Edwards AFB News

  • Exploring the unseen with augmented reality

    Imagine walking into the Benefield Anechoic Facility, putting on an augmented reality visor and “seeing” your proposed test setup or being able to view test scenarios and test results, all without being disconnected from those around you. What if you could see virtual antenna polar patterns

  • Team tests ground equipment concept demonstrator here

      A team working with the 412th Logis­tics Test Squadron recently completed tests on an all-electric aircraft power supply unit here.  Called the Hybrid Electric Flight Line Cart Technology Pathfinder, this unit was the first step in developing a new system for providing electric power to aircraft

  • Love for flying kept last KC-135 flight engineer flying for decades

    After a career that has spanned almost four decades, the last Air Force flight engineer for the KC-135 Stratotanker is set to retire at Edwards. Master Sgt. Robert Self joined the U.S. Marine Corps in November 1978 and will wrap up his military career next month as a full-time Air Force Reservist

  • 412th TW recognizes 4th quarter, yearly award winners

    Football season is over and it’s time for sports fans to focus on the basketball season and that was the theme of the 412th Test Wing 4th Quarter Awards Ceremony at the Base Theater Feb. 13. Quarterly award winners were announced along with several major command and functional area awardees who were

  • Top performers honored at 412th TW Annual Awards

    The 412th Test Wing hosted its annual awards banquet at Hangar 1600 Feb. 3 where accolades and hardware were handed out to the wing's top performing individuals and teams. New categories to this year’s awards are Innovator of the Year and Innovation Team of the Year. The banquet was held in the

  • Deputy L.A. mayor tours Edwards

    Jeff Gorell, Los Angeles deputy mayor for Homeland Security and Public Safety, visited Edwards AFB Jan. 31. Gorell was given an orientation tour of the base that included visits to the 412th Security Forces Squadron, F-35 Integrated Test Force, 412th Electronic Warfare Group and 412th Maintenance

  • Schaefer highlights accomplishments of 412th TW at commander’s call

    Brig. Gen. Carl Schaefer, 412th Test Wing commander, updated Team Edwards on test programs, highlighted recent accomplishments and thanked everyone on base for their hard work and dedication in accomplishing the mission at two commander’s calls held Feb. 1 in the base theater. “Every weapons system

  • 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

  • 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