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April 2016Trip to Washington DC

ACC Web Site: arnoldcommunitycouncil.com

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2016 Arnold Community Council (ACC) Background Paper for

The Congressional Range and Test Center Caucus (CRTCC)

Executive Summary

The ACC is pleased to have the opportunity to support the CRTCC with information that will strengthen the Nation’s defense. The ACC is most thankful for the CRTCC’s continuing support of all the Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB) which contribute so critically to the development, improvement and sustainment of U.S. military weapon systems, commercial aerospace programs and American technological superiority.

The ACC asks the CRTCC to continue to expand its membership to gain additional support for MRTFB missions in anticipation of the next round of Base Realignments and Closures. The ACC requests specific support for three initiatives that will improve the Nation’s aerospace technical superiority, extend the life and efficiency of the MRTFBs and reduce the overhead associated with operating MRTFBs. We ask the CRTCC and other Congressional Representatives to: 1) Support DoD Test Management Resource Center (TRMC) initiatives to expand the Revitalizing Laboratory Facilities program (RLF) to include MRTFBs and increase the threshold for its use; 2) Support the current funding levels and budgets for the Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) programs, facility construction/modernization and education/training identified in this year’s NDAA and the Five Year Defense Plan; and, 3) Support Air Force initiatives to consolidate and reduce overhead associated with operating MRTFB hypersonic and related facilities.

The ACC continues its tradition of not asking for any additional funding, budget accelerations or legislative ear marks, but is providing information which the Congress can use to better support its constituents. More specifics may be found in the following white paper, attachments and links.

ACC Web Site: arnoldcommunitycouncil.com

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White PaperOn

ACC’s Request for Congressional Support of DoD Initiatives

Supporting DoD Efforts to Expand the Revitalizing Laboratory Facilities (RLF) ProgramCurrently, RLF allows the Services to spend up to $5M on construction to extend the life of laboratory facilities or improve such facilities using appropriated funds in accordance with NDAA 2009 Section 219 provisions. These provisions were established to allow needed refurbishment of Service laboratory facilities that could not be accomplished using the Military Construction Program. DoD’s Test Resource Management Center (TRMC) is seeking to expand the program to include MRTFBs and raise the construction limit to $10M. Implementation of such an initiative would increase MRTFB Commanders’ flexibility to quickly repair/replace deteriorating capability needed for critical weapon system testing without requiring any additional funding.

Continuing Support for Current RDT&E and Hypersonic Program Funding Levels. Congress, in its National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, noted that the state of the Nation’s hypersonic ground test and evaluation facilities and workforce had not received adequate attention over the years. They faced both threats of divesture as well as gradual decay. The 2013 NDAA required the Executive branch to undertake a study identifying how to rectify the U.S. technical shortfall in hypersonic development facilities, related workforce and weapon system programs. Eighteen months later the study called for significant investment in each area and the President’s USAF budgets reflected substantial increases in improvement and modernization monies for MRTFBs. This investment reflects a clearer understanding of reducing the cost of fielding breakthrough technologies. The cost of correcting an error found in operational field testing of a new weapon system is an order of magnitude higher than correcting that same error found during initial operational testing; which is an order of magnitude higher than correcting that same error found during prototype testing; which is an order of magnitude higher than correcting that same error found during ground testing; which is an order of magnitude higher than and correcting that same error found during design reviews. That is a cumulative 1000-fold cost savings through the earliest error correction. Currently the hypersonic laboratory and ground test infrastructure is incapable of providing comprehensive design experiments, prototype simulations or model measurements to find the nuances of hypersonic research and development to advance the state of the art and decrease the risks and costs associated with hypersonic system fielding. The proposed budgets in the FYDP invest in hypersonic work force development, facilities and instrumentation needed to more fully understand the unknown aspects of hypersonic physics and aerothermal-chemistry which have not previously been encountered in advancing aerospace vehicles to hypersonic speeds.

