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  • Thomas Perkins - a man with a dream

    When his teacher asked Tom Perkins what he wanted to be when he grew up, the seventh grader shot up his hand and confidently replied, "Either an aeronautical engineer or an Army Air Corps officer." The 79-year-old retired Arnold Engineering Development Center engineer said one of his young

  • Major maintenance project nears completion

    A major Engine Test Facility-focused (ETF) renovation and maintenance project at the U.S. Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) is nearing completion and checkout ahead of a heavy ground test schedule in August. A primary focus of the project involves replacing a number of cooling

  • Arnold's Crockett Cove offers a great getaway

    Debbie Martin, the wife of Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA) boilermaker and working foreman Joe Martin, said she is enjoying the sunshine and gentle breezes blowing off the water of Woods Reservoir on the shore of Arnold Air Force Base's newest outdoor recreation area, Crockett Cove. She is chatting

  • New 704th Services Division chief excited about opportunities at Arnold

    From an Air Force brat to the new Chief of the 704th Services Division, Rick Ferrebee, comes to Arnold with new ideas and goals to make this one of the best recreational sites in the Air Force. "I am pleased to come back to base level after being at command for a couple of years," he commented. "I

  • Engineer marks career at AEDC with dynamic stability

    Even though Hugh DuBose has been retired from the Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) almost as many years as he worked here, his years of contributions to the Propulsion Wind Tunnel's 16-foot supersonic and transonic wind tunnels are still lingering. Born in Mississippi and raised in

  • Second chance at life proves viable for Arnold's Cheryl Roberts

    Not many people get second chances, but for Morrison resident Cheryl Roberts, Aerospace Testing Alliance Operations Center second shift lead at the Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC), she got exactly that. In December 2006 Roberts was driving home, she parked the car and attempted to get

  • Arnold gets new civil engineer squadron commander

    Col. Robert Bender, commander of the 704th Mission Support Group at Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC), hands the command flag to the new 704th Civil Engineer Squadron Commander Lt. Col. Saroya Follender. As squadron commander, she will be responsible for 24 government personnel and

  • AEDC gets new financial management director

    Col. Joel Speight is the new director of Financial Management and Comptroller for Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC). As the principal financial adviser to the center commander, Colonel Speight directs all financial management functions for AEDC, including budget formulation and execution,

  • Exercise puts Arnold's fuel spill response team to the test

    In June, a core team of 20 key Arnold Engineering Development Center hazardous spill response personnel, along with Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA) firefighters, paramedics and security forces, responded to a simulated hazardous waste spill of 20,000 gallons of JP-8 fuel from the center's

  • AEDC machinist uses landscape scenery as inspiration for paintings

    Aerospace Testing Alliance Machinist James "Trapper" Landon always knew, even as a little, boy he wanted to live in Alaska because of the picturesque landscape and the endless hunting opportunities. "After I got married I went to Alaska on a hunting trip for caribou for two weeks," he said. "I