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  • State, local leaders visit Arnold AFB

    Rachel Garrard, lead test manager for the 717th Test Squadron, speaks about the engine test cell behind her which is used to test aircraft engines at simulated altitudes during a visit by state and local leaders to Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., Feb. 10, 2023. The 717th Test Squadron, 804th Test

  • Annual prescribed burn season is approaching at Arnold AFB

    This spring, the natural resources staff at Arnold Air Force Base will work with the Air Force Wildland Fire Branch to conduct prescribed burns across Arnold.Most prescribed fire operations at Arnold occur during March and April when both weather and fuel conditions are generally conducive to

  • AFTC Holds Strategic Offsite

    Attendees of the Air Force Test Center Strategic Offsite pose for a photo at the Arnold Lakeside Complex at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., Feb. 22, 2023. The offsite is an annual event for the leadership of AFTC and its wings to discuss strategic planning. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

  • Arnold AFB Junior Force Council facilitates tour of Innovation Center

    Matt Perenich, a test analyst with the 718th Test Squadron, checks out the oil analysis station in the condition-based maintenance area of the AEDC Innovation Center during a tour Feb. 15, 2023, at Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee. The Arnold Air Force Base Junior Force Council facilitated a tour of

  • When you find something old, who you gonna call? The base historian

    Recently, while working in one of the warehouses at Arnold Air Force Base, a team member found a box containing some old photos.Looking through the photos, he realized they were from June 25, 1951 – the day then-President Harry Truman dedicated Arnold Engineering Development Center in honor of Gen.

  • Arnold AFB personnel receive opioid response training

    Personnel from several Arnold Air Force Base organizations attended the first-ever opioid response training class for installation staff Feb. 8 at the Arnold AFB Medical Aid Station. The course, titled “First Responder Education on Substance Use Disorder and Naloxone,” was presented by Joshua Crews

  • Arnold AFB personnel look to uproot problem plants, other invasive species

    Intruder alert!Aliens have been spotted at Arnold Air Force Base. Although these beings are unable to communicate directly with installation staff, their objectives are clear. The interlopers wish to spread quickly and overtake established lifeforms in the area.The “aliens” in this case are the

  • Arnold AFB’s economic impact exceeds $918 million in fiscal year 2022

    The economic impact of Arnold Air Force Base across the state of Tennessee was $918.3 million for the 2022 fiscal year.Arnold AFB impacted the local areas through payroll, secondary jobs created through local spending, and other expenditures for supplies, utilities, fuel and services and the

  • Nominations for 2023 AEDC Fellows open

    The Arnold Community Council AEDC Fellows Committee is now accepting nominations for the 2023 AEDC Fellows program with submissions due no later than March 31.Established in 1989, the AEDC Fellows program recognizes Arnold Engineering Development Complex personnel who have made substantial and

  • Doyle promoted to captain

    Capt. Adam Doyle is administered the oath of office by Col. Randel Gordon, commander, Arnold Engineering Development Complex, Feb. 3, 2023, during his promotion ceremony at Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)