Edwards AFB News

  • Congresswoman Hill gets inside look at Plant 42

    Members of U.S. Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, and the 412th Test Wing hosted Congresswoman Katie Hill for an informational tour Feb. 21.The newly elected Hill was accompanied by members of her staff and representatives of Palmdale. Before being driven around the sprawling facility, the

  • Conquer the coast without leaving the desert

    From Crescent City in the north, the California coast follows the Pacific Ocean for 958 miles to the southern town of Imperial Beach just above the Mexican border. Although the Antelope Valley is without scenic coastal vistas, members of the Edwards community can traverse the coast of California

  • 'Conserve today, secure tomorrow'

    Conserve today, secure tomorrow. That's this year's theme for Earth Day, which reminds people to be responsible with the Earth's resources. Edwards AFB Environmental Management partnered with Corvias Military Housing to share that message at the Base Exchange April 22.People who visited the BX had

  • Construction begins in Mesquite Meadows

    The walls started going up for 55 new homes in the Mesquite Meadows housing area June 6, marking a milestone in the first phase of Edwards' housing replacement and reduction plan.The 33 four-bedroom single units and 22 two-bedroom duplexes planned for junior enlisted occupancy, are scheduled to be

  • Construction site driving safety

    As many of you are aware, many roads on base are under construction with many more upcoming. Rosamond, Lancaster and Fitzgerald Boulevards as well as the South Gate and North Gate all currently remain operational while under construction. While keeping those roads open avoids large detours and makes

  • Construction to slow weekend traffic

    May 9, construction at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center will cause intermittent traffic delays between 7 a.m. and 2 p.m. The construction will repair asphalt pavement crack on Baker-Nunn Road.

  • Contemporary jazz saxophonist, recording artist visits Edwards

    Lt. Col. Steven Tittel (right), 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron commander, gives contemporary jazz saxophonist and recording artist, Michael Lington, an overview of an F-16 cockpit. Lington toured a variety of locations at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Sept. 13. Lington has produced several

  • Contract specialist wins AFMC sci-tech award

    An Edwards contractor won an Air Force Materiel Command Contracting Civilian award for the period of Oct. 1, 2005 to Sept. 30, 2006. Dwight Franke, a contracting specialist with the Air Force Flight Test Center Contracting directorate, won AFMC's science and technology award. "I was really quite

  • Contribution Factors - AcqDemo needs your feedback

    As the AcqDemo project design is prepared for permanency, AcqDemo is interested in getting your feedback on a number of design initiatives under consideration. To solicit this feedback, every couple of weeks information will be posted to the AcqDemo site along with questions about a different design