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July 10, 2008
Arnold team earns award for technological advancement

Teams from Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) and Advanced Fuel Research, Inc., (AFR) have been acknowledged as recipients of the 2008 Research & Development (R&D) Magazine Top 100 Award winners for technological advancements. AEDC honorees include: Ron Bishel, Don Gardner, Paul Jalbert,
June 16, 2008
AEDC partners with Edwards AFB to test legacy jet as part of propulsion modernization program

A long-standing collaboration between the Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC) at Edwards AFB and the Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) through its Technology and Analysis Program is helping propulsion integration engineers quantify performance improvements of an updated version of a
June 12, 2008
Successful first flight of F-35B Lightning II is welcome news at Arnold

Last month's completion of the first flight of the short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) version of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. in Fort Worth, Texas, resonated with engineers at the U.S. Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center
June 10, 2008
U.S. Sen. Bob Corker visits AEDC test facilities

United States Sen. Bob Corker visited the U.S. Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) in Coffee and Franklin counties Monday. Of particular interest to the senator was the center's involvement in testing military jet engines under flight conditions using synthetic fuels. The Air
June 6, 2008
AEDC leads the way with new testing capability for smaller gas turbine jet engines

A small, but dedicated team of engineers, machinists and craftsmen have completed a reactivation project on Arnold Engineering Development Center's T-3 engine test cell, significantly expanding the center's test capabilities. "We're very excited about having T-3 ready for test operations," said
June 6, 2008
AEDC Honor Guard available for flag retirement services

Two Arnold Engineering Development Center's (AEDC) Air Force Honor Guard members salute an American flag while it burns during a flag retirement ceremony held at Camp Arrowhead, a Boy Scout camp on the base near Woods Reservoir. One of the honor guard's duties is to destroy unserviceable flags in a
June 6, 2008
New AEDC Fellows to be inducted June 25

Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) will induct two new AEDC Fellows June 25 at the annual Fellows banquet at the Arnold Lakeside Club. The new Fellows are Dr. David Elrod and Wade Stevenson. They join 56 others selected for this honor since the program began in 1989. The AEDC Fellows
June 6, 2008
Arnold munitions expert serves country on two fronts

In 1992, Navy recruiters had Mike Brumer firmly in their sites, or so they thought. The young man liked what he heard and found the prospect of going into the specialized nuclear technical field aboard submarines hard to resist. "I qualified for the nuclear program and that looked really
June 2, 2008
Fighter engine fuel test ends, prepares for first flight

The first fighter jet engine completed alternative synthetic fuel testing at the U.S. Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC), Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., in May. The fuel was tested on a Pratt & Whitney F100 engine, the powerplant for the F-15 Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon in a
May 30, 2008
AEDC tackles another complex store separation test from the Navy’s Super Hornet

Arnold Engineering Development Center is the U.S. Navy's choice for flight simulation testing on the next generation of ordnance carried on board the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, according to Frank Taverna, the Naval Air Systems Command store separation lead for the F/A-18E/F, P-3, S-3, EA-6B, among

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