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  • Shelbyville native Thomas Johnson keeps the past alive

    Shelbyville native Thomas Johnson's interest in history began when he was a child, but he acknowledged it took years before he fully appreciated the significance of his passion and found a way to share it with others. "There was an elderly black gentleman who let me dig on his property for old

  • New Air Force initiative adds value to AEDC

    Nicknamed the "Student," William Sealy (W.S.) Gossett invented a technique in the early 1900s that helped him study the "quality of beer and raw materials for its production, which led him to reflections on statistics and calculating the unknown parameters."With the leadership of Arnold Engineering

  • AEDC hunting policies change, take heed before shooting

    Arnold AFB has a Memorandum of Agreement between the base and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) to operate a State of Tennessee Wildlife Management Area (the AEDC WMA). All of the base property outside of the Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) Security Area fence and the

  • New Air Force chief scientist has local tie

    Professor Werner J.A. Dahm has been named the new Chief Scientist of the Air Force. He will begin his post at the Pentagon in October, replacing Dr. Mark Lewis. Coincidence has it that Dr. Dahm has a special connection to Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC).As a research engineer from 1979

  • Little Rock AFB, Ark., civic leaders visit Arnold

    Civic leaders from Little Rock AFB, Ark., got an opportunity to see a different Air Force mission when they visited Arnold Sept. 10-11. Brig. Gen. Rowayne A. Schatz, 314th Airlift Wing commander, and 32 civic leaders from Little Rock, Ark., arrived at Arnold aboard a C-130 Hercules. The group,

  • Celebrate the Air Force's birthday Sept. 28 at

    The 704th Services Division will host an Air Force Birthday Bash celebration, Sunday, Sept. 28 at the Recreation Beach and Gossick Leadership Center area. The carnival-type event is open to the public and will begin at noon and close with a fireworks display at 8:15 p.m. "The staff and local

  • Arnold AFB had a top dog in this race

    As the Olympics in Bejing recently grabbed headlines around the world, athletes of a different breed were vying for top honors back in the U.S. Astrid, an eight-year-old Belgian Malinois, and her human handler, Jason Layne, took second place in two categories at the Police K-9 Olympics, conducted

  • Arnold AFB had a top dog in this race

    As the Olympics in Bejing recently grabbed headlines around the world, athletes of a different breed were vying for top honors back in the U.S. Astrid, an eight-year-old Belgian Malinois, and her human handler, Jason Layne, took second place in two categories at the Police K-9 Olympics, conducted

  • Arnold AFB's Jody Frame is quick to listen, slow to speak

    Jody Frame's cell phone is ringing. There's a knock at the door. A call coming in on his radio and he's right in the middle of speaking to an air conditioning technician in his office - and it's still early in the day."You stay busy out here," acknowledged the Shelbyville native, who is Aerospace