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  • AEDC enables first flight of new Boeing airliner

    Boeing's 787 Dreamliner made its maiden flight Dec. 15 from Paine Field in Everett, Wash., thanks in part to work done in middle Tennessee.In 2007, Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) tested the Rolls Royce Trent 1000 high-bypass turbofan engine powering the company's first new jetliner to

  • Base union members bring early Christmas to local kids

    Thirty-one children were able to buy Christmas presents for the special people in their lives due to donations by the Arnold Engineering Development Center's (AEDC) local union of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) 2113 and other base personnel. More than $3,000 was raised.Gerald

  • Bronze bust of fallen Marine to be dedicated in the spring

    With more than enough donations, Lance Cpl. Greg Posey's bronze bust is planned for dedication in early spring. Lance Cpl. Posey is the son of Aerospace Testing Alliance employee Steve Posey. "We want to say how so very proud and privileged we feel to be part of the AEDC [Arnold Engineering

  • Base employees spread the holiday spirit to the local community

    The holiday season is a time when families unite to spread joy and happiness to those less fortunate. The Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) family has joined together to ensure children will have presents to open on Christmas morning.Aerospace Testing Alliance's (ATA) Suzanne Luthi,

  • AEDC helps Dr. Wim Ruyten raise awareness for PSC

    Arnold Air Force Base will host a send-off ceremony to mark the 512-mile bicycle journey of Dr. Wim Ruyten, a member of the Arnold Engineering Development Center family, from Tullahoma, Tenn. to Chicago as he participates in the "Itching for a Cure: Road to Chicago" fundraising challenge at 9 a.m.,

  • Arnold Airman receives award

    An Arnold Airman has received a major command level award.Tech. Sgt. Naomi Bullock, Public Health technician at Arnold's Medical Aid Station, has won the Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC)-level Public Health Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year award.At most Air Force bases, the public health

  • Wilhite becomes section manager

    Larry Wilhite is the new Instrumentation & Controls Services Information Technology & Systems Department section manager. He replaced Hollis Tolley who retired at the end of November. Wilhite came to work for Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA) at the Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) in

  • Holiday schedule for Arnold AFB's Visitor Center

    Most contractor employees at the Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) will be on holiday break from Dec. 24-Jan. 2, 2009. During this period the bases delivery gate #2 will be closed. The base's Visitor Center (formerly Pass & ID) which also issues retired military ID cards will be closed on