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  • Arnold AFB not cause of ‘sonic boom’

    A "sonic boom" heard in southern Tennessee and northern Alabama Thursday was not caused from aircraft flying from Arnold Air Force Base (AFB), Tenn., as media reported last week. Arnold AFB has no aircraft. Rather, the boom was most likely caused from an F-22 and F-16 fighter aircraft from Lockheed

  • In Person: AEDC Fellows Banquet speaker Dr. Charles McQueary

    Dr. Charles McQueary, the former director of operational test and evaluation for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, took a tour of Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) prior to speaking at the annual Fellows Banquet June 25. Although this was his first trip to AEDC, he recalls working

  • AEDC squadron commander gets career opportunity of a lifetime

    When Lt. Col. L. Najeeb Ahmed entered the Air Force as a commissioned officer in 1992, he had two goals he wanted to accomplish. One was to deploy to help support the warfighter, and the second was to get an assignment overseas. He accomplished the first goal in 2006 when he deployed to Bosnia. The

  • Limbaugh, Pickering and Bowling named newest AEDC Fellows

    Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) will induct a new AEDC Fellow and two Lifetime Achievement Fellows June 25 at the annual Fellows banquet at the Arnold Lakeside Club. The newest AEDC Fellow is Dr. Charles Limbaugh. He joins 58 others selected for this honor since the program began in

  • AEDC hosts community tour to educate, build support for Air Force

    More than 20 civic leaders from communities around Arnold Air Force Base departed June 11 for a two-day community relations tour to Lockheed Martin in Marietta, Ga., and nearby Robins Air Force Base (AFB). AEDC Commander Col. Art Huber, who was stationed at Robins prior to AEDC, hosted the event and

  • AEDC Services team tackles a big job

    Arnold Engineering Development Center's (AEDC) Resource Recovery and Recycling Program (RRRP) involves some heavy lifting inside, but occurs mainly outside the 225-plus buildings on AEDC's approximately 40,000 acres, including the Tennessee National Guard firing range, Gossick Leadership Center,

  • Change of Command ceremony planned

    AEDC will hold a Change of Command ceremony July 13 at the 718th Test Squadron, Building 1088, to welcome the 26th commander, Col. Michael Panarisi and family. Colonel Panarisi is currently the commander of the 412th Operations Group at Edwards AFB, Calif. He deployed to Prince Sultan AB, Saudi

  • ATA work force may decrease next fiscal year

    The President's 2010 budget request documents a $24 million reduction in funding for contractor services at Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC). This reduction would go into effect Oct.1. Consistent with Aerospace Testing Alliance's (ATA) philosophy of only using an involuntary reduction in