Specific members of the Arnold Community Council are using their influence, talent and resources to directly support the advancement of hypersonic sciences. The University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI) is poised to jump start the white and blue collar education and training necessary to ensure holistic hypersonic system development (See Attachment 1). Synergistic with this education initiative is the opportunity to improve the productivity of test and evaluation through the establishment of a Center for Test Sciences also formulated by UTSI (See Attachment 2). AEDC is assisting in this effort through the Digital Thread initiative which allows the integration and advancement of digital test (see http://www.nist.gov/el/msid/upload/1Kraft_DigitalThread.pdf). Finally, UTSI proposes to work with the University of Dayton on a Reusable Hypersonic Vehicle Structures Project – the ACC supports this particular project using unallocated funds within current budgets.

Support for USAF Ground Test Facility Productivity Improvement. The Air Force is reorganizing ground test facility management to improve hypersonic ground test facility synergies. This small reorganization will make Air Force test complex administration similar to that used in the Army and Navy. Each Air Force test complex will have an approximately level distribution of responsibilities at a wing level. Such an organization will enhance equitable financial and agency support across and among complexes.

ACC Web Site: arnoldcommunitycouncil.com

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Maintaining Military Superiority: Development of the Hypersonic Testing Workforce

Hypersonic capabilities that operate at speeds greater than Mach 5 (five times the

speed of sound, Mach 1 ~760 mph at sea level) are prioritized in national policy.

Congress, in its National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, noted that the state of the Nation’s hypersonic ground test and evaluation facilities and workforce have not received adequate attention over the years facing both threats of divesture as well as gradual decay

Congress must recognize the vital need to develop the current workforce supporting the Test & Evaluation of Hypersonic Systems and Technology and encourage the DoD to prioritize workforce development.

Successful current pilot programs supported by the DoD T&E Enterprise which emphasize students must be expanded to include the current T&E workforce – craft, engineering staff, and subject matter experts

A national effort to develop the current workforce across the entire DoD Hypersonics T&E Enterprise will require a geographically diverse effort with significant presence in the major T&E sites

Reflecting the cooperative nature of system RDT&E, partnerships with industry to promote development of the entire national hypersonic workforce must be strongly encouraged

AEDC’s Tennessee and Maryland sites are strongly supported in both research and workforce development by The University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI) and the University of Maryland

Arnold Community Council 2016 Critical Issue

NDAA 2013 “hypersonic workforce

needs attention”

AF FY15 S&T Priorities “Hypersonics is a Game

Changer” OMB-OSTP FY16

R&D Priority

The Historic Trend of Boom-Bust Cycles in Hypersonics has Inhibited Sustainment of the Hypersonic Workforce

Historically, workforce development has been supported through R&D efforts that train students who might join the T&E workforce. Resources for development of the current workforce have been sparse.

Hypersonics R&D is a Modernization Priority

ACC Web Site: www.arnoldcommunitycouncil.com

Student development is vital to a healthy future workforce, but they may pursue other career options

ACC Web Site: arnoldcommunitycouncil.com

Attachment 1

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Center Overview

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Center fo

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Tran

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ic RDT

&E

Hig

h-S

peed

Cap

abilit

ies

= M

ilita

ry O

ppor

tuni

ty

Strategic Priorities R

equire 

Efficient Area Co

verage

“Pivot to

 the Pa

cific”

High‐Speed Ca

pabilities Are 

Potential G

ame‐Ch

angers in

 respon

se to

 an An

ti‐Ac

cess/Area Den

ial threat

15 m

in at 

500 nm

/hr

15 m

in at 

Mach 6

~50X

 area

23 m

in at 

Mach 6

15 m

in at 

Mach 9

~120

X area

•Survivable

•Respo

nsive

•Ope

ratio

nally Efficient –

greatly

 increased area

 coverage per  asset

For T

ime Critical Targets:  AMach 6 

System

 Covers a

n Area

 Equ

ivalen

t to 50

 Co

nven

tional Systems

•Significant re

duction in infrastructure, 

supp

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Curren

t Status –

Hyperson

icsD

eman

ds 

Accelerated Tech Transition

 

