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AEDC Honor Guard conducts flag retirement services

The April 19 flag retirement ceremony at Crockett Cove on Arnold Air Force Base was led by 1st Lt. Joshua Coughenour, Honor Guard Commander, shown standing near the dock, and 1st Lt. Chance Johnson, Detail Commander, back row center. Fellow Guardsmen (left to right) 2nd Lt. Stuart Coston, 2nd Lt. Carlin Lucente and Staff Sgt. Thomas Starling, stand at attention as they pay their final respects to the colors. (Photo by Capt. Sarah Kress)

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AEDC hosts 2012 Engineer-for-a-Day event

Tom Hartvigsen, an engineer with ATA's Projects and Design Engineering Department, shows his work to Caroline McKinley, Warren County High School, and Nick Green, Grundy County High School during the 2012 Engineer-for-a-Day event. (Photo by Rick Goodfriend)

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AEDC hosts 2012 Engineer-for-a-Day event

From left, Dusty Vaughn watches as Capt. Alex Hausman, Air Force program manager at AEDC’s Aerodynamic and Propulsion Test Unit (APTU), describes the LUBARD calibration cone that was used in support of an upcoming test to quantify flow characteristics to Dylan Pew from Franklin County High School, Jon-Luc Roberts and Cole Johnson from Grundy County High School. Captain Hausman also explained the fundamentals shock formations encountered above the speed of sound, pressure measurements using the calibration cone and a general overview of hypersonic ground testing. (Photo by Rick Goodfriend)

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AEDC hosts 2012 Engineer-for-a-Day event

From left, Cole Johnson, Grundy County High School, Dylan Pew from Franklin County High School and Jon-Luc Roberts from Grundy County High School listen as Dusty Vaughn, ATA project engineer at AEDC’s Aerodynamic and Propulsion Test Unit (APTU), explains the contour and throat size of the 16.63 area ratio (AR) nozzle sitting on the floor. Vaughn also described the test process to the students, explaining how simulated flight test true temperatures and true pressures are achieved when the nozzle is installed on the Combustion Air Heater (CAH). (Photo by Rick Goodfriend)

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AEDC hosts 2012 Engineer-for-a-Day event

Jacob Cashion, a mechanical design engineer with ATA’s Test System Design branch, explains the roll gear drive mechanism to (from right) Maxwell Richards, Sewanee-St. Andrews High School, Andrew Casey, Coffee County High School, and Sidney Durant, Sewanee St. Andrews High School, during the 2012 Engineer-for-a-Day event.

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AEDC hosts 2012 Engineer-for-a-Day event

Jacob Cashion, a mechanical design engineer with ATA’s Test System Design branch, explains investment projects he is working on to Maxwell Richards and Sidney Durant from Sewanee St. Andrews High School and Andrew Casey of Coffee County High School. Cashion, who is the lead on some of these projects currently underway at the Propulsion Wind Tunnel four-foot transonic tunnel, told the students about the new roll mechanism and the High Alpha Model Support (HAMS) system that will upgrade the pitch capability of 4T. Cashion took them to the Model Shop’s Inspection Lab where parts are currently being fabricated and measured for the roll mechanism on the Wenzel Coordinate Measuring Machine. Cashion also show explained the quality control process to them.

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AEDC hosts 2012 Engineer-for-a-Day event

Maynard Schewe speaks to Eric Nelins and Trevor Summers from Tullahoma High School. (Photo by Rick Goodfriend)

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AEDC hosts Air Force International Affairs "outreach" briefing for engineers

Maj. Zachary Owen, with the Secretary of the Air Force International Affairs Office, answers questions posed by Scott Meredith, senior manager for test facility planning, with AEDC’s capabilities integration branch. (Photo by Jackie Cowan)

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AEDC hosts annual TERRA conference

From left, Jerry Lee, Tennessee Employment Relations Research Association president and Tenn. American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations president; Anthony Nicholson, president of the Nashville Building Trades; Jerry Payton, senior manager of Tennessee Valley Authority industrial relations; and Susan Cowden, administrator for Workforce Development at the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, discuss energy and workforce issues during the annual TERRA conference hosted by AEDC. (Photo by Rick Goodfriend)

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AEDC hosts site visit from Redstone Test Center representatives

Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) Fuels Specialists James Lucas and Sam McKelvey standby as the Army UH-60H Blackhawk helicopter carrying four Redstone Test and Training Center (RTTC) representatives, land at Arnold Air Force Base’s airfield Oct. 21. They were at Arnold for a site visit with AEDC leadership to discuss the possibility of conducting an undetermined amount of helicopter flight testing at Arnold’s airfield over the next few years. According to Murray King, the Flight Systems Assets Manager at Arnold, the discussions were only preliminary at this point in time. He said the RTTC is interested in AEDC as one of several outlying areas they might use as the flight test mission is moved from Fort Rucker to Redstone [Ala.] as part of a Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) initiative. (Photo by Philip Lorenz III)

