Edwards AFB News

  • Autism Awareness Month - TRICARE Covers ABA Therapy

    Today, autism in children has become more prevalent than childhood cancer, juvenile diabetes and pediatric AIDS combined, according to a national autism organization, and TRICARE now covers Applied Behavior Analysis therapy to treat eligible beneficiaries.Autism Speaks, a national autism science and

  • Auto GCAS team presented with Collier Trophy

    The 416th and 461st Flight Test Squadrons along with Lockheed-Martin, the F-35 Joint Program Office, NASA and the Defense Safety Oversight Council received the prestigious 2018 Robert J. Collier Trophy, June 13, 2019, for the development and testing of the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance

  • Auto Hobby Shop is a 'DIY' facility

    The Auto Hobby Shop and Arts and Crafts center in Bldg. 2440 was built in 1996. Today, the center contains the Auto Hobby Shop, Custom Framing and Engraving. According to Sandra Davis, 412th Force Support Squadron, Community Services flight chief, the Auto Hobby Shop is a "do-it-yourself" facility

  • Auto-GCAS team wins prestigious award

    The National Aeronautic Association announced that the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System Team as the recipients of the 2018 Robert J. Collier Trophy. The trophy will be formally presented at a dinner event in Washington D.C. in June.

  • Autonomous vehicles coming to PIRA

    Self-driving vehicles may not be commonplace on city streets yet, but they are headed to the Precision Impact Range Area on Edwards Air Force Base, California. Autonomous Solutions Inc. conducted a site survey to gather information needed to provide their autonomous services to the PIRA, April

  • AV Board of Trade celebrates innovation at annual Outlook Conference

    Leaders, businessmen and politicians from around the Antelope Valley met for the 42nd annual Antelope Valley Board of Trade Business Outlook Conference at the Mojave Air and Space Port Feb. 21. The conference was held in the Stuart O. Witt Event Center. The venue was selected to suit the theme for

  • AV children learn life lessons from Team Edwards mentors

    Twelve-year old Khiabet says her grades are improving and that's good.Even better is understanding that improvement may be a byproduct of a new set of life skills she's acquiring, in part through her mentor, Dr. Ingrid Wysong, chief scientist at the Aerophysics Branch of the Space and Missile

  • AV teachers learn how to 'rock it' at TPS

    The Air Force Association William J. "Pete" Knight Chapter introduced Antelope Valley educators to using model rocketry in the classroom Sept. 26. Teachers of grades six through 12 gathered at the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School for the inaugural "Blast off Basics" workshop."The purpose [of the

  • AVEK performs 24-hour water shutdown beginning Aug. 2

    The Antelope Valley East Kern Water Agency will perform a 24-hour shutdown to the water line that serves Edwards, California City, North Edwards and Boron beginning Aug 2 at 6 a.m. This is part of AVEK's emergency maintenance.During this time, ground water wells will be the only source of water. In

  • Aviation enthusiasts turn dreams of flight into reality

    For those with dreams of flying at Edwards, the path is often difficult and demanding, even for the best test pilot. With the help of aviation enthusiasts from the Muroc Model Masters club those dreams become reality through the use of remote controlled airplanes.Although the flying is accomplished