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

  • Maintainers’ close ties to Desert High leads to nose art on B-1B Lancer

    Desert Junior-Senior High School’s Class of 2017 received an early graduation gift as they were presented with a professionally painted DHS Scorpions logo on the side of a B-1B Lancer Jan. 19. About 90 seniors came to Hangar 1210 to see the finished project and pose for class photos with the

  • This week in Edwards flight test history

    On Jan. 27, 1950, a ceremony was held in connection with Armed Forces Day to rename the base in honor of Capt. Glen W. Edwards. Edwards’ father, other family members and dignitaries were in attendance at the ceremony. One interesting fact is that the original plaque had a misspelling of Capt.

  • 2017 Edwards Tax Center opens Feb. 8

    The 2017 Edwards AFB Tax Center will open Wednesday, Feb. 8. It will be open through April 12.  he center will be open Wednesdays and Saturdays from 8 a.m.-noon and then 1-4 p.m.    Due to a shortage of manpower, the 2017 Tax Center will be limited in its size and scope to active duty

  • Airman of the year takes to the sky for incentive flight

    The cold weather and rain could not keep the smiles off the faces of Staff Sgt. Raquel Caramanno and her 412th Medical Group leadership as she prepared to jump into the cockpit of an F-16 Fighting Falcon Jan. 12. Last July, the Medical Readiness noncommissioned officer in charge was announced as one

  • XCITE aims to reduce timeline from idea to reality

    In a low-ceilinged room off a nondescript hallway down a steep flight of stairs beneath an unremarkable building, a group of people meet to brainstorm, exchange ideas and formulate plans to further the goals of their organization.   It sounds like a scene from a movie about evil scientists and world

  • Edwards test pilot first to reach 1,000 flight hours in Joint Strike Fighter

    Lockheed Martin test pilot David "Doc" Nelson became the first pilot to achieve 1,000 flight hours in the F-35 during a test sortie Jan. 6. He achieved the milestone during a 4.5-hour flight in AF-03, one of the 461st Flight Test Squadron’s Joint Strike Fighters used for developmental test and

  • 412th Test Wing conference now into 21st Century

    The third floor conference room in the 412th Test Wing headquarters building was reintroduced to Team Edwards with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Jan. 12. The room, which hasn’t seen any upgrades for about 25 years, got a full cosmetic and technological makeover to bring it more in line with the 21st