Nov. 22, 2010 AEDC earns command-level environmental award As a major environmental cleanup project at Arnold Engineering Development Center starts to wind down, the work being done to restore the environment here is getting some prestigious recognition.The base recently earned the Air Force Gen. Thomas D. White Environmental Restoration Program Award for
Nov. 18, 2010 Clean, low-energy solutions sought for mammoth program Ongoing technical and cost analyses could lead program officials to seek a mixture of alternative energy sources to fuel the next generation of massive ground-based radars that will track space objects and debris.Last month, the Electronic Systems Center here released a Request for Proposal
Nov. 1, 2010 Community leaders from across AFMC share information, ideas with commander Eighteen civic leaders from across Air Force Materiel Command met with the commander Oct. 28, 2010, for a discussion of challenges that lie ahead in five significant categories tied to the AFMC mission.The civic leaders are members of the command's Community Liaison Program, a group of 40 people
Oct. 25, 2010 Eglin completes second alternative fuel test Eglin Air Force Base conducted its second aircraft performance evaluation using an environmentally-friendly biomass-derived fuel Oct. 22, 2010, this time with an F-15 Eagle.According to the U.S. Air Force Alternative Fuels Certification Office, the jet flew at a variety of flight conditions,
Oct. 21, 2010 AEDC reduces customer power costs by almost $5 million Arnold Engineering Development Center averted a $4.86-million energy bill for its customers in the fall of 2010 with a program called night operations or "night ops." As part of night ops, tests that require the most energy consumption are done during the evening and into the morning of the next day
Oct. 5, 2010 AFMC highlights October as Energy Awareness Month In recognition of October as Energy Awareness Month, Air Force Materiel Command debuted a web page Oct. 4, 2010, that features articles focused on this year's Air Force energy awareness theme of "A New Culture: Energy as an Operations Enabler." This theme is intended to showcase the importance of
Aug. 6, 2010 Sea turtle eggs on Eglin beach make trek to evade potential oil spill effects Though the oil well has finally been capped, Eglin biologists are still digging up sea turtle nests and moving the eggs to the East Coast as a safety precaution. To date, three of Eglin's nine nests have been excavated and more than 300 eggs have been transported to Cape Canaveral, Fla., in hopes of
July 27, 2010 Boom containment critical to Eglin's waterways Eglin Air Force Base is using reverse psychology to protect its waterways from possible contamination.Bruce Stippich, 96th Civil Engineer Group's environmental compliance expert, has been busier than usual since an oil well ruptured in the Gulf of Mexico April 20. The Deepwater Horizon disaster has
June 25, 2010 Fighter engine bio-fuel testing underway An F110 engine that powers the F-16 Fighting Falcon began performance testing June 18 here at Arnold Engineering Development Center using a 50/50 blend of JP-8 conventional aviation fuel and a bio-fuel derived from the oil contained in the seed of the camelina plant, commonly known as false or wild
June 2, 2010 Eglin's Natural Resources Manager earns DOD environmental award The Department of Defense honored one of Eglin's own at a ceremony held at the Pentagon today.The 96th Civil Engineer Group's Steve Seiber received the 2010 Secretary of Defense Environmental Award for Natural Resources Conservation for his outstanding achievements to conserve and sustain natural