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  • Change of command coming in July at Arnold AFB

    Arnold Air Force Base will have a new commander in July 2011.Col. Michael T. Brewer, commander of the 46th Test Wing, Air Armament Center, Eglin AFB, Fla., is scheduled to report to Arnold in July to take over from current commander Col. Michael Panarisi, who is heading to Eglin AFB to serve as the

  • Edward R. Greer to speak at 2011 AEDC Fellows Banquet

    Edward R. Greer, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Developmental Test and Evaluation (DT&E), will deliver the keynote address at the 2011 AEDC Fellows Banquet.The banquet will take place June 24 at the Arnold Lakeside Center.Greer was sworn in as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for

  • Back from the war: AFMC commander refines support priorities

    When asked if he returned home with a to-do list after visiting select Pacific Air Forces bases and Afghanistan, Gen. Donald Hoffman thumbed through a quarter-inch stack of papers before citing several examples during a March 25, 2011, interview."The purpose of this trip was not to solve

  • AEDC supports more than 50 years of testing for T-38 Talon

    Air Education and Training Command celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first operational T-38 Talons' arrival at Randolph Air Force Base (AFB), Texas March 17.Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) tested the T-38 before it flew and has supported upgrades to the aircraft throughout the

  • Arnold AFB observes 60th anniversary in June

    AEDC turns 60 years old June 25, and High Mach is planning a series of features to help the center celebrate its years of critical contributions to the defense capability of the United States military as well as commercial aerospace ventures.President Harry Truman dedicated Arnold June 25, 1951, in

  • AEDC biologists help with effort to save bats

    Bats throughout the country are in serious trouble as a deadly disease has rapidly spread from state to state, wiping out whole colonies of the flying mammals. According to U.S. Fish and Wildlife agency officials, in 2006, a caver photographing hibernating bats approximately 40 miles west of Albany,

  • Tour group from Huntsville sees world-class testing facilities first hand

    Twenty-five engineers from the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) in Huntsville, Ala., had an opportunity recently to learn about the world's largest complex of ground testing facilities."The objective was to get a firsthand look at the equipment being used at AEDC and so that we could better understand

  • AEDC to host boating safety class

    Tennessee law requires everyone born after Jan. 1, 1989, to pass a boating safety class presented by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) before operating a vessel on state waterways.Thanks to the Arnold Police Department (APD), area residents can take that course May 14 at Arnold

  • AEDC Fire Department among best in AFMC

    The Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) Fire Department has been selected as the Air Force Materiel Command's (AFMC) Small Fire Department of the Year for 2010.The department will now compete in the same category among the various major commands at the Air Force level. The winners at that