Edwards AFB News

  • DeCA Scholarships for Military Children Program announces 2014 winners

    Drum roll please . . . "and the winner of a $2,000 scholarship is Sabrina Belen from California," announced William (Bill) Shea, store director at the Edwards Commissary. The scholarships are part of the Scholarships for Military Children Program, funded by manufacturers and suppliers that provide

  • DeCA teammate Pamela Foster is Warrior of the Week

    Name: Pamela FosterRank: GS-07Duty Title: Commissary management specialist (computer-assisted ordering)Office/ Duty Section: Edwards AFB CommissaryHometown: Shumpin, Thailand  When did you join the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA)? July 2005Why did you join the Defense Commissary Agency?I have

  • December Family Advocacy classes

    Description of December 2015 Classes & Workshops. For more information, or to register, call 661-277-5292:P.R.E.P.  (Couple's Relationship Enhancement Workshop): This six-week workshop is intended to address issues such as negotiating and resolving conflict, power struggles, communication challenges

  • December promotees

    Team Edwards held it's monthly enlisted promotion ceremony Nov. 30. Congratulations to all Airmen who took the next step in their Air Force careers!To Airman 1st Class:Thomas A. Thorpe III, 412th Comptroller SquadronChance J. Wager, 412th Maintenance SquadronTo Senior Airman:Cameron N. Farrell,

  • December promotions

    Forty enlisted members from Team Edwards made their next prospective ranks during the final month of 2013. The Airmen were celebrated during the monthly promotion ceremony held at Club Muroc Dec. 28.  Congratulations to all who were promoted! To Senior Master Sgt.:Michael S. Kuhn, 412th Aircraft

  • Defender Olympics

    Airmen from the 412th Security Forces Squadron broke into teams and donned different uniforms for the Defender Olympics May 19.The games began at the base gym and featured several events including a relay race, a shuttle run with ammunition cans, and a medicine ball toss.This week is National Police

  • Defenders come home

    Seventeen members of the 412th Security Forces Squadron were officially welcomed home Aug. 4. The defenders returned from various deployments overseas. The Edwards squadron is routinely called upon to send Airmen to support military operations around the world. The group was welcomed back by 412th

  • Defenders on duty: deployed security forces protect Southwest Asia base

    Operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, Airmen in the 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron are charged with security and force protection of more than 1,900 deployed personnel and billions of dollars worth of deployed assets, equipment and aircraft at a non-disclosed

  • Defense Biometric Identification System is coming to all base gates

    In the near future, the 95th Security Forces Squadron will begin implementing use of the Defense Biometric Identification System at all base gates.This will require all active-duty and retired military members, their dependants, and Department of Defense civilians to register their Common Access