Feds Feed Families collection

Members of Arnold Engineering Development Center’s (AEDC) Junior Force Council (JFC) and others load boxes of food onto a pickup truck outside the Base Commissary, Aug. 9. The food was delivered to Good Samaritan in Tullahoma. Pictured are Tim Keller (back to camera), Good Samaritan of Tullahoma; Ashley Schultz, Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA); James Hice, ATA; Josh Meeks, Department of Defense (DOD)/JFC; Starla Keller, ATA; and Carrie Reinholtz, DOD/JFC president. With the most recent donation, AEDC has collected a total of more than 800 pounds of food for Feds Feed Families. The campaign on base runs through the end of the month. Its goal is to collect 2 million pounds of food across the nation. Currently, the Air Force has contributed 21,374 pounds toward the DOD’s 733,800-pound goal. (Photo by Shawn Jacobs)

Ropes course fondly remembered at facilitators reunion

Propulsion Wind Tunnel (PWT) maintenance instrument technicians & electricians maneuver a fellow employee through the Spider Web during an AEDC Ropes Course exercise, Sept. 21, 1994. (Photo provided)

Education fair showcases opportunities for AEDC, community

Senior Airman Eric Ball talks with a representative from American Military University (AMU) at the AEDC education fair July 15 at the Arnold Lakeside Center. Airman Ball is studying online for his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from AMU. (Photo by Patrick Ary)

Estate planning briefings a hit with work force

Lt. Col. John H. Baker III, staff judge advocate for the National Guard’s 118th Airlift Wing in Nashville and a Murfreesboro attorney who specializes in estates and related matters, delivers an estate planning briefing July 25 at AEDC’s main auditorium. Nearly 200 people attended one of two briefings by Colonel Baker, who is doing a two-week tour at Arnold AFB as part of his reserve requirements. (Photo by Rick Goodfriend)

AEDC extends beyond Tennessee: Tunnel 9 and NFAC

In 1975, scale model of the space shuttle orbiter is installed into the 40 by 80-foot wind tunnel at the NFAC for subsonic aerodynamic testing of what the vehicle would experience during the latter stages of re-entry. (NASA photo by Lee Jones)

AEDC extends beyond Tennessee: Tunnel 9 and NFAC

This Douglas XSBD-2 model was the first aircraft to be tested in the NACA Ames 40 x 80-foot wind tunnel, the largest wind tunnel in the world at the time. Drag reduction studies were performed on the airplane. (NASA file photo)