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
Dec. 13, 2006 Dirt runway testing increases C-17 safety, agility In an effort to expand the capability of the C-17 Globemaster III, engineers and pilots are testing the aircraft in extreme runway conditions to eventually write the book for dirt runways during dry, wet, and muddy runway conditions.About 40 people from the C-17 Integrated Test Force are in the
Dec. 13, 2006 Jumpers test new F-35 JSF parachute system Test parachutists from the 418th Flight Test Squadron recently performed 10 jumps to test a new parachute system for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.The jumpers donned the IGQ type 6000 parachute and jumped from a Twin Otter aircraft to make sure the canopy performs to manufacturer's specification.
Dec. 13, 2006 Edwards tests alternative jet engine fuel Another aviation first was accomplished when a B-52 flew here using an alternative fuel Tuesday morning.The flight test ran two of a B-52's engines on a synthetic fuel, made from a 50-50 blend of traditional crude-oil based fuel and a Fischer-Tropsch fuel derived from natural gas, while the
Dec. 13, 2006 Airman completes 27th marathon Tired and sweaty, jersey number 49/91 was at the last three miles into Pike's Peak summit -- the hardest part of the course.He was feeling nauseous. He was running for about four hours now, but he wouldn't give up. Maj. Rich Salasovich, 419th Flight Test Squadron flight test engineer, joined the