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  • AEDC Fellow Dr. Grant Patterson’s contributions remembered

    AEDC Fellow Dr. Grant T. Patterson will be remembered for his contributions to Arnold Engineering Development Complex following his passing on July 11 at the age of 77.Patterson, an aerospace engineering specialist and consultant, was recognized over his 38-year AEDC career for demonstrating

  • Flyover debuts new paint scheme for 586 FLTS jet

    The timing couldn’t have been better.It just so happened that one of the T-38 jets flown by the 586th Flight Test Squadron at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, was in need of a new paint job as the 70th anniversary of both the Air Force Test Center and Arnold Engineering Development Complex

  • AEDC Commander applauds community STEM event

    To coincide with the Arnold Engineering Development Complex 70th anniversary celebration at Arnold Air Force Base, the Coffee Airfoilers Model RC Club invited youngsters in the community to come out and try their hand at flight.The club hosted a children’s airplane toss competition June 26 at Coffee

  • AEDC’s past lays solid foundation for future

    Arnold Engineering Development Complex has repeatedly been referred to as the U.S. Air Force’s “best kept secret,” but its role in supporting national defense since the site was dedicated on June 25, 1951, has been anything but hushed.For the past 70 years, the test capabilities offered by AEDC have

  • Long-tenured AEDC employees share memories, observations

    Among the thousands of employees who have forged careers across Arnold Engineering Development Complex are scores of engineers, craft personnel, managers, supervisors, administrative assistants and others who possess decades of experience in their respective fields.A number of these long-time

  • Mental Health Awareness Month: Resources available for those in need of help

    Each May is recognized as Mental Health Awareness Month to raise awareness for mental health, as the name implies, but also to promote mental illness education and support.Lee Smith, Arnold Engineering Development Complex Community Support coordinator, said the goals of Mental Health Awareness Month

  • Continuous Evaluation program in place to ensure secure operations

    Military personnel, government employees and contractors across Arnold Engineering Development Complex are subject to enrollment in Continuous Evaluation, or CE, which is an ongoing screening process to review the background of individuals tasked with sensitive duties or those eligible to access

  • AEDC critical to fielding DARPA OpFires

    Critical testing for a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program was recently completed in Arnold Engineering Development Complex test facilities.  This testing supported the DARPA Operational Fires, or OpFires, program, and was completed in October 2020 in the von Kármán Gas Dynamics