Dual‐Fue

l Veh

icle Con

cept,

Courtesy Boe

ing

Hype

rson

ic Systems: 

•Highly Integrated

•Highly Uncertain

•De

mand 

Foun

datio

nal 

Know

ledge

Challenges

•Extrem

e environm

ent req

uires scien

ce and

 techno

logy inno

vatio

n and breakthrou

ghs

•De

signs and

 con

cepts are still evolving –narrow

 gap from

 disc

overy to im

plem

entatio

n

•Historic boo

m‐bust cycle has had

 broad

 impact

•Und

ereq

uipp

ed workforce

•Disjointed

 techno

logy fu

nding path 

•De

signing

 the system

s of the

 future… with

 the tool se

ts of the

 past!

Opp

ortunity

•Hy

person

icsis p

rioritize

d in m

ultip

le national 

policy do

cumen

ts

•Increasin

g natio

nal recognitio

n of th

e ne

ed to

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Four Dom

ains W

here Inno

vatio

n is Re

quire

dAc

celerated Techno

logy Transition

Workforce Develop

men

t

Restricted Ac

cess (D

riven

) Research

Metho

dology Develop

men

t

Targeted

 research sp

ecifically cho

sen to add

ress 

critical challenges identified by program

s

3‐5 Generation 

Advancem

ent, 30

+ Tech Transition

s beyond

  HTV

‐2

Education of th

e currenth

ypersonics

workforce 

as well as p

otentia

l future workforce

•Gradu

ate de

grees

•Specialty

 certificates

•Short C

ourses

•Online Seminars

~50%

 of the

 ME/AE

 stud

ents 

at UTSI are AED

C Em

ployees

Ex:  AF

OSR

‐fun

ded STAR

 team

 develop

ed STABL cod

e to 

improve aerothermod

ynam

ic heatin

g analysis utilized in  

DARPA HT

V‐2 program  

New

 tools a

nd m

etho

ds critical to

 the 

advancem

ent o

f hypersonic capabilities

Ex:  CT

S mem

bers are amon

g the 

leading National Experts in

 Low

 Disturbance 

“Quiet” Tunn

els 

Research driv

en by ne

eds from sp

ecific 

programs w

ith sp

ecific access 

requ

irements.

•ITAR

 and

 classified

•Re

search can

 be un

classified/ITAR

, bu

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cted

 by spon

sors to

 add

ress 

challenges from

 restricted 

programs

This Capability is Und

er Develop

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CTS Mem

ber Institutions

•Expe

rtise

•Re

levance

•Proxim

ity

Phase 1 –Expe

rtise

 in 

Laminar‐Turbu

lent 

Transition

Expe

rimen

ts, 

Quiet Tun

nels

Simulations

Phase 2 –Expe

rtise

 in 

Shock Interactions, 

Expe

rimen

tal M

etho

ds

Governm

ent &

 Indu

stry Partners

Air F

orce Research Labo

ratory

Arno

ld Engineerin

g De

velopm

ent C

omplex

NAS

A –Marshall, Langley, Ames

Army Av

iatio

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D Ce

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Oak Ridge National Laboratories

