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  • AEDC Drug Demand Reduction Program team warns against kratom use

    In the scientific community, it’s known as Mitragyna speciosa.However, this tropical tree indigenous to Southeast Asia is more commonly referred to as kratom.Although its usage in its native region dates back several centuries, the prevalence of kratom in the U.S. has increased in recent years,

  • AEDC Health Services to host Health Benefits Fair

    The Arnold Engineering Development Complex Health Services team at Arnold Air Force Base will host the annual Health Benefits Fair on April 23.The fair is from 9-11:30 a.m. at the Arnold AFB Main Auditorium. Arnold AFB is the headquarters of AEDC.“We do this every year to provide information on

  • AEDC at 75: Carroll takes command of AEDC

    In November 1950, Maj. Gen. Franklin O. Carroll moved the Air Engineering Development Division he commanded from Ohio to Northern Field near Tullahoma.The following year, he effectively became the first commander of the Arnold Engineering Development Center when the AEDD was redesignated as AEDC.In

  • AEDC at 75: Carroll promotes testing center

    When the Air Force needed someone to lead the new Arnold Engineering Development Center through its earliest of days, it looked no further than one of the men who played an instrumental role in its establishment.Maj. Gen. Franklin O. Carroll served as the first commander of AEDC. Carroll was born in

  • Inauguration of Arnold AFB

    President Harry S. Truman inaugurates Arnold Air Force Base in 1951, speaking from the platform of its very first building. Seventy-five years later, this historic structure continues to serve as a crucial logistics hub for the vastly expanded base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Keith Thornburgh)

  • AEDC at 75: AEDC-related activity, growth continue

    In June 1952, it was announced that Air Force and Arnold Research Organization offices would begin transitioning from Northern Field to the Arnold Engineering Development Center site.This move took around six months to complete. By January 1953, the complete shift of personnel from Northern Field to

  • AEDC at 75: Air Force, middle Tennessee prepare for AEDC

    The months, weeks and days leading up to and following the June 25, 1951, dedication of the Arnold Engineering Development Center were teeming with conjecture, planning and activity.The former Camp Forrest Army training base in middle Tennessee was selected as the site for what was then being

  • Arnold AFB representatives in AFMC Civic Leader Program share insight, goals

    A trio of local community leaders have taken up the mantle of championing Arnold Air Force Base at the major command level.Late last year, Allen Potter, president of the Tullahoma Utilities Authority, and Ben Craig, co-owner of Craig & Wheeler Realty & Auction LLC and past president of the Arnold