Arnold Air Force Base -- Arnold Engineering Development Complex leadership honored military and civilian government team members for their contributions and achievements in 2025 during the AEDC Annual Awards ceremony Feb. 20, 2026.
The ceremony took place at the Arnold Lakeside Complex on Arnold Air Force Base, headquarters of AEDC.
The award recipients are:
- Senior Airman Christopher Bradbury, Command Chief Executive, Airman of the Year
- Tech. Sgt. Taylor Thyne, 586th Flight Test Squadron, Noncommissioned Officer of the Year
- Master Sgt. James Levine, 586th Flight Test Squadron, Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year
- 1st Lt. Alesandro Maxwell, 716th Test Squadron, Company Grade Officer of the Year
- Maj. Michael Macchia, 719th Test Squadron, Field Grade Officer of the Year
- McKenzie Gothard, 804th Test Support Squadron, Category I Civilian of the Year
- David LaBuda, 846th Test Squadron, Category II Civilian of the Year
- Laura Ahrens, 846th Test Squadron, Category III Civilian of the Year
- Lisa Scalia-Maloney, Test Support Division – Services, Non-appropriated Fund Category I Civilian of the Year
- Christie Cathey, Test Support Division – Services, Non-appropriated Fund Category II Civilian of the Year
- HSTD Intercept Test Team, 846th Test Squadron, Exceptional Innovator of the Year
- T-38C Mesh Network and Multi-ACFT Augmented Reality Team, 586th Flight Test Squadron, Annual Technical Achievement Award
- NAVFEST25, 746th Test Squadron, Annual Safety Achievement Award