Edwards AFB News

  • Save A Life Tour brings DUI reality to base

    To help prevent driving under the influence, the Air Force Flight Test Center Safety office hosted the National Save A Life Tour at hangar 1600 here May 15 and 16. The Save A Life Tour, promoted by "Edu-tainment" by Kramer Inc. and FAAC Inc., was developed to teach people about the effects of

  • Airmen represent Air Force in Torrance parade

    Airmen from Edwards, Vandenberg Air Force Base and Los Angeles AFB, marched May 17 in the 49th Annual Torrance Armed Forces Day celebration in Torrance, Calif. One hundred thirty-four Airmen from the three bases combined to form a marching unit for the nation's longest running military parade

  • Gandy takes command of ABW

    The 95th Air Base Wing welcomed its new commander May 16 during an appointment to command ceremony at building 3000 here. Col. Jerry Gandy succeeds Col. Bryan Gallagher, who died Feb. 5. "Today is the next step in our journey," said Maj. Gen. David Eichhorn, Air Force Flight Test Center commander,

  • Base theater offers free 'Iron Man' screening

    The Reel Time Theater here will be among the first movie houses in the nation to show "Iron Man" in a free screening April 30 at 7 p.m."Iron Man," which stars Robert Downey Jr, Terrence Howard and Gwyneth Paltrow, filmed several scenes at Edwards in April 2007. Some of those scenes were featured in

  • Team Edwards celebrates Earth Day

    Team Edwards observed Earth Day with a celebration April 17 at the mobile home park near the Base Exchange. Hosted by Environmental Management, the event's theme was "Confronting Climate Change in California and Around the Globe." Earth Day is intended to entertain people and inform them about how

  • Club 1830 reopens with '80s-inspired party

    Edwards' Club 1830 will have a grand reopening at the Stripes Lounge in the Oasis Community Center here April 18, 8 p.m. to 2 a.m., with a 1980s-themed party. Team Edwards' Club 1830 is equivalent to the Army's Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers, otherwise known as BOSS -- a morale, welfare

  • Annual spring cleaning is vital to home safety

    Spring cleaning is an annual ritual for many people. Just as the first bloom of spring ushers in a new beginning for nature, our spring cleaning habits signify a fresh start for us after the long winter months. Spring cleaning is the ideal time to check homes and yards for dangerous materials and

  • Senior NCOs hike for fitness

    A group of about 65 Team Edwards senior noncommissioned officers went on an early-morning 4.5 mile hike through the Mojave Desert here April 11. The hike, which started at 6:30 a.m., was part of the monthly senior NCOs' "Fit to Fight" team building exercise. Besides the hike itself, Team Edwards

  • Annual tree spraying underway

    The annual tree spraying for main base, family housing and the Air Force Research Laboratory is scheduled for April 15 through June 30. The tree spraying will reduce or eliminate the Elm Leaf Beetle Larvae that affect area trees each year. All Elm and Ash trees will be sprayed. Cottonwood trees will

  • 95th CG hosts communications, information career day

    Communications and Information Career Days is set for April 14 and 15 at the Conference Center here. The two-day event, whose activities are open to all Edwards personnel, features Craig Ritza, the Air Force Personnel Center communications and information career program manager from Randolph Air