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  • Local students participate in Engineers Week events

    Neighboring middle and high schools participated in Engineers Week activities that took place at the University of Tennessee Space Institute, or UTSI, and Arnold Air Force Base, headquarters of Arnold Engineering Development Complex.Engineers Week ran from Feb. 18-24 and included a MathCounts

  • Arnold Air Force Base spotlights Women’s History Month: Michelle Hicks

    March is Women’s History Month. Observed annually, the month celebrates the contributions of women to U.S. history, culture and society. The month provides an opportunity to reflect on the achievements of women throughout history.The origins of the month can be traced back to 1978 with a weeklong

  • AEDC Fellow Martha Simmons remembered for her contributions

    AEDC Fellow Martha Simmons will be remembered for her contributions to Arnold Engineering Development Complex following her passing on March 8, 2024, at the age of 69.Simmons is credited for making notable and valuable contributions to the nation’s aerospace capabilities in numerous areas relevant

  • Air Force conducts third Sentinel static fire test

    The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, Northrop Grumman and Aerojet Rocketdyne conducted a static fire test March 16, 2024, for the Stage-3 solid rocket motor of the LGM-35A Sentinel weapon system at the Arnold Engineering and Development Complex, Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee.

  • AEDC awards new Test Operations and Sustainment contract

    The Contracting office at Arnold Air Force Base awarded the Test Operations and Sustainment (TOS) II contract valued at more than $3.7 billion on March 14.  This contract will ensure continuity of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) ground test mission for the next several years.Beyond

  • Arnold AFB Fitness Center marks a year of Kickboxing

    Kicking, punching, and blocking their way to a healthier lifestyle are the folks at Arnold Air Force Base Fitness Center. In the January 2023, the center began offering kickboxing classes to its members. The center recently celebrated a year of the class that continues to grow in interest. Arnold

  • DOD resource offers array of information on dietary supplements

    A resource is available for team members at Arnold Air Force Base and across Arnold Engineering Development Complex seeking more information on dietary supplements.Operation Supplement Safety, or OPSS, is the Department of Defense’s program for anything related to dietary supplements. OPSS partners

  • Ladder Safety Month: Slips, Trips and Falls

    I had started gathering information for this article, it is Ladder Safety Month after all, when I was interrupted by a call from a buddy of mine telling me that his wife had slipped in the mud, fell to her knees, and broken her femur.She was not jumping or falling from a height or doing something

  • Annual prescribed burn season nears at Arnold AFB

    The Arnold Air Force Base Natural Resources Management Team will soon begin prescribed fire operations.To support the Air Force’s mission at Arnold Engineering Development Complex, headquartered at Arnold AFB, prescribed fire will be utilized to help maintain plant communities in such a way that