Edwards AFB News

  • Base theater offers free 'Iron Man' screening

    The Reel Time Theater here will be among the first movie houses in the nation to show "Iron Man" in a free screening April 30 at 7 p.m."Iron Man," which stars Robert Downey Jr, Terrence Howard and Gwyneth Paltrow, filmed several scenes at Edwards in April 2007. Some of those scenes were featured in

  • Base town hall meeting scheduled for Nov. 27

    The 412th Test Wing will host a base town hall on Tuesday, Nov. 27, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Base Theater (Bldg. 2660). Please join wing leadership and subject matter experts to discuss some of the base’s most popular programs and answer any questions. Discussion topics will include: Corvias

  • Base trains for shuttle recovery

    More than 300 people teamed up in a joint exercise with NASA Dryden Flight Research Center Saturday.For the several hundred members of the Edwards Space Shuttle Recovery team, this is a duty in addition to their normal responsibilities. The exercise was designed to test the Edwards Space Shuttle

  • Base vet provides special care for No.1 patients

    It's a role she says she thoroughly enjoys, but there is still more to her job than just caring for the needs of the base residents' pets.For Army Capt. Jodi Sangster, the job as base veterinarian requires her to balance three different responsibilities for the base -- each with a different

  • Base wins two environmental awards

    Two teams from Environmental Management were recognized for excellence by Air Force Material Command as they won the 2008 General Thomas D. White Environmental Awards for pollution prevention and cultural resources. "We've got a great team at EM that works hard every day to ensure the Edwards

  • Base, local helping agencies team up to build 'Community of Caring'

    Since the Edwards Air Force Base Integrated Delivery System was established, the  committee of all of the base's helping agencies has reached out to the Edwards workforce and community in order to remind everyone of all the available services they may turn to for assistance with any personal issues,

  • Basewide award structure receives rapid improvement

    Representatives from across the base came together to create a new basewide awards and recognition instruction Aug. 4 through 7. The Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century Rapid Improvement Event was a four-day process designed to create a new, more effective basewide awards and recognition

  • Base-Wide energy audits to kick-off Energy Awareness Month

    More than two hundred base facility managers will learn this month how to conduct building energy audits so they can begin performing the audits in October. "The training program is in preparation for base-wide energy surveys and audits of all our major structures", said Enrique Torres, Base Energy