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    AEDC at 75: ARO lands first AEDC contract [Image 1 of 4]

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    AEDC at 75: ARO lands first AEDC contract

    ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, TENNESSEE, UNITED STATES

    04.10.2026

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    Arnold Engineering Development Complex

    An Arnold Research Organization technician examines the Pye Wacket, an experimental lenticular-shaped air-to-air rocket developed by Convair, in a tunnel of the von Kármán Gas Dynamics Facility at the Arnold Engineering Development Center in 1959. ARO was the first company awarded a contract to operate AEDC. The contract between ARO and the Air Force was signed June 29, 1950. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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    Date Taken: 04.10.2026
    Date Posted: 04.15.2026 14:41
    Photo ID: 9614200
    VIRIN: 260410-F-F3405-1001
    Resolution: 2100x1500
    Size: 848.19 KB
    Location: ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, TENNESSEE, US

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