Edwards AFB News

  • Benefield Anechoic Facility hosts B-52 for HERO testing

    A B-52 Stratofortress from the 96th Bomb Squadron at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, is undergoing Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance testing in the Benefield Anechoic Facility.   The test was requested by the B-52 Program Office at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, to comply with

  • Benefield Anechoic Facility hosts first Royal Canadian Air Force plane

    For the first time ever, a Royal Canadian Air Force plane has entered the Benefield Anechoic Facility.A team of engineers, operators and defense scientists from Canada, are wrapping up electronic warfare testing of an RCAF CC-130J Hercules transport plane.Canada is updating its fleet of legacy

  • Benefits of fluoride

    Fluoride is a natural mineral found in soil, food and water. Studies have shown that introducing fluoride into the drinking water has decreased tooth decay by 40 to 70 percent compared to the areas with non-fluoridated drinking water. Fluoride concentrates in the growing bones and developing teeth

  • Benefits of SCRA and Military Star Card don't always intersect

    The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA), introduced in 1940 as the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act, was established to protect active duty service members from what might happen to their financial or legal obligations after they start military service.Decades later, the Military Star Card

  • Bent Prop brings home MIAs

    The United States Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office lists 83,165 servicemembers missing in action, and of those, 73,520 are from World War II alone. The non-profit Bent Prop Project was invited on base to share their efforts on reducing those statistics during a presentation at the base theater

  • Better together: J-PRIMES/BAF collaborate to meet test demands

    The Air Force Test Center operates two anechoic chambers with overlapping missions, Joint Preflight Integration of Munitions and Electronic Systems (J-PRIMES) at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., and the Benefield Anechoic Facility located at Edwards AFB, Calif.Recent chamber collaboration for a test at

  • Better together: J-PRIMES/BAF collaborate to meet test demands

    The Air Force Test Center operates two anechoic chambers with overlapping missions, Joint Preflight Integration of Munitions and Electronic Systems (J-PRIMES) at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., and the Benefield Anechoic Facility located at Edwards AFB, Calif.Recent chamber collaboration for a test at

  • Bicycle Safety Tips

    As the weather gets warmer at Edwards, we like to exercise and ride bicycles. Here are some safety tips to prevent injuries: It's simple! Follow the "rules of the road". With few exceptions, when operating a bicycle on the streets riders must comply with local and state motor vehicle traffic