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Feb. 15, 2022
AEDC personnel honored with annual awards ceremony

Arnold Engineering Development Complex leadership honored military and civilian government annual award winners and nominees during a ceremony Feb. 11 at Arnold Air Force Base. The ceremony was also broadcast on Microsoft Teams, with the 704th Test Group also holding an in-person ceremony at their
Feb. 10, 2022
NASA Astronauts speak to Team AEDC

Victor Glover, a NASA Astronaut and commander in the U.S. Navy, answers questions about NASA and his experience aboard the International Space Station during an Arnold Engineering Development Complex Commander's Call, Dec. 20, 2021, at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. Glover expressed appreciation for
Feb. 10, 2022
Anderson promoted to lieutenant colonel

From left, Lt. Col. John McShane, chief, Aerodynamics Test Branch, Test Division, Arnold Engineering Development Complex, administers the oath of office to newly-promoted Lt. Col. Wesly Anderson during a ceremony Jan. 28, 2022, at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)
Feb. 4, 2022
AEDC once supported Air Force Olympic hopefuls in quest for winter games glory

The 2022 Winter Olympics are underway in Beijing. Athletes from around the globe are competing in a myriad of events that showcase their years of training and dedication. Many spectators in the stands and viewers at home are likely awed by the lightning-quick maneuvers of the Alpine skiers, the
Jan. 28, 2022
AEDC engineers assist with SBIR effort researching noise reduction of aircraft engines

Through a Small Business Innovative Research contract awarded to MetroLaser, Inc., by the U.S. Navy, a system is being developed to measure the gas velocity of engine exhaust to help find ways to reduce noise from aircraft. Bernie Williamson, Air Force project manager, explained that in November the
Jan. 18, 2022
Arnold AFB website gets new look

The Air Force Public Web Program has implemented a new website design for Air Force websites. The new design went live Jan. 14 on the Arnold Air Force Base website, www.arnold.af.mil. The site was “frozen,” with no new content being published, for about a week to allow for the update.
Jan. 12, 2022
Innovative ideas sought for new AEDC Spark Tank program

Arnold Engineering Development Complex personnel with innovative ideas – no matter how big or small – to improve AEDC are invited to share their suggestions. Doing so could lead to funding to progress their implementation. The new AEDC Spark Tank is underway and open to military, DOD civilians and
Dec. 21, 2021
Members of Team AEDC remember two of their own on the 50th anniversary of their passing

Two weeks before Christmas a little more than a half-century ago, John T. Hill and Alvin D. Overman were charged with carrying out a routine job inside a small building behind the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Model Shop at Arnold Air Force Base.It was there that both of their lives
Dec. 20, 2021
Virtual reality capability used during sensor validation in AEDC test cell

When performing sensor validation tests in the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Sea Level Test Cell 1, or SL-1, this summer, AEDC engineers at Arnold Air Force Base had the opportunity to view in nearly real-time a three-dimensional representation of the test hardware and support systems using
Dec. 14, 2021
Arnold AFB workforce serves more than 200 local children through AEDC Angel Tree

An old adage warns against judging a book by its cover.This expression certainly applied to the nondescript garbage bags that by the morning of Dec. 6 had lined the floor and shelves of the former barber shop at Arnold Air Force Base, headquarters of Arnold Engineering Development Complex.On the

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