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  • AEDC Fellow James Nichols’ contributions to the complex remembered

    AEDC Fellow James H. Nichols will be remembered for his contributions to Arnold Engineering Development Complex following his passing on Nov. 8 at the age of 91.Nichols is credited with exhibiting technical and managerial leadership in advancing state-of-the-art wind tunnel facility design,

  • 2021 AEDC Angel Tree now underway

    Arnold Air Force Base personnel are being called upon to help make the holidays a little merrier for more than 200 less fortunate children in the area.The 2021 Arnold Engineering Development Complex Angel Tree drive is now underway. Master Sgt. Anthony Velez, AEDC senior munitions inspector, is

  • Under Secretary of the Air Force visits Arnold AFB

    Kirk Butler, director of operations for the Hypersonic Systems Test Branch, Test Division, Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC), explains how the Aerodynamic Propulsion Test Unit (APTU) operates to Under Secretary of the Air Force Gina Ortiz Jones, during her visit to Arnold Air Force Base,

  • New F135 hardware undergoes accelerated mission testing at Arnold AFB

    The Pratt & Whitney F135 engine, which powers the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, is back at Sea Level Test Cell 3, or SL-3, at Arnold Air Force Base for another round of accelerated mission testing, or AMT, to validate new hardware.AMT provides a means to put engines through a full life cycle of

  • Arnold AFB home to more than 20 snake species

    Twenty-one species of snakes are known to reside at Arnold Air Force Base.The rarest of these is the Northern pine snake, which is listed as a threatened species in Tennessee. The pine snake is a large-bodied snake that can grow up to 6.5 feet long. It is not venomous, but if threatened will coil,