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  • AEDC volunteers pitch in to help tornado victims

    When tornadoes recently ravaged the mid-South, including rural and urban areas of Alabama, members of AEDC's work force stepped up to help and "pay it forward."Tawana Gardner, an ATA project manager at the Space and Missiles Branch, is from Birmingham, Ala. "The church that I used to go to is on

  • AEDC to participate in Kiwanis Air Show

    Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) is co-sponsoring the Kiwanis Air Show and Fireworks Display July 1 at the Tullahoma Airport as part of the center's 60th anniversary celebration.Parking and gates open at 3 p.m. The only entry point to the event will be the main gate beside the terminal

  • Friends, coworkers reflect on Dr. David Elrod and his career

    When Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA) General Manager Dr. David Elrod recently announced his upcoming retirement from Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) after a career spanning more than 33 years, friends and coworkers took the opportunity to share their thoughts and memories of him.Heard

  • Technology supports AEDC testing for 60 years

    When the gates to Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) swung open 60 years ago, what is known today as the Test Technology Branch did not exist.In reality, however, only the names have changed because the support and capabilities the branch supplies to all of the base's testing areas have

  • Award-winning AF officer heading to test pilot school

    It's up, up and away for Capt. Scott Rinella.Captain Rinella, who is a jet engine test project manager and assistant director of operations in Arnold Engineering Development Center's (AEDC) Turbine Engine Ground Test Complex (TSTB), will be leaving this summer for test pilot school at Edwards AFB,

  • Alabama tornado destroys home of employee's parents

    A number of Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) employees have some sort of connection to the April 27 tornadoes and storms that roared through the Southeast.Many workers either sustained damage, know someone who did or volunteered in the cleanup efforts. Such is the case with Stephen

  • Tornado victim thankful for co-worker's generosity

    Two weeks later, Warren Mullinax can sit in the control room at the Aerodynamic and Propulsion Test Unit (APTU) and talk about what happened leading up to when his home in Alabama was destroyed by a devastating tornado April 27.He can even smile a little bit when he talks about his one daughter's

  • New electric meters, software use provide glimpse at AEDC power consumption

    AEDC workers are excited about tapping into a system recently installed on base to give everyone a glimpse of how much power the base is consuming.The system developed in ATA's Information Technology department is taking advantage of a new system used to transmit the readings from electric meters on

  • AEDC contractor award fee announced

    The Air Force today announced an award fee rating of 92 for the Arnold Engineering Development Center's (AEDC) operating contractor, Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA), for the period October 1, 2010 through March 31, 2011. The award fee determining official, Randall Culpepper, gave the company an