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From Grandfather to Grandson: Intern, Owen Baskin, discovers a document created by his grandfather over 60 years ago

Owen Baskin, a mechanical engineering student at Tennessee Technological University, is currently interning with Beyond New Horizons at Arnold Air Force Base, headquarters of Arnold Engineering Development Complex. Baskin said the internship has allowed him to gain additional knowledge in his field of study while also learning about his family’s connection to the base that spans generations. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Keith Thornburgh)

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From Grandfather to Grandson: Intern, Owen Baskin, discovers a document created by his grandfather over 60 years ago

Along with his grandfather Wayne Morton, Owen Baskin, right, an intern with Beyond New Horizons, the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Test Operations and Sustainment contractor, has other family members who have been employed at Arnold Air Force Base over the years including his father, Buck Baskin, left. Baskin said he has always known the base was a special place, and his internship here has shown him just how many paths an engineering degree can lead to. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Keith Thornburgh)

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From Grandfather to Grandson: Intern, Owen Baskin, discovers a document created by his grandfather over 60 years ago

While organizing drawings at the von Kármán Gas Dynamics Facility at Arnold Air Force Base, Baskin came across a drawing that caught his eye. The originator of the drawing was his grandfather, Wayne Morton, who worked for more than four decades at Arnold AFB. To Owen’s surprise, Morton completed the drawing as an intern at the base around the same age as Baskin is now. Baskin stated finding the picture was meaningful, as he was close to his grandfather, who had passed just a month before he started his internship. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Keith Thornburgh)

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AEDC Fellow David Pickering remembered for contributions to the Complex

David Pickering, right, displays his AEDC Lifetime Achievement Fellow plaque following the June 2009 ceremony during which he was inducted as an AEDC Fellow. Also pictured are Temple Bowling, left, and Charles Limbaugh, both of whom were also inducted as AEDC Fellows in 2009. The Arnold Engineering Development Complex Fellows program recognizes AEDC personnel who have made substantial and exceptionally distinguished contributions to the nation’s aerospace ground testing capability. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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AEDC Fellow David Pickering remembered for contributions to the Complex

David Pickering (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Grigsby takes command of 746th Test Squadron

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Neil Grigsby, 746th Test Squadron commander, gives remarks to attendees during a change of command ceremony at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, June 10, 2026. The change of command ceremony is an American military tradition deeply rooted in history, signifying the authority of the incoming commander. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Jose Veras)

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Grigsby takes command of 746th Test Squadron

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Neil Grigsby, right, assumes command of the 746th Test Squadron from U.S. Air Force Col. Wayne Dirkes, then-704th Test Group commander and current Arnold Engineering Development Complex commander, during a change of command ceremony at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, June 10, 2026. The passing of the guidon symbolizes the formal transfer of authority, responsibility and accountability from one commander to another. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Jose Veras)

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Grigsby takes command of 746th Test Squadron

Lt. Col. Neil Grigsby (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Wright assumes leadership of 586th Flight Test Squadron

586th Flight Test Squadron Commander Lt. Col. Samuel Wright III (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Wright assumes leadership of 586th Flight Test Squadron

Lt. Col. Samuel Wright III addresses those present to see him assume command of the 586th Flight Test Squadron during a June 9, 2026, Change of Command ceremony at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. Wright’s previous assignment was director of operations for the 419th Flight Test Squadron at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Wright assumes leadership of 586th Flight Test Squadron

Lt. Col. Samuel Wright III, right, takes the guidon from then-704th Test Group commander and current Arnold Engineering Development Complex Commander Col. Wayne Dirkes to assume command of the 586th Flight Test Squadron during a June 9, 2026, Change of Command ceremony at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. Wright brings to his latest assignment more than 2,800 military flight hours as a development test pilot and evaluator pilot in more than 30 aircraft types. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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AEDC at 75: The First Engine Test That Confirmed AEDC’s Mission

Gen. Thomas Power, then-commander of the Air Research and Development Command, center, punches the start button on May 3, 1954, to initiate the first turbojet engine test in the new Engine Test Facility at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., while Brig. Gen. Sam Harris, commander of what was then known as the Arnold Engineering Development Center, left, looks on. Not only did this begin the engine test in ETF, but it also represented the first simulated flight test of an engine at AEDC. Seated at the ETF control room console are test crewmen J.D. Higgenbottom, foreground, and I.F. Bailey. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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AEDC at 75: The First Engine Test That Confirmed AEDC’s Mission

