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  • 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

  • AEDC Drug Demand Reduction Program team warns against kratom use

    In the scientific community, it’s known as Mitragyna speciosa.However, this tropical tree indigenous to Southeast Asia is more commonly referred to as kratom.Although its usage in its native region dates back several centuries, the prevalence of kratom in the U.S. has increased in recent years,

  • AEDC Health Services to host Health Benefits Fair

    The Arnold Engineering Development Complex Health Services team at Arnold Air Force Base will host the annual Health Benefits Fair on April 23.The fair is from 9-11:30 a.m. at the Arnold AFB Main Auditorium. Arnold AFB is the headquarters of AEDC.“We do this every year to provide information on

  • AEDC at 75: Carroll takes command of AEDC

    In November 1950, Maj. Gen. Franklin O. Carroll moved the Air Engineering Development Division he commanded from Ohio to Northern Field near Tullahoma.The following year, he effectively became the first commander of the Arnold Engineering Development Center when the AEDD was redesignated as AEDC.In

  • 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