AEDC at 75: Air Force turns over compressor facility
Col. L.E. Cox, engineer with the Tullahoma District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, left, prepares to turn the Arnold Engineering Development Center Engine Test Facility’s Exhaust Compressor Building over to then-AEDC Commander Brig. Gen. Samuel Harris, center, during a Nov. 30, 1953, ceremony at the Center. Harris then endorsed the building and equipment over to Thomas Farrell, managing director of the Arnold Research Organization, right. In the background is one of the six compressors contained within the Exhaust Compressor Building which, up to that point, was the largest single unit completed at the AEDC. -Photo provided
AEDC CONTRIBUTOR Brad Hicks In celebration of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex’s 75 years of operation, Lakeway Publishers Inc. is presenting a deep dive into…
