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  • Caution urged as peak deer-vehicle collision season returns

    The National Highway Safety Administration states that there are approximately 1.5 million deer-vehicle collisions, or DVCs, every year in the United States resulting in $1 billion in vehicle damage.Worse yet, DVCs cause 175-200 human deaths and 10,000 injuries annually.State Farm lists Tennessee as

  • Arnold FES participates in Manchester Preparedness Day

    Joshua McDonald, 5, tries on a firefighter's helmet as his mother takes a photo of him and George Trussell, a firefighter with Arnold Air Force Base Fire and Emergency Services, looks on during the Manchester Preparedness Day Sept. 17, 2022, in Manchester, Tennessee. National Preparedness Month is

  • Arnold Community Council recognizes AEDC first responders

    Kenneth Sullivan, center, Arnold Community Council president, presents Sgt. Andy Schwegler, a Department of the Air Force police officer at Arnold Air Force Base, with a plaque after recognizing him as an outstanding first responder during a Sept. 13, 2022, meeting of the ACC at the Gossick

  • Col. Seekamp now leading 704th Test Group at Holloman

    Col. Karl Seekamp officially took command of the 704th Test Group at Holloman Air Force Base during a ceremony Sept. 9. As the test group’s commander, Seekamp will oversee units operating world-class test facilities for high-speed sled track testing, navigation and guidance system testing, radar

  • Woods Reservoir completed 70 years ago this month

    Before the first foundation was poured or stone set, a site for the proposed Air Engineering Development Center would have to be chosen that could meet three primary needs.Along with finding a suitable tract of land for the center and a place where large amounts of electrical power were available,

  • Jack Daniel’s assistant distiller visits Arnold Base Exchange

    Jack Daniel Distillery’s first female assistant distiller Lexie Phillips signs a bottle of Jack Daniel's whiskey Sept. 6, 2022, at the Base Exchange at Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett) (This image has been altered by obscuring a badge for security purposes.)

  • AFTC organizations collaborate to expand B-52 weapon capabilities

    The Air Force SEEK EAGLE Office recently called upon the expertise of the Store Separation Test team to test and evaluate the release of a GBU-38 from a B-52H Stratofortress with new load configurations in the 16-foot transonic wind tunnel at Arnold Air Force Base.

  • ICBM Developmental Test Branch at Hill stood up as 719th Test Squadron

    The Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Development Test Branch at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, stood up as the 719th Test Squadron during a ceremony Aug. 31.As a unit of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex, headquartered at Arnold AFB, Lt. Col. Jason Heersche, commander of the 719 TS, stated