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  • Fire and Emergency Services Photo Recreation

    Members of the Arnold Air Force Base Fire and Emergency Services team assemble to recreate a photograph first taken in 1954, echoing the early days of the installation. The image serves as a tribute as Arnold AFB prepares to mark its 75th anniversary this June and honors the firefighters, engineers

  • AEDC at 75: Groundwork begins

    On Oct. 27 and 28, 1949, then-President Harry S. Truman signed the Unitary Wind Tunnel Plan Act of 1949.The first bill authorized a unitary plan for the construction of transonic and supersonic wind tunnel facilities to bolster national defense. The second bill authorized $100 million appropriated

  • AEDC at 75: Hap Arnold’s vision takes flight

    A decade before Arnold Engineering Development Complex was dedicated and several years before the establishment of the U.S. Air Force, Gen. Henry “Hap” Arnold was in England to assess production during World War II.There, the commanding general of the Army Air Forces saw something that left him

  • AEDC celebrates 75th anniversary this year

    “The scientists who work here will explore what lies on the other side of the speed of sound.”Before the first wind tunnel ran, the first test engine roared or the first ballistic projectile launched, then-U.S. President Harry Truman shared this prediction for what would come to be known as Arnold

  • Author remarks on lasting legacy of Camp Forrest

    For the past 75 years, Arnold Engineering Development Complex has provided developmental and evaluation capabilities to bolster air supremacy in support of national defense.But years before the first AEDC facility was constructed, the first office was established and the first test operation was

  • McKinley Climatic Laboratory celebrates 75th anniversary

    This is a big year not just for the U.S. Air Force.As folks across the nation gear up to celebrate the 75th birthday of the branch later this summer, those at the McKinley Climatic Laboratory on Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, recently marked the diamond anniversary of their facility.Initial testing