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Medal of Honor recipient shares story with, expresses appreciation for Arnold AFB craft crews

U.S. Army Sgt. Gary M. Rose is helped from a helicopter landing area after Operation Tailwind, 1970.

Medal of Honor recipient shares story with, expresses appreciation for Arnold AFB craft crews

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Gary M. Rose, Field Artillery, Fort Sill, Okla., Feb. 10, 1975. (Photo courtesy of Gary M. Rose)

Medal of Honor recipient shares story with, expresses appreciation for Arnold AFB craft crews

Former President Donald Trump places the Medal of Honor around the neck of Capt. Mike Rose, during an Oct. 23, 2017, ceremony at the White House in Washington, D.C. (U.S. Army photo by C. Todd Lopez)

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Innovation Summit to be held at Arnold AFB

The 2TN Business & Workforce Innovation Summit will be held May 8 and May 10 at the Gossick Leadership Conference Center on Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. (Courtesy graphic)

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May 3 marks 70 years since first jet engine test at AEDC

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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May 3 marks 70 years since first jet engine test at AEDC

A J47 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 J47 engine. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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May 3 marks 70 years since first jet engine test at AEDC

A J47 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. Pictured are I.F. Bailey, left, and L.C. Franks. 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 J47 engine. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Programs at Arnold AFB help foster harmony between mission, environmental responsibilities

Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., is home to one of the largest and best-known populations of northern pine snake in the state. The reptile is a threatened species in Tennessee. Reptile counts are performed across Arnold AFB. Information gathered from these surveys supports existing knowledge of populations and provides a long-term view of what is occurring population-wise with a particular species or community, which helps the base Natural Resource team make informed decisions. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Programs at Arnold AFB help foster harmony between mission, environmental responsibilities

Christina Norman with the Environmental and Hazardous Waste Operations Group at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., checks the label of one of the barrels in the hazardous waste storage facility prior to it being loaded on a truck and taken to the disposal site on June 15, 2021. The Hazardous Waste Program at Arnold manages the generation, handling, treatment and disposal of wastes posing characteristics known to be hazardous to human health or the environment. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Programs at Arnold AFB help foster harmony between mission, environmental responsibilities

A spotted salamander sits among the lichen at Sinking Pond on Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. Amphibian counts are conducted across Arnold AFB. Information gathered from these surveys supports existing knowledge of populations and provides a long-term view of what is occurring population-wise with a particular species or community, which helps the base Natural Resource team make informed decisions. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Programs at Arnold AFB help foster harmony between mission, environmental responsibilities

Bald eagles choose large trees with dead limbs to build nests and have better aerial access for their large wingspans. This eagle and its mate were reported for the first time nesting at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., in 2009. The Natural Resources program at Arnold has been surveying multiple species and their habitats on installation property for well over 20 years. This work includes bird counts. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Programs at Arnold AFB help foster harmony between mission, environmental responsibilities

This prescribed fire shown at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., is a necessary process that promotes new growth by removing dead vegetation and suppressing wood species that would eventually grow into a forest in the absence of fire. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Programs at Arnold AFB help foster harmony between mission, environmental responsibilities

A tricolored bat is ready to be banded before being returned to the area in which it was found in a cave near Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., Dec. 5, 2022. The bands allow researchers to identify the bat if it is recaptured on a subsequent trip into the cave. Team members at Arnold AFB conduct summer and winter bat surveys across the installation. Information gathered from such surveys supports existing knowledge of populations and provides a long-term view of what is occurring population-wise with a particular species or community, which helps the base Natural Resource team make informed decisions. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Arnold AFB employee shares son’s story of organ donation for National Donate Life Month

April is National Donate Life Month. Arnold Air Force Base employee Marcheta Darnell, center, shared her recent experience with organ donation after the tragic passing of her son, Sam. Darnell shares his story in hopes of encouraging others to become an organ or tissue donor. From left, Sam, Marcheta and David Darnell. (Photo submitted by the Darnell Family)

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Arnold AFB employee shares son’s story of organ donation for National Donate Life Month

After deadly injuries claimed the life of 22-year-old Sam Darnell, Marcheta Darnell learned that her son had registered as an organ donor. Honoring her son’s wishes, she worked with Tennessee Donor Services and Erlanger hospital in Chattanooga to donate Sam’s heart, liver, right kidney and left kidney to recipients in South Carolina, Alabama and Georgia. According to organdonor.gov, a single donor can save as many as eight lives and enhance over 75 more with their gifts of life. (Photo submitted by the Darnell Family)

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Read all about it! AEDC newspaper reaches 70th year in circulation

Arnold Engineering Development Center research engineer Bob Wood uses a light source to study a hemiellipsoidal mirror. The apparatus was to measure infrared reflectance of satellite materials and other hardware exposed to the cold temperatures of space. This image was featured on the frontpage of the February 1982 issue of High Mach. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Read all about it! AEDC newspaper reaches 70th year in circulation

This image shows then-Air Force Secretary Eugene Zuckert and Sen. Albert Gore preparing to push the plunger June 23, 1961, to set off a blast to begin construction of a test cell at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., as then-Arnold Engineering Development Center Commander Maj. Gen. William Rogers looks on. A photo of the trio’s reaction after the plunger was pushed was featured on the frontpage of the July 1961 issue of High Mach. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Read all about it! AEDC newspaper reaches 70th year in circulation

Harry Hitchcock, forester at Arnold Air Force Base, right, releases a goose on Arnold property during a goose release that occurred in 1974. Twenty-five pair of Giant Canada Geese were released near the Arnold cooling water retention pond in an effort to establish a resident population of the waterfowl in the area. Also pictured is Cecil Davis of the Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge in Decatur, Ga. This image and an accompanying article about the release were published in the May 1974 issue of High Mach. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Read all about it! AEDC newspaper reaches 70th year in circulation

An engineer is dwarfed by a Mars Lander parachute tested at the National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex at Moffett Field, California, in 2007. The parachute, measuring more than 65 feet in length, opening to a diameter of nearly 55 feet and designed to survive loads in excess of 80,000 pounds, was the largest disk-gap-band parachute ever built. This image was featured on the frontpage of the Jan. 11, 2008, issue of High Mach. (Photo courtesy of NASA/JPL and Pioneer Aerospace Corp.)

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Read all about it! AEDC newspaper reaches 70th year in circulation

Bob Hatcher, secretary of the Tennessee Ornithological Society, prepares to release a peregrine falcon back into the wild during a symposium held at Arnold Air Force Base in fall 1992. This image and an accompanying article were featured in the Nov. 18, 1992, issue of High Mach. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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