Edwards AFB News

  • Edwards wins award for outstanding federal electronics stewardship

    Team Edwards received an Electronics Reuse and Recycling Campaign award from the Office of the Federal Environmental Executive Nov. 19. The base is the large military facility winner for the West Region. The Office of the Federal Environmental Executive's Electronics Reuse and Recycling Campaign

  • DEFY holds mock trial

    The Drug Education for Youth program conducted a mock drug trial at the Edwards Judge Advocates Court House to demonstrate the legal consequences of drug abuse and misuse Nov. 15. Each of the members got an opportunity to participate by assuming the roles of the lawyers, witnesses, judge and

  • 412th MXG hosts first Maintenance Olympics

    On Nov. 7, Olympians from the 412th Maintenance Group and the 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron converged on the gargantuan hangar 1600 for the first Maintenance Olympics. Col. Mark Mueller, 412th MXG commander, provided the opening remarks. As part of the Olympics, competitors engaged in several

  • Leadership flight marks first operational use of new main runway

    As two Edwards F-16 Fighting Falcons took off from the new base runway Oct. 31 at about 10:45 a.m., they marked the runway's first operational use. Maj. Gen. David Eichhorn, Air Force Flight Test Center commander, Col. William Thornton, 412th Test Wing commander, and Col. Jerry Gandy, 95th Air Base

  • Team Edwards hosts National Disability Employment Awareness Month

    The 95th Civil Engineering and Transportation Directorate hosted a bruncheon at Club Muroc for National Disability Employment Awareness Month Oct. 23. The purpose of the month is to recognize the contributions of Americans with disabilities and to encourage all citizens to ensure equal opportunity

  • Edwards Marines shows MCMAP techniques to medics

    When the 95th Medical Group Facility Security team was looking for training that would be essential for a small-framed medic guarding a building's entry control point, they crossed from the blue and asked for help from the few and the proud. The team received an introductory Marine Corps Martial

  • 95th CE receives two AFMC awards

    The 95th Civil Engineering and Transportation Directorate recently received two Air Force Materiel Command awards. The 95th CE team received the engineering category for the AFMC Brigadier General Archie S. Mayes award, while Michelle Huck, 95th CE community planner, received the Outstanding

  • Team Edwards concludes Fire Prevention Week

    The Edwards fire department hosted a series of educational campaigns as part of Fire Prevention Week celebration. The prevention week was established to commemorate the Great Chicago Fire in 1871 that killed more than 250 people, left 100,000 homeless, destroyed more than 17,400 structures and

  • Main runway construction finished ahead of schedule

    Team Edwards finished construction on the main runway Sept. 19, four months after it became inoperative. In June 2008, a groundbreaking ceremony for the runway construction took place, with completion originally scheduled in December. "When Edwards' first paved runway was poured more than 50 years