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  • 716th Test Squadron holds Open House, Family Day

    Arnold Engineering Development Complex team member Michael Mills speaks about the 16-foot transonic wind tunnel to attendees of the 716th Test Squadron Open House and Family Day Nov. 21, 2022, at Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee. The 716 TS conducts aerodynamic effects and store separation ground

  • Junior Force Council Booster Club collects 82 food baskets for local families

    ‘Tis the season of giving, and Arnold Engineering Development Complex team members at Arnold Air Force Base have shown their charitable nature by donating to the Junior Force Council Booster Club 2022 Thanksgiving Food Drive.It was another successful drive, with 82 total baskets collected for Coffee

  • AEDC conducts tests for Orion ahead of Artemis launch

    After several years in the making, NASA launched Artemis 1, an unmanned maiden flight of the integrated Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, as part of its Artemis space program.Since the early flight missions to the moon, teams of

  • AEDC commander speaks at Veterans Day program

    Col. Randel Gordon, commander, Arnold Engineering Development Complex, speaks at the City of Tullahoma’s annual Veterans Day Ceremony held in the South Jackson Civic Center in Tullahoma, Tennessee, Nov. 11, 2022. The program was scheduled for outdoors but weather forced it indoors. (U.S. Air Force

  • DOD offering additional assistance in finding employment for military spouses

    The well-being and readiness of service members is a top priority for the Defense Department, and in September, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced an action plan offering them and their families additional support.One of these includes providing assistance in finding employment for

  • Technicians replacing computers base wide

    All HP 705 G3 desktop and HP 640 G3 laptop computers at Arnold Air Force Base are being upgraded with newer models that have more memory, speed and solid-state drives.According to Randy Wroten, a contracting officer at Arnold, as computer quantities allow, the next level of computers will be

  • AFTC gains new test capability

    As weapon system designers continue to innovate for the defense of the nation, the men and women of the Air Force Test Center must advance the test capabilities available to develop and prove the superiority of those systems needed to meet the demands of the National Defense Strategy.Members of the

  • Air Force ROTC Det. 218 visits Arnold Air Force Base

    1st Lt. Paul McCormack, left, speaks to cadets and cadre from Air Force ROTC Detachment 218 about the mission of the 717th Test Squadron at Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee, as the detachment tours the base Oct. 14, 2022. The 717 TS is responsible for testing aeropropulsion systems of aircraft and