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  • Arnold's 717th Test Squadron changes command

    Lt. Col. Najeeb Ahmed is the new commander for Arnold Engineering Development Center's (AEDC) 717th Test Squadron. Prior to coming to AEDC, Colonel Ahmed was the chief of acquisition programs of the Secretary of the Air Force and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force executive action group. He

  • Arnold's Dave Duesterhaus named NFAC director

    Dave Duesterhaus, quality manager in Arnold Engineering Development Center's (AEDC) Plans and Programs directorate, has been selected to become the new site director at AEDC's National Full Scale Aerodynamics Complex (NFAC) at Moffett Field, Calif., effective Sept. 1. The NFAC wind tunnel facility,

  • High velocity

    David Brown and Troy Perry, ATA outside machinists, install a slug projectile with a pitch motor installed into the 8-inch bore diameter barrel of AEDC's Hypervelocity Range G's launcher. This projectile will be launched out of the G Range two-stage light gas gun at a velocity of 8,200 feet per

  • Base officials ask public to report illegal dumping by lake

    Air Force officials at Arnold Air Force Base are asking users of Woods Reservoir to report people illegally littering and dumping in and around the lake. Illegal dumping near the dam at Woods Reservoir, a popular place to fish, was recently brought to the attention of base leadership, who

  • 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