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  • NFAC tests solutions to poor pilot visibility in inclement weather

    The team at Arnold Engineering Development Complex’s National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex, or NFAC, recently added rain simulation to the organization’s portfolio of capabilities.The F-16 System Program Office has been trying to address an issue with rain pooling on the canopy of the aircraft

  • Arnold DAF Police Officers receive new SUV

    Sgt. George Blasingame, a Dept. of the Air Force Police Officer at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., parks at a pull-off along Wattendorf Highway to watch for motorists committing moving violations, Dec. 17, 2020. DAF Officers began patrolling Arnold in late August. The SUV driven by Blasingame was

  • 586th FLTS accomplishes Air Force first in development of Kubernetes

    The 586th Flight Test Squadron, 704th Test Group, Arnold Engineering Development Complex, has taken Kubernetes supersonic.During a flight test Dec. 11, a pilot and flight test engineer with the 586th “Roadrunners” flew a T-38 Talon with operational flight program, or OFP, software utilizing the

  • AEDC Team members make resolutions in preparation for the New Year

    Question: What are your New Year’s resolutions for 2021?“In light of the trying and uncertain times that we all experienced in 2020 and my own (non-COVID) medical challenges from last year, I have a new perspective going into 2021.My New Year’s resolutions are to not take for granted the time that I

  • Drive-thru event delivers Christmas cheer

    The COVID-19 Grinch was on the loose, but a group of determined Airmen at Arnold Air Force Base fended off the foe and delivered Christmas cheer for children and families with the Children’s Candy Cane Caravan.In previous years, Arnold Services hosted a Children’s Christmas Party, but such an event

  • AEDC team members share their special holiday traditions

    Question: What is your favorite Christmas, or other holiday, tradition?“It’s hard to narrow it down to a single tradition. I love taking my three sons to Opryland Hotel every year to see the lights, and reading their ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas pop-up book to them on Christmas Eve is always a

  • AEDC team member spends free time tending to tiny farm animals

    Marcy Releford works as an administrative assistant for the Base Operations and Support Branch at Arnold Air Force Base during the day, but before getting to her office in the morning and after she leaves for the day, she can be found working on her farm.On her 7.5-acre farm in Morrison that she

  • AEDC Base Civil Engineering Branch vital to mission success at Arnold AFB

    From mowing grass to operating test utility systems, the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Civil Engineering Branch, or TSDC, ensures the readiness of the grounds, facilities and utility systems at Arnold Air Force Base, headquarters of AEDC.“The Test Support Division’s Civil Engineering Branch