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  • 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

  • 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