April 15, 2024 Taking care of America’s military in need The Air Force Assistance Fund is an Air and Space Forces fundraising campaign to support Airmen, Guardians, and their families — active duty and retired, officers and enlisted. It runs April 22 - May 24.
April 15, 2024 AFRL-developed physiological monitoring system undergoes flight tests An Air Force Research Laboratory-developed physiological monitoring system for pilots completed a series of F-16 flight tests March 4-17, 2024, at the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, or TPS, at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The 422d Test and Evaluation Squadron also completed flight tests on
April 15, 2024 President nominates test wing commander to brigadier general President Joe Biden last week nominated Col. Douglas Wickert, commander of the 412th Test Wing at Edwards AFB and Air Force Plant 42, for promotion to brigadier general.
April 9, 2024 Accident Investigation Board releases report on a 412th Test Wing fallen teammate An Air Force Materiel Command accident investigation board recently identified the cause of an MQ-9A remotely piloted aircraft accident which fatally injured Stephanie Rodriguez-Cosme, 32, of Palmdale, California. Rodriguez-Cosme was critically injured Sept. 7, 2023, when she inadvertently walked
April 4, 2024 Edwards’ Exchange thanks Vietnam-era veterans for their service The Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) at Edwards AFB honored Vietnam veterans on National Vietnam War Veterans Day, March 29.
April 3, 2024 Edwards Wing Staff Agency Hosts Mustache March Competition Mustache March is an Air Force tradition that calls Airmen to grow their mustaches during the month of March in solidarity to Robin Olds. Olds was a pilot who fought in the Vietnam War and grew his mustache as a good-natured way to protest against the Air Force’s facial hair regulations at that
April 1, 2024 Edwards AFB Elevates Innovation Culture Through Project Mercury Innovators Workshop When troops separated by long distances needed to exchange information, the Department of Defense created the Internet. During World War I, when pilots needed to know air traffic conditions to prevent collisions, the U.S. Army installed two-way radios inside an aircraft for the first time. Like the
March 28, 2024 OL Plant 42 breathes new fire into TU-2S Dragon Lady A TU-2S Dragon Lady assigned to the 9th Reconnaissance Wing, Beale Air Force Base, California, recently returned to service after nearly two years through the collaboration of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, 412th Test Wing at Edwards AFB, California, and Lockheed Martin Corporation.
March 28, 2024 412th MDG Airman completes 26.2-mile Bataan Memorial Death March in honor of grandfather The granddaughter of a survivor of the Bataan Death March during World War II, completes the Memorial Death March in his honor.
March 27, 2024 AFMC commander visits Edwards AFB Gen. Duke Z. Richardson, commander, Air Force Materiel Command, his wife Dede Richardson, and AFMC Command Chief Master Sgt. James Fitch visited Edwards Air Force Base, California, March 26. The AFMC command team received an orientation, met with Airmen and learned about the base’s unique