A J-47 engine is prepared for open-air testing prior to being test fired on Aug. 27, 1953. This instrumentation test, which occurred near the then-under-construction Engine Test Facility at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., was conducted using a specially designed and constructed thrust stand. The first turbojet engine test conducted at Arnold was initiated on May 3, 1954, in the T-1 test cell of the ETF on a J-47 engine. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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AEDC Team Complete Factory Testing and Training in Switzerland

The team of Arnold Engineering Development Complex professionals who recently traveled to Turgi, Switzerland, pose for a photo. During their visit, the team completed factory acceptance testing and training for the Engine Test Facility Plant Variable Frequency Starter System. Pictured left to right, are Rocco Simeri, Kenneth Taylor, Albert Velazquez, Travis Smith, ABB lead trainer Razvan Coman, John Bearden, James Rogers, and Zachary Grosch. (Courtesy photo)

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AEDC unveils time capsule during 75th anniversary open house

Senior Airman Christopher Bradbury, standing left, and 1st Lt. Thomas Baldwin, standing right, display the lid of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex time capsule unveiled June 27, 2026, during the AEDC 75th anniversary open house celebration at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., headquarters of AEDC. Former AEDC commander pictured seated, from left, are retired Air Force Col. Larry Graviss, retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Mike Wiedemer, retired Maj. Gen. Michael Brewer, retired Col. Raymond Toth and Maj. Gen. Scott Cain. (U.S. Air Force photo by Keith Thornburgh)

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AEDC unveils time capsule during 75th anniversary open house

Retired Air Force Col. Raymond Toth, who served as Arnold Engineering Development Complex commander from 2012 to 2015 displays the written predictions for 2051, which will be the 100th anniversary of AEDC, he contributed to the AEDC time capsule unveiled June 27, 2026, during the AEDC 75th anniversary open house celebration at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., headquarters of AEDC. Pictured holding the document contributed by Toth is AEDC Executive Officer Capt. Nathan Tedder. (U.S. Air Force photo by Keith Thornburgh)

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AEDC unveils time capsule during 75th anniversary open house

Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. and former Arnold Engineering Development Complex commander Michael Brewer, left, discusses the 60th anniversary hat and note he contributed to the AEDC time capsule unveiled June 27, 2026, during the AEDC 75th anniversary open house celebration at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., headquarters of AEDC. Brewer served as Complex commander when AEDC celebrated its 60th anniversary. Pictured holding the items contributed by Brewer is AEDC Executive Officer Capt. Nathan Tedder. (U.S. Air Force photo by Keith Thornburgh)

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AEDC unveils time capsule during 75th anniversary open house

Arnold Engineering Development Complex Historian Ken Sloat, left, describes retired Air Force and former AEDC commander Col. Phillip Conran’s contribution to the AEDC time capsule unveiled June 27, 2026, during the AEDC 75th anniversary open house celebration at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., headquarters of AEDC. Conran provided a plaque detailing the November 1985 explosion of the J-5 rocket test facility at Arnold AFB. No one was injured, and the facility was rebuilt less than a year later. Holding the plaque is AEDC Executive Officer Capt. Nathan Tedder. (U.S. Air Force photo by Keith Thornburgh)

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AEDC unveils time capsule during 75th anniversary open house

Senior Airman Christopher Bradbury, center left, and 1st Lt. Thomas Baldwin, center right, ceremonially seal the Arnold Engineering Development Complex time capsule unveiled June 27, 2026, during the AEDC 75th anniversary open house celebration at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., headquarters of AEDC. Former AEDC commander pictured seated, from left, are retired Air Force Col. Larry Graviss, retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Mike Wiedemer, retired Maj. Gen. Michael Brewer, retired Col. Raymond Toth and Maj. Gen. Scott Cain. (U.S. Air Force photo by Keith Thornburgh)

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AEDC unveils time capsule during 75th anniversary open house

Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. and former Arnold Engineering Development Complex commander Mike Wiedemer speaks before contributing a book, a document signed by several AEDC Fellows program inductees, a written prayer and coin to the AEDC time capsule unveiled June 27, 2026, during the AEDC 75th anniversary open house celebration at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., headquarters of AEDC. The book contributed by Wiedemer, entitled “Architects of Air Supremacy,” describes the work of Gen. Henry “Hap” Arnold, for whom AEDC was dedicated in 1951, and Theodore von Kármán to advance American aerospace capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Keith Thornburgh)

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