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Indu

stry/G

ov’t 

Consortiu

m

One

 Center –

Multip

le M

issions

Efficient Operatio

nsvia a 

single orga

nizatio

nal 

structure 

Metho

dology Develop

men

tWorkforce Develop

men

tAccel. Tech Transition

Restricted Access Effo

rts

Advancem

ents in one

 mission benefit others

New

 Capability

Traine

d Cu

rrent W

orkforce

“Real‐T

ime” Te

ch Insertion

Redu

ced Tech Risk

Exam

ple from

 Prio

r Work

Improved

 Stability An

alysis

Existing Workforce Trained

 & 

Grad Stud

ents Hire

d

HTV

-2

X-5

1

Utilize

d as “prob

lem so

lver” by 

Demo Programs

STAB

L‐3D

Evolved and Ap

plied as ITAR

‐restricted tool fo

r T&E Enterprise

CTS Po

rtfolio

 Com

prise

d of M

ultip

le Fun

ded Efforts –

mappe

d against m

ission areas

Advancem

ent o

f Quiet Tun

nels

Restricted Access  

Programs

Developm

ent o

f National T&E 

Workforce Initiative

Arno

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Summit

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&E

Developm

ent O

pportunitie

s for th

e Cu

rrent &

 FutureT&

E Workforce 

Craft Force

Engine

ering Staff

Subject M

atter E

xperts

Future Employees

Specialized

 Training in New

 Metho

ds and

 Techn

iques

Gradu

ate Education in Disc

iplines Critical to

 Hy

person

ic Systems

Short C

ourses

Certificate Program

s

Internships 

and On‐Site 

Experie

nce

Opp

ortunitie

s to Learn from

 Recognized International Experts 

–Enabled by On‐Site and

 Web

‐Based

 Interactions

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Steerin

g Co

mmittee

 / Spon

sors:  

“Vote with

 Their Wallets”

