Feb. 8, 2007 Edwards pilots help JTACs with close-air support training In what is believed to be a first for Edwards, F-16 Fighting Falcon pilots here helped train Air Force Combat Controllers in close-air support. The pilots, from the 416th Flight Test Squadron, responded to a request for the help in training a team of combat controllers in their Joint Terminal Attack
Feb. 8, 2007 Edwards performs its best ORE Edwards performed its Operational Readiness Exercise Jan. 30 to Feb. 2. This ORE is the last one before the Air Force Materiel Command's Inspector General Operational Readiness Inspection beginning March 1. "It is probably the best ORE we have since we started doing this about two years ago," said
Feb. 2, 2007 Edwards helps sergeant's family after home burglary Team Edwards gathered together Feb. 1 to help the family of Tech Sgt. James Holzer, who is currently deployed to Afghanistan, after intruders burglarized and ransacked their home early morning on Jan. 31.The incident made national news when deputies from the Lancaster, Calif. Sheriff's office found
Feb. 2, 2007 RAB keeps tabs, 'eye' on Edwards' cleanup RAB -- no it's not the name of the latest craze in dance music.Rather, the Restoration Advisory Board is a group of individuals organized under federal guidelines to offer public feedback and advice on environmental cleanup efforts here. "Our purpose is to keep an eye on the base's cleanup
Jan. 26, 2007 Tax center to open soon The Edwards Tax Center is scheduled to open Feb. 6 to offer free income tax assistance to active-duty military members, reservists, guardsmen, dependents with valid identification cards and retirees.The tax center, located in building 7211 next to the children's library and shoppette, will be open
Jan. 19, 2007 Cold weather 'freezes' base, causes maintenance issues Throughout the past week, the Edwards community, along with the Antelope Valley, has experienced the coldest period in 16 years. With these cold temperatures, base emergency services personnel received more than 306 calls as of Tuesday, with complaints varying from frozen pipes and flooding or
Jan. 11, 2007 Edwards sees 22 to 35 percent increase in BAH Military members residing in the local community will see an increase of at least 22-percent in their housing allowance in today's paycheck.The Air Force average for Basic Allowance for Housing was 3.5 percent, but housing costs in some areas on both the East and West coasts, along with Hawaii, have
Dec. 15, 2006 Simulated B-1B crash starts Edwards ORE The circumstances are very possible -- an Edwards B-1B Lancer crashes while attempting an emergency landing.While this is a viable scenario for the Air Force Flight Test Center Inspector General to test the base's response, Sunday's early-morning Operational Readiness Exercise kick-off had a little
Dec. 13, 2006 Test Pilot School class 06A's 'Test Pirates' graduate Saturday The U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School will graduate Class 06A Saturday, the school's 145th class since its beginning at Wright Field in 1944.Since its conception, the Test Pilot School has added women, engineers and navigators to the cadre of graduates, and Class 06A is no different, as the 12
Dec. 13, 2006 Edwards' community volunteers time at St. Joseph's Manor The Edwards Top 3, along with the base community, recently volunteered at St. Joseph's Manor in Littlerock, Calif., to help set up refuge prior to opening.The St. Joseph's Manor, an independently living program, is a facility that houses 27 women and 64 children who come out of foster care with no