Edwards AFB News

  • Breakfast, bacon bolsters base bonds

    Airmen and their families enjoyed breakfast for dinner during a Strong Family Program event at the Mojave Sky Community Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California, March 18.

  • Breaking Tomorrow's Barriers Today: A new corridor to Supersonic Flight

    A new supersonic corridor was unveiled during the 75th Anniversary of Supersonic Flight Ceremony at the 2022 Aerospace Valley Open House, Air Show & STEM Expo. This supersonic corridor was renamed to pay tribute to the courageous team that together drove the world to new feats of human achievement.

  • Break-ins, vandalism continue at Desert High

    For the fourth week in a row Desert High School was the target of a break-in, this time causing major damage to the school's maintenance facility.Vandals took tools within the building and used them to bash walls, bathroom facilities, computers, fluorescent lights, appliances, computers and a school

  • Breast Cancer Awareness Month 5K run/walk, health fair Oct. 26

    The 412th Aerospace Medicine Squadron is sponsoring a 5K run/walk and health fair in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The event will take place Oct. 26 at the Rosburg Fitness Center. The health fair will run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The 5K run/walk will start at 11 a.m. The free community

  • Breast Cancer Screening: Early Detection is Key

    Almost 1.5 million people in the United States will be diagnosed with cancer in 2009. For American women, breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths. TRICARE and the National Cancer Institute urge women 40 and older to have a mammogram every one to two years. Women younger than 40,

  • Brewer prepares for, encourages change

    Brig. Gen. Michael T. Brewer, 412th Test Wing commander, along with several guest speakers, addressed changes coming during a commander's call Nov. 26 at the Base Theater. One of the big changes Team Edwards can expect is in the landscaping. "We spend about $300,000 a year on watering the grass.

  • Brewer: 'Continue to move forward'

    After almost three years as the 412th Test Wing commander, Brig. Gen. Michael Brewer is saying goodbye to the high desert and heading off to the Midwest to his new assignment at Headquarters, Air Force Materiel Command.Brewer's tenure with Team Edwards was a busy one. As the test wing continued to

  • Brig. Gen. Brewer takes command of 412th TW

    Following the re-designation of the Air Force Flight Test Center to the Air Force Test Center and the transition of the 95th Air Base Wing to the 412th Test Wing, Air Force Materiel Command leadership, base leadership and Team Edwards were on hand to witness the final ceremony of the day in which

  • Brig. Gen. Bunch assumes command of AFFTC

    Team Edwards filled Hangar 1600 to witness the historic passing of the Air Force Flight Test Center guideon from one commander to another during a change of command ceremony June 19.General Janet C. Wolfenbarger, Commander of Air Force Materiel Command, presided over the ceremony in which outgoing

  • Brig. Gen. Hogue retires after 36 years of service

    Brig. Gen. James R. Hogue, mobilization assistant to the commander, Air Force Flight Test Center, said farewell to the Edwards community when he retired from United States Air Force Reserve Command on Dec. 9 after 36 years of service.Hogue's career began in 1976, when he graduated from the United