Technical   Challenges & Prio

rities

•Specific Efforts w

ithin 

Thrusts P

erform

ed by sub‐

grou

ps of C

TS M

embers

•Ap

proved/prio

ritize

d by 

Steerin

g Co

mmittee

Advanced

 Simulations

Laminar‐Turbu

lent 

Transition

Turbine 

Engine

s?Shock 

Interactions

Organiza

tional Structure 

–Indu

stry/G

overnm

ent 

Consortiu

m

Diagno

stics & 

Instrumen

tatio

n

Phase I

Phase II

Future Phases

CTS Mem

bers Propo

se 

Research‐Driv

en Solutions

Major Research Thrusts

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&E

Engagemen

tInitial Stages o

f Partnership/ 

Advocacy Develop

ment

Indu

stry

•Raythe

on and

 Boe

ing are 

supp

ortive

•Lockhe

ed and

 Northrop 

Grumman

 wou

ld like to

 kno

more 

Governm

ent

•TR

MC initially engaged

•DA

RPA, ASD

RE and

 AFRL –

discussin

g dates for brie

fings

•NAS

A, Navy, Arm

y ‐T

BDRaythe

on has se

nt letters o

f advocacy to th

e VP

‐Research at UT, Purdu

e, ND, and

 Arizon

a

Ray

theo

n en

dors

es th

e ef

forts

of D

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seur

to d

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op

and

lead

the

mul

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ter f

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and

will

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con

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Exa

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itiat

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Adv

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s &

In

stru

men

tatio

nD

evel

opm

ent

Arno

ld Diagnostics S

ummit 

Summer Program

•2 Weeks of C

ollabo

ratio

n at UTSI 

durin

g Summer

•“W

orksho

p” enviro

nmen

t includ

ing academ

ic, governm

ent, 

and contractor re

searchers

•Cu

lminates with

 Dem

o of 

Potential Solutions in

 AED

C facilities

Accelerated Techno

logy Transition

, an

d Workforce Develop

ment for 

the T&

E Enterprise

•“G

rand

 Challenge” m

easuremen

t each year

•3‐5 participating institu

tions/year g

eared up

 for challenge

•AF

OSR/SBIR/STTR

/HSST/AE

DC sp

onsored

•An

nual program

 review

 = dem

o of possib

le 

Grand

 Challenge solutio

ns•AE

DC Ju

nior Force m

embe

r paired with

 each 

participating institu

tion

•Facilitate tech transition –tech and

 hum

an

Concep

t of O

peratio

nsAn

nual Program

 Review

Potential Participants:  CT

S Mem

bers and

 Other Institu

tions

Lead

 Institu

tion

Gov’t team

s cou

ld participate, to

o

Leverage Sum

mer Faculty Fellows P

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Exam

ples of C

TS M

embe

rs Prio

r Con

tributions

•Critical expertise in hypersonic laminar 

turbulen

t transition

 provide

d to HTV

‐2 and

 X‐51

 program

s

•Tech Transition

 of research tools to 

application at AED

C Tunn

el 9

•Partne

rship with

 AFRL on

 Flight Test o

f Laminar Flow Con

trol Devices

•Cu

rren

t ope

rators of all hype

rson

ic quiet 

tunn

els in th

e US

•Creatio

n and Initiation of AFRL‐Au

stralian 

DSTO

 HIFiREProgram

•CT

S mem

bers’ stude

nts are actively sought

•AF

RL, N

ASA, Sandia, and

 Indu

stry

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Mach

Scale (in

ches)

4812

UT TA

Lon

M6 36

 dia

(201

8)

M5 36

 dia

Quiet

(202

0)AE

DC VKF

 A40x40

Mach 1.5‐5

UT TA

Lon

M4 

24x24

AEDC

 Tun

nel 9

60 inch dia.

Mach 7,8,10

,14

AEDC

 VKF

  B 

50 in

 dia

Mach 6,8

USA

FA M

6 Ludw

iegTube

20 in

 dia.

Purdue

 M6 

Ludw

ieg

Tube

 9 in. dia

Texas A

&M 

M6 Quiet 

Tunn

el 7.5 

in. dia.

Florida State 

Mach 5 12

x12

U. Texas

Mach 5 6x7

CTS Mem

ber &

 Notable Facilitie

s

Basic

 Research

Test & Evaluation

TALon& ND 

Tunn

els B

ridge 

the Gap

 TALonbridges gap from

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AEDC’s economic impact $609 million in 2015

AEDC Arnold Engineering Development ComplexArnold Air Force Base, Tenn. 37389An Air Force Test Center Test Facility

Test Before Flight www.arnold.af.mil

Arnold Engineering Development Complex’s (AEDC) economic impact – which includes AEDC and its remote operating locations the Hypervelocity Tunnel 9 at White Oak in Silver Spring, Md., and the National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex at Moffett Field, Calif. – was $609.3 million in Fiscal Year 2015.

Each location impacted the local areas through payroll, secondary jobs, created through local spending, and other expenditures for supplies, utilities, fuel and services and the spin-off impact of those purchases.

AEDC employed a combination of active-duty military personnel from the Air Force and Navy; Department of Defense civilians; and contractor personnel, which totaled 2,266 personnel in fiscal 2015. Of the 2,266 personnel, 53 were active-duty military; one Air Force Reserve and National Guard; 324 appropriated fund civilian employees (includes general schedule, federal wage board and other military branches); 53 government non-appropriated fund employees; 36 other civilians (credit

union, Base Exchange and commissary tenants); and 1,799 contractor and sub-contractor employees.

Additionally, using the Tennessee Valley Authority economic impact model methodology, AEDC estimated that more than 1,608 secondary jobs were created in the local area, for a total of 3,874 jobs directly related to AEDC. Examples of secondary jobs include those created by home construction and at local supermarkets, car dealerships and department stores.

During fiscal 2015, the payroll cost for AEDC government and contractor personnel was $244.2 million. AEDC’s direct expenditures – which include utility costs, service contracts with outside vendors and military health insurance paid to local doctors and hospitals – was $170 million. Furthermore, the indirect spin-off impact of these direct expenditures is approximately $195 million.

The overall economic impact figure does not include more than $100 million paid to the approximately 4,608 retired military personnel living in the local area.

In total, this retired pay group generates more than $154 million, including the spin-off effect.

The economic impact data and secondary employment estimates represent AEDC’s economic impact during fiscal 2015, which runs from Oct. 1, 2014 to Sept. 30, 2015.

