April 26, 2024 Lookout for Desert Tortoises The Desert Tortoise is one of the many animals found on Edwards AFB. Listed as threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973, Desert Tortoises are protected from unwarranted harassment or injury. The 412th Civil Engineer Group’s Environmental Management Division would like to remind
April 24, 2024 Edwards AFB children participate in Operation KUDOS Children of Airmen and employees of Edwards Air Force Base, California, participate in Operation Kids Understand Deployment Operations or KUDOS. Operation KUDOS lets children get a better understanding of the deployment experience Airmen may undergo. (Air Force video by Giancarlo Casem)
April 20, 2024 AFRL researchers pave the way to lighter, faster additively manufactured rocket engines The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Rocket Propulsion Division, recently designed, printed, built and hot fired a first-ever, single-block rocket-engine thrust chamber additively manufactured using a process called laser powder directed energy deposition, or DED. DVIDS link:
April 19, 2024 National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week honors fire dispatchers' vital role Fire dispatchers play a critical role in emergency response, and this week, communities across the nation are celebrating their dedication and service during National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.
April 17, 2024 USAF Test Pilot School and DARPA announce breakthrough in aerospace machine learning The U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency were finalists for the 2023 Robert J. Collier Trophy, a formal acknowledgement of recent breakthroughs that have launched the machine-learning era within the aerospace industry.
April 15, 2024 Edwards Airmen officially become ceremonial guardsmen Fourteen Airmen solidified their dedication to the memory of their brothers and sisters in arms as they received the Honor Guard badge during an Honor Guard Graduation Ceremony on March 29.
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