Rumley and Goodfriend receive AFMC award

Rick Goodfriend (second from left), an AEDC photographer, receives the 2016 Air Force Materiel Command Excellence in Heritage Projects Award during a presentation gathering April 20, 2016, in the ATA General Manager’s office. Goodfriend and AEDC Historian Chris Rumley received the award for their efforts in restoring 100 historical AEDC photographs and drawings for display in the Administration and Engineering building. Pictured with Goodfriend, left to right, is ATA Deputy General Manager Jeff Haars, ATA General Manager Steve Pearson and ATA Quality and Management Systems Manager J.T. Northcutt. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jacqueline Cowan)

Rumley and Goodfriend receive AFMC award

The drawing pictured here shows a before (right) and after drawing that was restored by AEDC Photographer Rick Goodfriend for display in the Administration and Engineering building which depicts AEDC history. Goodfriend and AEDC Historian Chris Rumley received the 2016 Air Force Materiel Command Excellence in Heritage Projects Award for their efforts in restoring 100 historical AEDC photographs and drawings for display in the A&E building. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jacqueline Cowan)

Rumley and Goodfriend receive AFMC award

Published May 20, 2016
By Raquel March
AEDC/PA

ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, TENN. -- AEDC history is documented and displayed in the halls of the Administration and Engineering building due to the efforts of AEDC Historian Chris Rumley and Rick Goodfriend, an AEDC photographer.

Their work earned them the 2016 Air Force Materiel Command Excellence in Heritage Projects Award.

The AFMC Excellence in Heritage Projects Award recognizes individuals, history offices or museums fostering a greater appreciation of the Air Force or its subordinate units as an institution or of aerospace power as an instrument of U.S. defense policy through pamphlets, displays, exhibits, videos, commemorative events or similar projects.

Rumley and Goodfriend collaborated in a year-long project of selecting and restoring photographs and drawings which depict AEDC test facilities, test items and personnel from the 1950s to the present. One-hundred images were restored, framed and mounted in the hallways of the three floors in the A&E building.

"The goal was to provide a mix of old and new testing photos and prints along each section of hallway to present the link from past to present," Rumley said. "Visitors and those who work here daily view a visually attractive presentation of our history that focuses on our mission, our people and our future. This project would not have been accomplished without Rick's expertise."

Goodfriend's work was recognized by the Air Force Test Center commander, Maj. Gen. David Harris, in a congratulatory letter.

"There are so many amazing feats that occur each year at our impressive test facilities," Harris said. "Thanks to people like you these accomplishments will be well-documented for future generations of testers to learn from and be amazed by."

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