Col. Todaro takes command at AEDC

Air Force Test Center Commander Maj. Gen. David A. Harris, left, presents the Arnold Engineering Development Complex flag to the newly-designated Complex Commander Col. Rodney F. Todaro during an assumption of command ceremony Jul. 8 at the Administration and Engineering building. (Photo by Jacqueline Cowan)

Col. Todaro takes command at AEDC

Published Aug. 21, 2015
By Raquel March
AEDC/PA

ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, TENN. -- Col. Rodney Todaro assumed command of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex as the 29th commander during a change of command ceremony July 8.

The ceremony was attended by local dignitaries and AEDC personnel in front of the Administration and Engineering building.

Todaro comes to AEDC from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., where he was the 412th Operations Group commander.

As the AEDC commander, Todaro leads the largest and most advanced complex of flight simulation test facilities in the world. The Complex employs more than 2,000 people and comprises 28 aerospace test facilities located at Arnold Air Force Base, as well as two geographically separated units - the Hypervelocity Tunnel 9 in White Oak, Md., and the National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex at Moffett Field, Calif.

The facilities simulate flight from subsonic to hypersonic speeds at altitudes from sea level to space. All NASA manned spacecraft, every high performance aircraft and missile, as well as most space launch systems and many military satellites in use by the Department of Defense today, have been tested in the Complex's facilities.

Todaro replaces Col. Raymond Toth who retired from the Air Force June 26.