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  • Department of Defense action lowers prices on most commissary items

    The Department of Defense recently announced that it will fully fund the nearly 240 commissaires around the world operated by the Defense Commissary Agency, allowing savings to be passed on to commissary patrons.Changes to the commissary funding model are part of the DOD “Taking Care of Service

  • Caution urged as peak deer-vehicle collision season returns

    The National Highway Safety Administration states that there are approximately 1.5 million deer-vehicle collisions, or DVCs, every year in the United States resulting in $1 billion in vehicle damage.Worse yet, DVCs cause 175-200 human deaths and 10,000 injuries annually.State Farm lists Tennessee as

  • Woods Reservoir completed 70 years ago this month

    Before the first foundation was poured or stone set, a site for the proposed Air Engineering Development Center would have to be chosen that could meet three primary needs.Along with finding a suitable tract of land for the center and a place where large amounts of electrical power were available,

  • AEDC intern, former Air Guardsman appreciates Arnold experience

    Every summer, interns get to experience what a career with Arnold Engineering Development Complex might be like and are mentored by AEDC employees in their different fields of interest. Zachary Collins, pursuing a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from Tennessee Technological University

  • AEDC support aids F-15 in reaching 50-year milestone

    Perhaps better than any other military aircraft, the F-15 Eagle exemplifies the definitions of versatile, revolutionary, indomitable and enduring. The fighter, first deployed in late July 1972, recently turned 50. To mark the golden anniversary of the aircraft that has never been downed in

  • Roady assumes command of 717th Test Squadron

    Lt. Col. Ryne Roady became commander of the 717th Test Squadron of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex during an official ceremony held July 8 in the Sea Level Test Cell 3 at Arnold Air Force Base. As 717 TS commander, Roady oversees 400-plus military, civilian and contractor workforce

  • Michael Bennett achieves 50 years with AEDC

    As of July 5, AEDC team member Michael Bennett has been working at Arnold Air Force Base for 50 years, ever since he graduated with his electrical engineering degree from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. “When I graduated from UT, Arnold was one of the first places to offer me a job, and I

  • Lt. Col. Gresham now leading the 716th Test Squadron as its commander

    In a Change of Command Ceremony held June 30, Lt. Col. James Gresham officially became commander of the 716th Test Squadron, overseeing aerodynamic and aeropropulsion ground testing for the Arnold Engineering Development Complex. Responsible for multiple wind tunnel facilities ranging from hover to