June 26, 2007 Atlantis successfully touches down at Edwards Space Shuttle Atlantis safely returned to Earth when it landed at Edwards on June 22, which concluded STS-117's assembly mission to the International Space Station. Because of unfavorable weather, the orbiter landed at Edwards, its secondary landing site, instead of its primary landing site at
Dec. 5, 2006 Atlas V solid rocket booster modifications validated As radios crackled with the countdown "five, four, three, two, one ... ignition," members of the Air Force Research Lab at Edwards witnessed the third validation-static firing of Aerojet's Block B Solid Rocket Booster.This 90-second static firing occurred Jan. 27 at the Lab's Edwards Research Site,
Nov. 4, 2009 ATSEP evaluator considers Edwards to be outstanding The 412th Operations Support Squadron was evaluated on their Air Traffic Systems Program Oct. 26 through the 30. "Every day is inspection day for AOF systems supporting the flying organizations," said Capt. Valentine Maldonado. "In this career field you can't really have a bad day and survive."The
Aug. 28, 2018 Attendees get info, prizes at Women’s Equality Day gathering Women’s Equality Day was celebrated across the country last Sunday with the Edwards community getting a head start to the commemorative weekend. The 412th Test Wing and NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center hosted an informative social event in observance of Women's Equality Day, Aug. 24 at the
Nov. 1, 2013 Attention all Airmen: Air Force holds sexual assault offenders accountable, sexual assault convictions are now online The Air Force now publishes sexual assault convictions online. Anyone can go to this website and review more than 100 sexual assault convictions from across the Air Force, to include viewing them by base. After a few minutes of reviewing the facts of these cases, you will soon see many cases are
July 28, 2015 August Family Advocacy classes The New Pregnancy Orientation (OBO) & Dads4Dads Class 1 will take place August 6, 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 in the Family Advocacy conference room at Bldg. 5513. This one session class will help all expectant parents to navigate their way through pregnancy. Participants will get information on the New
Dec. 13, 2006 August 'go month' for CV-22 testing The CV-22 Osprey, an aircraft unlike any other, is now in the midst of a test unlike any other.In the Developmental Test and Evaluation phase, CV-22 testing has primarily been conducted by Bell-Boeing. However, when the Naval Air Systems Command requested an Electronic Warfare Integrated Assessment
Aug. 8, 2018 August is National Breast-feeding Month What saves the lives of babies born too early and reduces missed work and saves money? Breast-feeding. Breast milk is the ultimate infant food. It’s conveniently packaged, organic and always the right temperature from the tap. Plus, it comes with an added benefit — mom snuggles. Breast-feeding has
Dec. 8, 2015 Australian Aerial refueler connects USAF and RAAF test teams A Royal Australian Air Force KC-30 tanker that arrived at Edwards Nov. 30 is connecting the RAAF to the U.S. Air Force in a Coalition Tanker Aerial Refueling Certification Effort. The first flight in the series of tests was Dec. 3 when the KC-30 refueled an Edwards F-16.The coalition test effort
March 1, 2016 Australian KC-30A successfully refuels C-17 for first time The first air-to-air refuelling from an Royal Australian Air Force KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport to a C-17A Globemaster III occurred Feb. 10.The five-hour sortie was conducted by members of the RAAF's Air Warfare Centre Aircraft Research and Development Unit, 86 Wing and the 418th Flight Test