Edwards AFB News

  • Avoiding Burnout

    The COVID-19 pandemic may make you feel like you’re just waiting – life on hold – feeling frustrated that there’s no end in sight. Pandemic fatigue is a very real feeling of exhaustion as a result of COVID-19’s impact on our lives – from financial stress, to loneliness, to the fears of getting sick.

  • Avoiding the Holiday Blues: Depression

    A comment that is often heard here at Edwards is "We are out in the middle of nowhere." The Base Exchange even sells a T-shirt with this theme. As I go about talking to people, I often ask if Edwards was on their list for assignments. Most of the time, Edwards was not their first choice and many did

  • Avoiding the Holiday Blues: Suicide Awareness

    It is important to address the issue of suicide, while it is not a topic people are comfortable talking about, thoughts of suicide can strike almost anybody. A good number of adults may experience vague suicidal thinking for a brief period during the course of their lives, but the overwhelming

  • Azzano assumes command of 412th OG

    Col. Christopher Azzano addresses the 412th Operations Group during a change of command ceremony July 11 in Hangar 1600. Azzano assumes command of the 412th from Col. Colin Miller who is headed to Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., where he will become the 46th Test Wing commander. Azzano comes to Edwards

  • B-1 FIDL accomplishes 'power-on' in phase two software testing

    A B-1 Lancer bomber upgraded with Boeing's Fully Integrated Data Link accomplished its first power-on since going through routine depot maintenance earlier this year. It also successfully transmitted and received data out of the Link 16 antennas for the first time. The milestones were reached last

  • B-1 radar replacement mod completes first flight

    After five years of development and ground testing, the B-1 Lancer bomber radar replacement program successfully completed its first test flight April 20, launching from Edwards and landing as planned at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. The Radar Reliability and Maintainability Improvement Program

  • B-1 Sniper pod aims to hit summer target

    The Edwards Global Power Bomber Combined Test Force and the 337th Test and Evaluation Squadron from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, combined the operational and developmental test of a B-1B Lancer here to accelerate the bomber's sniper pod program. With the accelerated testing cutting the length of the

  • B-1B Integrated Battle Station modification completed

    An eight-year project to install the Integrated Battle Station on the B-1B Lancer fleet has been completed ahead of schedule. Sixty aircraft went through the modification process that began in late 2012 and was completed in September 2020.The Integrated Battle Station was developed as three separate