Edwards AFB News

  • Lockheed vice president lauds F-35 workforce

    Jeff Babione, Lockheed Martin F-35 executive vice president and general manager, visited the Joint Strike Fighter Integrated Test Force July 20 and hosted an all hands event in one of the ITF’s hangars. Babione praised the ITF’s important achievement of carrying out the system development and

  • Exchange senior enlisted advisor focuses on serving Edwards AFB

    The Army and Air Force Exchange Service’s senior enlisted advisor is making it his mission to ensure servicemembers and families at Edwards Air Force Base have the products they deserve, whether shopping in-store or online. During his July 31-Aug. 1 visit to Edwards, Chief Master Sgt. Luis Reyes

  • Veterans can visit VetVerify.org for Exchange online shopping authentication

    As the Department of Defense’s military exchange services prepare to welcome potentially 13 million honorably discharged veterans back to their military families this coming Veteran’s Day, www.VetVerify.org has launched to confirm eligibility to receive lifelong military exchange online shopping.  

  • 412th Test Wing Warrior of the Week

    Group: 412th Maintenance GroupMember: Staff Sgt. Brian R. CozzieUnit: 412th Maintenance SquadronJob Title: Aerospace Ground Equipment JourneymanCareer Goal: Chief Master Sergeant of the Air ForceCongratulations Staff Sgt. Brian Cozzie, the 412th Test Wing’s Warrior of the Week. Cozzie is assigned to

  • U.K. personnel take walk to celebrate RAF's 100 years

    United Kingdom military and family members walked from Club Muroc down Doolittle Pkwy. towards Fitz-Gerald Blvd., and back again July 21. The esprit de corps and charity event was conducted as part of preparation for the Royal Air Force’s 100-year anniversary next year.   The U.K. airmen belong to

  • This week in Edwards history

    On July 26, 1958, test pilot Capt. Iven Kincheloe Jr. was killed following an unsuccessful ejection when his F-104 suffered an engine failure on takeoff. A Korean War fighter pilot, Kincheloe had been assigned to Edwards in the mid-1950s as a test pilot where he flew many of the new “Century” series

  • Cleared for takeoff: Area designated for personal sUAS use

    Whether you call them drones, quadcopters or the official government term – small unmanned aircraft system – there’s now a place on Edwards for hobbyists to fly their personal sUASs. The Edwards AFB Personal Small UAS Area is located across the street from Desert Junior-Senior High School’s football

  • Rocket Lab worker honored with lifetime achievement award

    Earlier this year, David Hill, a technician at the Air Force Research Laboratory Rocket Propulsion Division at Edwards, received  the Call to Service Award, which is a lifetime achievement award that is part of the President’s Volunteer Service Award Program.  Hill volunteers as a Kern County

  • Fair teaches people about education opportunities

    Dozens of colleges and university representatives filled Club Muroc's Alliance Ballroom to talk to Team Edwards members about what they have to offer in the way of degrees, certificates and continued education. The 412th Force Support Squadron’s Edwards Education Center sponsored its annual

  • B-52 testers complete leaflet bomb drops

    An important part of U.S. military operations overseas is communicating with the local population. This can be done in a number of ways including something as simple as distributing leaflets.   In psychological operations, leaflets with messages are often dropped from aircraft in order to reach a