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  • September is National Preparedness Month

    The aim of National Preparedness Month, observed each September, is to raise awareness about the importance of preparing for disasters and emergencies that could happen at any time.Like the National Safety Council, AEDC Safety has a couple of areas it wishes to emphasize for National Preparedness

  • Gunn remembers grandfather’s legacy as first responder

    Each time Crew Chief Brandon Gunn walks through the doors for his shift with Arnold Air Force Base Fire and Emergency Services, he knows he is carrying on a legacy that is more than 70 years in the making.Brandon is the son of Richard Gunn who served Arnold FES for 34 years, and the grandson of L.C.

  • Community benefits from product redistribution due to Arnold personnel

    Several local organizations were recipients of a distribution of household cleaning items from Arnold Engineering Development Complex at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn.        Nine hundred and seventy-two bottles of toilet bowl cleaner along with 504 cans of furniture polish were distributed on Aug. 16

  • AEDC supports hypersonic structures experimentation

    Recently, Arnold Engineering Development Complex test personnel had a chance to return to the basics of scientific research, if hypersonic flight research is ever basic.Led by Dr. Michael Spottswood, with the Aerospace Systems Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory, a small research group

  • Once again, back to school

    One morning soon you will head to work and notice there is more traffic on the roads. Some vehicles will have excited children, some will have young new drivers, and some will be big yellow school buses.Yes, it is back to school time.  School starts the first couple of weeks of August for more than

  • Withrow takes up role of AEDC Test Support Division chief

    Lt. Col. Eric Withrow first heard about Arnold Air Force Base 19 years ago.At the time, Withrow was serving at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. A retired master sergeant previously assigned to Arnold would stop by Withrow’s work area. Coffee in hand, the retiree would regale Withrow with tales

  • Local Girl Scouts deliver cookies to Arnold AFB service members

    Tullahoma Girl Scouts from Troop 2127 visit Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., May 17, 2023, to deliver Girl Scout cookies to Arnold AFB service members to show appreciation for their service. Members of the Arnold AFB Company Grade Officers’ Council accepted the cookies to distribute them to fellow

  • AEDC commander helps Hands-On Science Center celebrate new mural

    Arnold Engineering Development Complex Commander Col. Randel Gordon, joined by local artists Joy Snead, center, and Avery Wert, cuts the ribbon on the new space mural at the Hands-On Science Center in Tullahoma, Tenn., May 5, 2023. The mural depicting planets, stars and comets was made possible

  • Launch PAD aims to help personnel achieve career liftoff

    The term “launch pad” has multiple meanings.It can refer to the platform from which rockets, missiles and vehicles blast into the sky. Throughout the years, Arnold Engineering Development Complex personnel have helped develop various articles ultimately propelled from launch pads.Figuratively, it

  • AFMC honors Tech. Sgt. Devonta McGee as Star Performer

    Tech. Sgt. Devonta McGee, Noncommissioned Officer in Charge of Financial Management at Arnold Air Force Base, was recently honored as a Star Performer by Air Force Materiel Command for his job performance throughout the first quarter of 2023.Stationed at Arnold AFB, the headquarters of Arnold