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Oct. 3, 2008
Holloman AFB inspectors help prepare Arnold Engineering Development Center for annual inspection

Inspectors from Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. came to Arnold Engineering Development Center to help prepare the center's Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory (PMEL) for an upcoming Air Force Metrology and Calibration (AFMETCAL) inspection scheduled for the end of October. "Senior Master Sgt.
Oct. 3, 2008
NFAC helicopter team awarded for testing efforts

A checkout test team at Arnold Engineering Development Center's (AEDC) National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex in Moffet Field, Calif., was awarded the San Francisco Chapter of the American Helicopter Society 2008 award for Outstanding Contribution to the Powered-Lift Field Vertical Take-Off and
Oct. 3, 2008
AEDC tours 8th grade students to encourage future in science

As part of educating members of the surrounding communities about Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC), Arnold Air Force Base worked with the Tullahoma City Schools to create a special tour event for the 8th grade students from East Middle, West Middle and St Paul Sept. 25-26. The event was
Oct. 3, 2008
Aerospace Testing Alliance annual golf tournament

Eighty-four golfers participated in the 6th Annual Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA) Golf Scramble at Blackberry Ridge Golf Course Sept. 13. Tournament winners were Jim Griggs, Mark Kelly, Chuck Bonine and Tony Overman. The ATA Golf Committee sought corporate sponsors in order to provide charitable
Oct. 2, 2008
AEDC workers help NASA inch closer to development of new manned launch vehicle

Data from a test at Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) will be used to support a major NASA Constellation program milestone - the Vehicle Integration Preliminary Design Review (PDR). A team at AEDC's von Karman Facility has conducted aerodynamic heat transfer testing on Ares I's first
Sept. 24, 2008
Arnold Engineering Development Center awards big contract to Phillip's Corp., for new Model Shop technology

The U.S. Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) has awarded a contract worth more than $1 million to the Phillips Corp., from Hanover, Md. The contract consists of an Olympia computerized numerical controlled (CNC) vertical turning center (VTC) being installed in the AEDC Model
Sept. 24, 2008
Arnold Engineering Development Center awards contract to Harper & Company, Inc for HVAC repair work

The U.S. Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) has awarded a contract worth $398,200 to Harper & Company, Inc., in Hillsboro to remove the existing Heating, Ventilation and Air Condition in Building 1088 at Arnold Air Force Base in Coffee County, Tenn. The work performed includes
Sept. 22, 2008
New Air Force initiative adds value to Arnold Engineering Development Center engineers' toolbox

Nicknamed the "Student," William Sealy (W.S.) Gossett invented a technique in the early 1900s that helped him study the "quality of beer and raw materials for its production, which led him to reflections on statistics and calculating the unknown parameters." With the leadership of Arnold Engineering
Sept. 22, 2008
Little Rock AFB, Ark., civic leaders visit Arnold

Civic leaders from Little Rock AFB, Ark., got an opportunity to see a different Air Force mission when they visited Arnold Sept. 10-11. Brig. Gen. Rowayne A. Schatz, 314th Airlift Wing commander, and 32 civic leaders from Little Rock, Ark., arrived at Arnold aboard a C-130 Hercules. The group,
Sept. 22, 2008
New Air Force chief scientist has local tie

Dr. Werner J.A. Dahm has been named the new Chief Scientist of the Air Force. He will begin his post at the Pentagon in October, replacing Dr. Mark Lewis. Coincidence has it that Dr. Dahm has a special connection to Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC). As a research engineer from 1979 to

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