AEDC operates the world’s largest complex of ground test facilities with a replacement value of more than $11.6 billion.

Direct Employment at AEDC Military 54 DoD Civilian 324 Non-appropriated Fund 53 ATA 1,799 Other 36

Base Exchange, Commissary, Ascend Federal Credit Union, tenant organizations, other contractors

Total 2,266

Secondary Jobs Created 1,608 Total Employment Impact 3,874

Fiscal Year 2015Work Force Impact Data

TVA Model Estimates for AEDCAs of Sept. 30, 2015

AEDC Public Affairs • 100 Kindel Drive Suite A‒242 • Arnold AFB, TN(931) 454-4204 • DSN 340-4204

For information on AEDC visit our website at www.arnold.af.mil

Release # 2016-063

Total Employment2,266

Total Economic Impact$609.3. M

As of September 30, 2015

Some outside contractors are not in included on this map.

WHERE THE AEDC WORK FORCE LIVES...

TUNNEL 9, White Oak, Maryland - 38

NFAC - 4

Other Out-of-State - 37

ACC Web Site: arnoldcommunitycouncil.com

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Bryant Diane Executive Director, Tullahoma Area Chamber of Commerce

ACC Member [email protected] (931) 247-5717

Bymaster Mark Aeropropulsion Product Manager, ATA

ACC Member [email protected] (931) 308-4300

Cordell Gary Coffee County Mayor ACC Member [email protected] (931) 580-4321Craig Ben Realtor/Owner, Craig & Wheeler

RealtyACC Past President

[email protected] (931) 639-0694

Gamble Rick Space & Missile Product Manager, ATA

ACC Member [email protected] (931) 409-4946

Gattis Kathy Public Affairs Manager, ATA ACC Facilitator [email protected] (615) 714-6932Haars Jeff Deputy General Manager, ATA ACC Member [email protected] (850) 496-4180

Herron Jim Business Development ACC President [email protected] (931) 808-2053

Hicks Jim Recording Secretary,AEMTC; AFL-CIO

ACC Member [email protected] (931) 434-3904

Hudson Terri Executive Director,Manchester Area Chamber of Commerce

ACC Member [email protected] (931) 409-9086

Jalbert Paul Flight Systems Test Section Manager, ATA

ACC Member [email protected] (931) 581-6420

Layton Tim Propulsion Test Branch Manager, ATA

ACC Member [email protected] (931) 247-0649

Lee Beverly Colonel, USAFR (Ret) ACC Member [email protected] (949) 701-2932McAmis Dr. Rob Integrated Test &

Evaluation Director, ATAACC Member [email protected] (931) 247-0019

Morse Claude Chairman of the Honor Flight of Middle Tenn

ACC Secretary [email protected] (931) 247-5151

Niederhauser Mike Businessman ACC Chairman, Legislative Affairs

[email protected] (931) 247-8696

Schlagheck Ron Retired NASA, Marshall Space Flight Center

ACC Member [email protected] (256) 683-1844

Sebourn Lynn Chairman, Tullahoma Area Economic Development Corp

ACC Member [email protected] (931) 434-1007

Skelton Brian General Manager, Tullahoma Utilities Board

ACC Vice Presi-dent

[email protected] (931) 581-7278

Stewart Jack NAMI Greene County, President ACC Member [email protected] (423) 329-4355

Teal Stan 2016 President, Manchester Area Chamber of Commerce

ACC Member [email protected] (931) 273-5737

Wiedemer Mike Major General, USAF (Ret) Acting ACC President

[email protected] (931) 308-1923

Wood Walt USAF Chief of Staff Civic Leader ACC Past President

[email protected] (931) 580-9663

Last Name

ACC Legislative Trip Attendees 2016

First Name Job Title ACC Title Email Cell Phone

ACC Web Site: arnoldcommunitycouncil.com

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