Edwards AFB News

  • DHS student selected for Air Force Academy

    Congressman Kevin McCarthy May 22 announced that seven of the students that he nominated from the 23rd Congressional District will attend one of the United States Service Academies in the fall. Of those seven, Tyler Myers of Desert High School has been selected to attend the U.S. Air Force Academy.

  • DHS varsity softball player signs with UC-Riverside

    A Desert High School senior took the next step of her life as she signed a national letter of intent May 30 to play softball for a Division I college. Voted by her peers as the most athletic female of the senior class, Dawn Brodersen received an athletic scholarship from the University of

  • DHS wins in county science fair, heads to state

    Sixteen students from Desert High School took the top spots when they participated in the Kern County Science Fair at the Rabobank Convention Center in Bakersfield, Calif., on March 21. The students received several awards including four first-place finishes, eight in second place and four in third

  • DHS wrestling team competes for another season thanks to volunteer coaches

    Working and living on a military base, the people that make up the Edwards populace are no strangers to the frequent moving that accompanies military life. The Desert High Scorpions varsity wrestling team found themselves in a pickle when their coaches received orders for a permanent change of

  • Digital Test and Training Range Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony

    The 412th Electronic Warfare Group, 445th Test Squadron, celebrated the opening of the Digital Test and Training Range facility enabled by the Joint Simulation Environment during a ribbon-cutting ceremony May 8. The $34.4 million-dollar, state-of-the-art facility located on Edwards Air Force Base,

  • Dining alternatives on Edwards during Burger King's temporary closure

    Burger King will soon enter the second phase of its reconstruction project. During Phase Two, Aug. 30 through Oct. 20, the entire Burger King facility, including the drive-through, will be closed for business.However, there are many alternative dining options at Edwards.Located on Main Base, in the

  • Dining facility takes home 58th annual Hennessy Award

    Just over two years since their re-opening, the Joshua Tree Dining Facility claimed the title of "Best Food Service Program" in the U.S. Air Force when they were awarded the 58th annual John L. Hennessy trophy. The DFAC received their last Hennessy Award in 2002. The facility and staff were visited