Edwards AFB News

  • Child Abuse Awareness Month kicks off with Play Day in the Park

    To kick off National Child Abuse Awareness Month and the Month of the Military Child, Edwards Family Advocacy and the 95th Medical Group hosted Play Day in the Park April 1.On one of the warmest days this year, children, parents, Airmen and volunteers came out to Arnold Park to both have fun and

  • Child Support Services workshop held for base helping agencies

    A free update and training workshop presented by the Los Angeles County Child Support Services Department was held June 4 in order for Edwards personnel assigned to base helping agencies to learn about important updates in child support services.The workshop was held to better equip base helping

  • Children learn to sign for National Disability Employment Awareness Month

    The children at the School Age Annex got a chance to try their hands at American Sign Language Oct. 20. Amber Ludwig, 412th Test Wing Equal Opportunity certified American Sign Language interpreter, taught them a few of the basics like the alphabet and simple words like mom, dad, boy and girl.The

  • Children, base leaders plant tree for Arbor Day

    An exceptionally chilly and windy spring morning couldn't stop base leadership and children from planting a new tree on Arbor Day, April 29.Col. Harry Berry, 95th Air Base Wing acting vice commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Bill Thomaston, 95th ABW command chief, stopped by the Child Development

  • Children's Fishing Derby at Branch Pond Nov. 17

    In 1968, Branch Memorial Park and Pond were constructed and named in honor of Maj. Gen. Irving L. "Twig" Branch who was killed when his T-38 crashed into Pugent Sound, Wash., in 1966. Branch was commander of the Air Force Flight Test Center from 1961 until the time of his crash. Construction was

  • Children's helmet protection

    With the weather getting warmer, children will be out on their self-propelled form of transportation, i.e. bicycle, scooter, skateboard, in-line skates and roller skates. The Air Force Flight Test Center Safety Office has noticed an increase with children not wearing an approved helmet. As a

  • Chilean C-130 lands at Edwards, picks up radars

    Two SENTINEL radar systems are loaded onto a Chilean C-130 July 1 at Edwards Air Force Base as part of a foreign military sales case for Chile. Chile intends to use the radars to modernize its armed forces by expanding its existing air defense architecture to counter threats posed by air attack. The

  • Chill out, don't stress out, this holiday season

    It's supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year. Yet for many, it's anything but that. "If the holidays have you overwhelmed, you are not alone," says TriWest Healthcare Alliance Behavioral Health Educator Kristin Musch. "Expectations are high, to-do lists are long and, often, the budget is