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  • Young project manager could never have too much on his plate

    John Dotson is not your typical 24-year-old. At the age of 16 he started working at the Tullahoma Airport. While most of his peers were preparing for their drivers license test, Dotson was preparing for his FAA certification. Dotson, Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA) construction projects

  • AEDC's chief of police is top grad

    One of the duties of AEDC's chief of police is to continually push his officers toward training and education. Leading by example is Chief Rick Trull who recently took steps to further his own education all the while gaining important leadership and supervisory skills. "I seized this opportunity to

  • AEDC engineer, amateur 'beeologist' shares his passion for the outdoors

    Although born in Chattanooga, Bill Myers grew up in a rural part of Knox County - an experience that instilled what he refers to as "an agricultural bent" into his life. "My father tells the story that before I was even five, I would go to the neighbor's chicken house and steal eggs," recalled

  • Morris Ferry area future taking shape

    A meeting was held here Thursday to discuss the future of Morris Ferry Dock. Air Force officials, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency representatives and Franklin County Mayor Richard Stewart met to discuss and make decisions about the immediate and long-term future of MFD. The following decisions

  • Christmas Party draws another good turnout

    The annual Children's Christmas Party held Dec. 7 welcomed another big crowd for the third straight year. More than 500 children and their families traveled to the Arnold Lakeside Club to enjoy candy, cookies, cotton candy, hamburgers, hot dogs and other snacks, as well as visiting the guest of

  • Arnold Airman receives AFMC-level award

    An Arnold Airman has received a major command level award. Tech. Sgt. Naomi Bullock, Public Health technician at Arnold's Medical Aid Station, has won the AFMC-level Public Health Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year award. At most Air Force bases, the public health technician would be responsible

  • Tunnel 9 engineer Will Vodra marvels at dream career

    Ask ATA's Will Vodra how he got an engineering position at AEDC's White Oak Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9 and he doesn't mince words. "Sheer luck," he said. "I had been working for 10 years in the semiconductor industry and it's a very cyclical industry. When the company was consolidated and moved up

  • AEDC engineer named as an AIAA Fellow

    Dr. Frank Steinle, an Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA) engineer at AEDC, has been elected as one of the 2009 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Fellows.  ATA is the support contractor for AEDC. Dr. Steinle will be inducted as an AIAA Fellow at the Aerospace Spotlight Awards

  • Collaborative effort at AEDC results in 'standard model' test in 16T

    AEDC has collaborated with NASA to develop a standard wind tunnel check model for wind tunnel comparison. The test was part of a complex project that centered around the aerodynamic testing on an existing, but modified, aircraft model to measure flow conditions in Arnold's 16-foot transonic wind