Oct. 10, 2017 Breast Cancer Awareness Month 5K run/walk, health fair Oct. 26 The 412th Aerospace Medicine Squadron is sponsoring a 5K run/walk and health fair in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The event will take place Oct. 26 at the Rosburg Fitness Center. The health fair will run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The 5K run/walk will start at 11 a.m. The free community
Oct. 6, 2017 Edwards observes Fire Prevention Week Oct. 6-13 Col. Jason Schott, 412th Test Wing vice commander, signed this year’s Fire Prevention Week Proclamation at Bldg. 2860 Oct. 5. The proclamation urges everyone on base to protect their homes and families by heeding the safety messages of Fire Prevention Week 2017. In a fire, seconds count. Seconds can
Oct. 6, 2017 Japan Air Self-Defense Force testers visit Edwards The U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School invited two Japanese Air Self-Defense Force pilots to Edwards to fly in a T-38 and an F-16. Maj. Naoki Morimoto, a flight test engineer, and Maj. Haruhiku Naganawa, test pilot, took to the skies over California Sept. 26. The visiting pilots were in the High
Oct. 6, 2017 Retired Air Force pilots welcomed back on active duty The Voluntary Retired Return to Active Duty Program provides select retired Air Force pilots the opportunity
Oct. 6, 2017 Take command: Register to learn about upcoming changes to TRICARE The Military Health System is modernizing TRICARE to better serve you and respond to changes in law and policy. Join us for our next webinar on Thursday, Oct. 5, from 1 to 2 p.m. (EDT) to learn how TRICARE is changing and how to prepare for these changes.
Oct. 3, 2017 October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month Since 1981, October has been commemorated as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The observance serves to educate communities, individuals, couples and families about Family Advocacy Program services and other community resources that can help prevent, raise awareness of community
Oct. 3, 2017 Gathering of Eagles event set for Oct. 21 The Flight Test Historical Foundation will be hosting a Gathering of Eagles event to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the F-22 Raptor’s first flight. The event will take place Oct. 21 at the H.W. Hunter Pavilion at Antelope Valley Fairgrounds in Lancaster, California. The social hour begins at
Oct. 3, 2017 Speed record set 50 years ago Fifty years ago on Oct. 3, 1967, Maj. William J. “Pete” Knight flew the modified X-15A-2 to a speed of Mach 6.72. The aircraft was flown with its full ablative coating and external fuel tanks. A dummy ramjet mounted on the lower ventral stub stabilizer fell away during the flight as a result of
Sept. 29, 2017 Register now for 'Run with History' There are still slots available for this year's "Run with History" Half Marathon, 10K and 5K run.The run will take place Oct. 14 beginning at 7 a.m. Come and run on the world-famous Rogers Dry Lakebed and around the world's largest compass rose. There will also be various aircraft, static displays
Sept. 28, 2017 What’s your Green Dot? Edwards Key Spouses roll in on Green Dot training Nearly all Edwards employees, military and civilian, have completed Green Dot training and are familiar with the concepts. But what they may not know is that the training isn’t limited to Edwards’ workforce. Recently, the Edwards Key Spouses, squadron spouses and group spouses took Green Dot