEDC reactivates technology sharing agreement with France

    Approximately one year ago, Tom Best, Arnold Engineering Development Center's (AEDC) technical director of the plans and programs directorate, realized there was an excellent opportunity to make an upcoming collaborative European visit with two technology partners even more productive.Best said a

  • ATA earns highest score ever

    The Air Force has announced the award fee for the Arnold Engineering Development Center's (AEDC) operating contractor, Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA), for the period April 1, 2009, through Sept. 30, 2009. The award fee determining official, Brig. Gen. Wendy Masiello approved an award fee of

  • Teamwork leads to record-setting engine test

    The people who embody the "Team AEDC" center phrase once again have proven they are the best at what they do. The J-2 Test Team completed all of the customer's mission objectives and set a new record for the longest continuous engine test period (52.5 hours) in the cell. The results of this test

  • Arnold Reservist called to active duty to fly UAS

    Lt. Col. Rob Perrin is answering his country's call to duty. In January, Colonel Perrin will begin training at Creech Air Force Base (AFB) just outside of Las Vegas to fly the MQ-1B, Unmanned Aerial System (UAS), more commonly known as the Predator. He will complete training in March and begin

  • AEDC debuts 'cultural walk,' putting Arnold's past into perspective

    Twenty-seven Arnold Air Force Base (AFB) employees took part in a first for the 40,000 acre base Oct. 27 - an educational outing called a cultural walk. The walk, which included two stops, took the group on a trip back in time before and after Camp Forrest dominated the land making up what is now

  • ATA makes a difference to local communities

    Project Graduation is a program offered by many high schools throughout the U.S. that provides organized, adult-supervised and alcohol-free activities as part of a post-graduation party. The idea is to provide a safe and enjoyable alternative to student-run events that all too often involve alcohol

  • AEDC team tackles 56 million gallon-sized job

    AEDC's John Berlan and John Richardson, standing on the secondary reservoir's west bank recently watched in awe as a fire truck drove onto the bottom of the drained 56-million gallon capacity reservoir. The vehicles' occupants were there to provide support to a team repairing the 1950s-era