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  • Bird's Eye View: April is Month of the Edwards Child

    Family is a vital element to the success of the Team Edwards workforce. Each April, we specifically recognize the importance of our children through "Month of the Edwards Child" events. All month long, the 95th Services Division has scheduled events exclusively for Team Edwards' children. Some of

  • Bird's Eye View: Sponsors vital to PCS process

    When you received your assignment to Edwards, did you have a sponsor to help guide you through the ins and outs of the base? Whether you've been in the Air Force for 20 years or 20 days, getting a sponsor to help ease the transition from one base to another is vital. Every base is different. Edwards

  • Female AF leaders inspire Airman to succeed

    "Sweat plus sacrifice equals success," These words inspired me to where I am today as a female Airman. Other words of wisdom like these have probably pushed other female Airmen like myself, to be the best they can be while serving their country. The achievements women in the military have made in

  • Bird's Eye View: AADD gets new sign, phone number

    At the intersection of Lancaster and FitzGerald boulevards, you may have noticed a new sign for Airmen Against Drunk Driving. The sign serves several purposes. The most important among them is communicating that every person on this base has an opportunity to avoid a driving under the influence

  • WASPs contribute their talents during WWII

    The 95th Mission Support Group is scheduled to host a luncheon for seven Women Airforce Service Pilots on Tuesday, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., in the Conference Center's Looking Glass Room. The theme for the month is "Generations of Women Moving History Forward." The WASP members have contributed a

  • Living life on two wheels, enjoying the ride

    With warm weather and bright rays, more motorcyclists tend to take to the road. Motorcycle riding has grown in popularity over the past few years. A large number of people have become attracted to the freedom and economic benefit these exciting vehicles offer. While on a road, one may see single

  • Huffing is not a joke

    Huffing, a street term used for the deliberate inhalation or sniffing of common household products to obtain a "high" feeling, is not a joke. Usually, parents are not aware many youngsters who sniff inhalants generally start while they're in grade school. Their friends tell them these substances

  • Bird's Eye View: Our time to shine

    After more than two years of preparing and enhancing our wartime deployment skills and emergency management responses, it's time to show the world what I've known all along -- Team Edwards is ready! The Air Force Materiel Command Inspector General's team will arrive here Thursday to evaluate our

  • Bird's Eye View: Family Day is today, President's Day is Monday

    The nation celebrates Presidents' Day on Monday; a day set aside to honor two of our nation's many legendary presidents -- Abraham Lincoln and our country's first president, George Washington. Until 1971, both Feb. 12 and Feb. 22 were observed as federal public holidays to honor the birthdays of

  • Bird's Eye View: Edwards practices to make perfect

    I'm proud of you. That's not something I say very often in this column, but after last week's Operational Readiness Exercise, it needs to be said. Our Air Force Flight Test Center Inspector General has said this most recent ORE was the best we've done so far. Honestly, this doesn't surprise me.