Edwards AFB News

  • 412th Medical Group offers Drug Take Back program

    Excess prescription and over-the-counter drugs can pose a serious risk in your home. Edwards Air Force Base is helping the local community fight back against the dangers of unneeded, unused and expired drugs through its Drug Take Back program at the 412th Medical Group’s Main Clinic. “Proper drug

  • This week in Edwards flight test history: Yeager breaks sound barrier

    On Oct. 14, 1947, on his ninth powered flight in the airplane, Capt. Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager piloted the Bell X-1 “Glamorous Glennis,” named after his wife, to a speed of 699.4 mph at 43,000 feet (Mach 1.06), and became the first to exceed the speed of sound. This X-1 flight established that

  • Desert Junior-Senior High launches math, science initiative

    Desert Junior-Senior High School hosted a kickoff celebration Oct. 11 to announce a $700,000 Department of Defense grant to launch the National Math and Science Initiative’s College Readiness Program. Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski, commander of Air Force Materiel Command, attended the event and talked to

  • ALS Class 16-G graduates 27 Airmen

    The 412th Force Support Squadron’s Airman Leadership School graduated its latest class of potential NCOs Sept. 29. Twenty-seven senior airmen, not only from Edwards but from throughout the region, took the stage at Club Muroc during the graduation ceremony. Congratulations to all Airmen who took the

  • AFMC promotes ‘RECESS’ physical activity challenge

    During the months of October through December, Air Force Materiel Command will promote its RECESS physical activity challenge.RECESS is a command-wide initiative which is conducted by Civilian Health Promotion Services, to help the AFMC workforce increase movement by promoting short bursts of

  • Women can prolong their lives by taking these steps

    Everyone - children and adults and men and women - should take charge of their own health to ensure they’re able to live a long and healthy life. One of the most important things women can do to maintain good health is schedule an annual Well Woman visit with their healthcare provider.  Well Woman

  • Final flight for long-time aerial photographer

    Tom Reynolds, Lockheed Martin aerial photographer, leaves the cockpit for the last time as he completes his final ejection seat flight Sept. 29 after 28 years of immortalizing pilots and aircraft through photos and video. He has been an aerial photographer since 1988 where he supported the continued