March 5, 2009 Dental Operations Flight recognizes children's dental health The Edwards dental staff visited base schools Feb. 24 and 27 to teach students the basics of oral hygiene and the importance of it because of the lifelong benefits of good dental health in recognition of National Children's Dental Health Month. "National Children's Dental Health month is a national
March 13, 2023 Department of the Air Force 2024 budget proposal invests in modernization, transformation The $259.3 billion proposal that Congress will now consider for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1 includes $215.1 billion for the Air Force and $30 billion for the Space Force.
Jan. 10, 2023 Department of the Air Force releases policy on Military Parental Leave Program Military Parental Leave for Airmen and Guardians will expand to 12 weeks after convalescent leave for birth parents and 12 weeks for non-birth parents, including adoptive parents and eligible foster parents, effective Dec. 27, 2022.
Jan. 7, 2010 DePLAYment tags coming soon Air Force Services Agency officials will be offering DePLAYment tags to families of deployed members through July 31, 2010, as part of the Year of the Air Force Family.Eligible members can log on to http://www.myairforcelife.com to see if their installation is participating and find out where to
May 6, 2015 Deployed Airman's rosy return to Edwards Araceli Martinez, a military spouse and Commissary employee, expected an ordinary day on the job May 5. But as she sat on a bench with the other baggers, men from the 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron began to approach her one-by-one. Each Airman handed her a single red rose with a message attached
Dec. 16, 2009 Deployed Airmen call home free Christmas Day Edwards Airmen who are deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan will have the free opportunity to call home, thanks to Operation Uplink, sponsored by the Veteran's of Foreign Wars and the Airman and Family Readiness Center. This program is provided in addition to the 15-minute weekly morale calls. Assisting
March 11, 2014 Deployed father flies around the world to say "I love you" to son Desert High School Senior, Jordan Bella, was born at Edwards Air Force Base, in the days when the base still had a hospital. Jordan spent his kindergarten and first grade years in Germany before returning to Edwards for the second grade and every grade following. Just before entering his senior
July 13, 2011 Deployed Security Forces IMA Airmen return after 6 months down range He was sure he'd be the last one.Watching as passengers departed from the plane and exited the terminal at Los Angeles International Airport, James Porras had already planned in his head that his father would be the final one to emerge from the line of returning troops."I knew that was going to