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  • Icing tests continue for Airbus A380 engine certification

    The U.S. Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) is currently performing a series of icing tests on the Engine Alliance (EA) GP7200 engine for the Airbus A380 commercial airliner. The EA is a 50-50 joint venture between GE Aircraft Engines and Pratt & Whitney. The prime objective

  • Stump removal in progress on Wattendorf highway

    After an 11-month tree harvesting project that ended in late October, passers by on Wattendorf Memorial Highway have probably noticed the tree stump clean-up effort. The $403,000 contract, awarded to a Florida-based tree service company, calls for workers to grind up the stumps and debris to produce

  • Col. Andrew Roberts retires after 30 years of service

    Growing up the son of a diplomat, Air Force Reservist Col. Andrew Roberts was accustomed to continuously moving and traveling to exotic destinations. So it was only logical at the age of 15 he decided he wanted to become a pilot. Today he retires with 30 years of combined active-duty and Reserve

  • Wildfire burns 1,100 acres behind base rifle range

    Arnold Air Force Base experienced the largest wildfire in its recent history Tuesday. What started out as a couple of hundred acres, turned into more than 1,000 acres being burned at the rifle range while a unit from the 101st Airborne Division from Fort Campbell were training. Soldiers were firing

  • Test squadron home of Air Force’s top propulsion engineer

    An engineer from Arnold Engineering Development Center was selected as the Air Force Propulsion Engineer of the Year during a ceremony at the base today. Ed Tucker, responsible test organization action officer for the 717th Test Squadron, provides technical oversight to program offices on various

  • Arnold attorney earns environmental award

    An attorney at Arnold Engineering Development Center received the Air Force Materiel Command Gen. Edwin W. Rawlings Environmental Excellence Award for 2007 in the management category. Patricia Bieder, a former Air Force captain who has been an attorney at AEDC since 1995, received the Air Force

  • Navy engineer wins Air Force award

    A Navy engineer from Arnold is the Air Force's Propulsion Supervisor of the Year. During a ceremony on base today, 448th Combat Sustainment Wing, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center Executive Director John Over, presented the award Susan Vining, 717th Test Squadron deputy director. Mrs. Vining's

  • Arnold officer helps save Air Force millions

    An AEDC squadron commander was one of six individuals recognized April 5 at the Pentagon with the Air Force Productivity Excellence Award for saving the Air Force millions of dollars. Lt. Col. Dale Parsons from the 717th Test Squadron here, along with Maj. John Dunlap from the 340th Weapons Squadron

  • Arnold workers take break for prayer breakfast

    The Arnold Engineering Development Center's (AEDC) observance of the annual National Prayer Breakfast Tues., April 10 provided an opportunity for people of all faiths to find common ground in aspiring toward spiritual wellness, according to Air Force Materiel Command chaplain. Using a mixture of

  • Intern lobbied for F-14 static display

    Lipscomb University student and Tullahoma-native John Lominac got the honor of a lifetime at the dedication ceremony of the F-14 Tomcat static display March 30 on base. Ever since he was a little boy, he said he has been fascinated with the F-14. During his internship in the base legal office in