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  • 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

  • Inauguration of Arnold AFB

    President Harry S. Truman inaugurates Arnold Air Force Base in 1951, speaking from the platform of its very first building. Seventy-five years later, this historic structure continues to serve as a crucial logistics hub for the vastly expanded base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Keith Thornburgh)

  • AEDC at 75: AEDC-related activity, growth continue

    In June 1952, it was announced that Air Force and Arnold Research Organization offices would begin transitioning from Northern Field to the Arnold Engineering Development Center site.This move took around six months to complete. By January 1953, the complete shift of personnel from Northern Field to

  • 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