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  • AEDC at 75: Air Force turns over compressor facility

    The reins of the largest single Arnold Engineering Development Center unit completed up to that point were handed to the Center’s operating contractor on Nov. 30, 1953.On that date, the Air Force turned over the Exhaust Compressor Building, part of the Engine Test Facility, to Arnold Research

  • AEDC at 75: ARO lands first AEDC contract

    ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn. – Air Force officials determined in 1950 that the retention of expertise and test facility familiarity at its new Arnold Engineering Development Center would be better achieved through a contractor workforce operating the Center.As was the case 75 years ago, the majority