Edwards AFB News

  • Bus service begins at Edwards

    The Antelope Valley Transit Authority began Route 747 bus service to Edwards Jan. 22.  People interested in taking the bus to base can click here for the AVTA Edwards Bus service brochure. The brochure outlines the bus schedule, stop locations and fees. From now until Jan. 31, base workers can ride

  • Business lunch stresses importance of local shopping

    School District officials and representatives from Edwards Air Force Base spoke to local business people at the Antelope Valley Board of Trade Business Briefing Luncheon, Nov. 18.The purpose of the briefing was to educate local business people and citizens about the benefits of shopping locally for

  • BX Fits Feet for the Long Haul

    Airmen are expected to run long distances as part of their regular workout routine. With this in mind, the Army & Air Force Exchange Service offers a wide selection of footwear to help military shoppers at the Edwards Main Exchange ensure they have shoes that properly fit their feet.AAFES' "Fit Your

  • C-12 pilots take to skies at Edwards

    In the midst of all the test missions here in the high desert, Edwards is also home to the U.S. Air Force C-12 school house. Actually, it's a split school house. When an individual is assigned to fly an Air Force C-12 Huron, they spend three weeks in Alabama for initial systems and procedures

  • C-130 Avionics Modernization Test Program Completed

    On Dec. 11, the C-130 Integrated Test Team successfully completed the last test flight for the Avionics Modernization Program (AMP). The flight culminated a 3-year Development Test and Evaluation (DT&E) effort; logging 295 test missions totaling over 1000 flight hours. The program, which replaced

  • C-130 Hercules still going strong at 60

    August 23 will mark the 60th anniversary of the C-130 Hercules' first flight in 1954, from Burbank, Calif., to Edwards AFB.Team Edwards took time to reflect on why this aircraft has been so valuable to the Air Force."The C-130 made her debut in 1954, and to this day, if there is a conflict or

  • C-130J Operational testers propel 'Herc' through Phase 2

    After more than 300 hours of Operational Test and Evaluation flight test activities, C-130J test teams from Edwards concluded C-130J Phase 2 OT&E testing on Dec. 21, culminating nearly five years of developmental and operational testing.The C-130J is the latest addition to the C-130 fleet and

  • C-17 airdrop sets record, completes next step for Ares I program

    Though Edwards, along with the rest of the nation, bid farewell to the space shuttle mission, the 418th Flight Test Squadron and NASA took another step toward the future of America's space program and set a record doing it. An 85,000-pound jumbo drop test vehicle was extracted out of a C-17A at

  • C-17 biofuel flight tests conclude

    The Air Force's ongoing alternative fuels certification efforts reached a new milestone Aug. 27, 2010, when a C-17 Globemaster III from here flew on all engines using jet fuel blended with a combination of traditional petroleum-based fuel, or JP-8, biofuel derived in part from animal fat, and

  • C-17 Drag Reduction testing aims at saving fuel

    From testing synthetic biofuels to "vortex surfing," Edwards AFB is on the forefront of finding new ways to cut fuel costs for the Air Force.The latest venture is currently underway at the 418th Flight Test Squadron where a test team of Air Force and Boeing personnel has just completed the first