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  • Muckerheide joins AEDC as vice director

    Kevin Muckerheide was looking for a way to pay for college.Air Force recruiters presented an intriguing offer.“The Air Force came along and said, ‘Hey, we’ll get you hooked up with an ROTC scholarship if you study engineering,’” Muckerheide recalled. “I thought, ‘Great! I’ll get my college paid for,

  • Deadline extended for 2023 AEDC Fellows nominations

    The deadline to submit nominations to the Arnold Community Council AEDC Fellows Committee for the 2023 AEDC Fellows program has been extended to April 15.Nominations must be postmarked by April 15 or submitted by email by close of that day.Established in 1989, the AEDC Fellows program recognizes

  • AEDC commander gets up-close look at firefighting training

    Col. Randel Gordon, left, Arnold Engineering Development Complex commander, practices controlling a fire hose before entering the mobile structure fire trainer at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., Feb. 28, 2023. Backing up Gordon is Kip Luttrell, an Arnold AFB Fire and Emergency Services crew chief.

  • Stressed, who me?

    A good friend stopped me last week and said, “You look stressed.” I thought, “What does that even mean?” So, I decided to investigate it.If you look up stress in a Merriam-Webster dictionary it says stress is “A physical, chemical or emotional factor that causes bodily or mental tension and may be a

  • Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Programs visits Arnold AFB

    Col. Randel Gordon, commander of Arnold Engineering Development Complex, points out components in the C2 altitude engine test cell to Maj. Gen. David H. Tabor, second from left, the director of programs for the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Programs, Headquarters Air Force, and

  • AFMC honors Tech. Sgt. Devonta McGee as Star Performer

    Tech. Sgt. Devonta McGee, Noncommissioned Officer in Charge of Financial Management at Arnold Air Force Base, was recently honored as a Star Performer by Air Force Materiel Command for his job performance throughout the first quarter of 2023.Stationed at Arnold AFB, the headquarters of Arnold

  • Help preserve Arnold AFB history

    At Arnold Air Force Base, the Cultural Resource Management team investigates, manages, preserves and protects cultural resources, archaeological sites and historic buildings, according to state and federal law, Department of Defense instructions and Air Force regulations.What is the purpose of

  • Arnold AFB crane and rigging crew supports annual Elk River Dam maintenance

    Members of the Arnold Air Force Base crane and rigging crew spend much of their winters on the lake.Sure, it can get chilly; at times, uncomfortably frigid, but the crew’s annual wintertime stretch at Woods Reservoir is necessary to ensure components imperative to base operations remain in working