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  • Commemorative Boulder Still Stands 75 Years Later

    In 1951, President Harry S. Truman dedicated this boulder and placard for the establishment of Arnold Engineering Development Complex. Seventy-five years later, the commemorative boulder still stands as a centerpiece beneath the colors at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn.

  • AEDC at 75: Truman dedicates AEDC

    On the morning of June 25, 1951, then-U.S. President Harry S. Truman arrived in middle Tennessee.His plane, the Independence, which was the 1950s version of Air Force One, landed at Northern Field near Tullahoma. Upon exiting the aircraft, Truman was welcomed by officials and service members. From

  • 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