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AEDC hosts site visit from Redstone Test Center representatives

An Army UH-60H Blackhawk helicopter from Redstone Test and Training Center (RTTC) in Alabama hovers as the pilot prepares to land the helicopter at Arnold Air Force Base’s airfield Oct. 21. RTTC Senior Operations Coordinator Pete Santorelli, Tyonek Services Corp., pilots Bill Warren and Daryl Hawkins and RTTC Deputy Director Keith Darrow paid a site visit to Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) to discuss the possibility of conducting an undetermined amount of helicopter flight testing at Arnold’s airfield over the next few years. According to Murray King, the Flight Systems Assets Manager at Arnold, the discussions were only preliminary at this point in time. He said the RTTC is interested in AEDC as one of several outlying areas they might use as the flight test mission is moved from Fort Rucker to Redstone [Ala.] as part of a Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) initiative. (Photo by Philip Lorenz III)

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AEDC hosts site visit from Redstone Test Center representatives

Arnold Engineering Development Center’s (AEDC) Murray King and Rick Hoots (second and fourth from right) welcomed Redstone Test and Training Center (RTTC) Senior Operations Coordinator Pete Santorelli, Tyonek Services Corp., pilots Bill Warren and Daryl Hawkins and RTTC Deputy Director Keith Darrow to Arnold AFB Oct. 21. Hawkins landed the party in an Army UH-60H Blackhawk helicopter at the base’s airfield. AEDC hosted the site visit from the RTTC representatives to discuss the possibility of conducting an undetermined amount of helicopter flight testing at Arnold’s airfield over the next few years. According to King, the Flight Systems Assets Manager at Arnold, the discussions were only preliminary at this point in time. He said the RTTC is interested in AEDC as one of several outlying areas they might use as the flight test mission is moved from Fort Rucker to Redstone [Ala.] as part of a Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) initiative. (Photo by Philip Lorenz III)

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AEDC hosts workshop on new Air Force firefighting training requirements

During a two-day workshop held Nov. 9-10, Arnold Engineering Development Center Assistant Chief of Fire Training Jeff Thames (left) asks Senior Master Sgt. John Smith a question about a change in fire training requirements due to be implemented in January. Sergeant Smith is the Fire Emergency Services Program manager representing Headquarters Air Force Civil Engineering Support Agency, Tyndall AFB, Fla. (Photo by Philip Lorenz III)

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AEDC implements new identification system and base entry procedures

Officer Jim Taylor operates the new Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) as ATA employee MaryBeth Barlow enters the AEDC main gate. The DBIDS scans an individual’s Common Access Card (CAC) or similar DOD credentials when they enter the base security gates. (Photo by Jacqueline Cowan)

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AEDC implements new identification system and base entry procedures

: Officer Jim Taylor operates the new Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) as ATA employee MaryBeth Barlow enters the AEDC main gate. The DBIDS scans an individual’s Common Access Card (CAC) or similar DOD credentials when they enter the base security gates. (Photo by Jacqueline Cowan)

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AEDC instrumentation technician Randall Moon enjoys staying busy at work and home

AEDC’s Randall Moon repairs a leaking water-cooled driveshaft for an emissivity sensor in the Aerothermodynamic Measurement Laboratory where he works. (Photo by Philip Lorenz III)

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AEDC instrumentation technician Randall Moon enjoys staying busy at work and home

Randall Moon, an ATA instrument technician in AEDC’s Aerothermodynamic Measurement Laboratory, poses by the electric-powered truck he built from the frame up in his spare time. Even the reinforced leaf springs and 65-psi tires are unique; these modifications were needed because the truck weighs more than two tons due to rows of lead acid batteries in the truck’s bed. (Photo by Philip Lorenz III)

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AEDC Job Shadow Day a Success

Ricky Davis, an Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA) working foreman in the Test Assets and Support Department at Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC), shows daughter Courtney Davis, a student at Shelbyville Central High School, a maintenance work station used to troubleshoot Engine Test Facility Plant instrumentation and controls. Courtney was visiting the center for Job Shadow Day April 17. (Photo by Rick Goodfriend)

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AEDC Job Shadow Day a Success

Colt Seals, a student at North Middle School in Franklin County, calibrates a pressure transducer with assistance from father, Tracy Seals, an Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA) instrument technician in the Test Assets and Support Department at Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC). Seals was visiting the center for Job Shadow Day April 17. (Photo by Rick Goodfriend)

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AEDC Job Shadow Day a Success

Fred Wagnon, an Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA) senior controls engineer in the Information Technology and Systems Department at Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC), gives daughter Audrey Wagnon, a student at Tullahoma High School, a brief overview of the controls upgrade for the Tunnel A Nozzle in AEDC’s Von Kármán Gas Dynamics Facility. Wagnon was visiting the center for Job Shadow Day April 17. (Photo by Rick Goodfriend)

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