Jan. 12, 2016 Test team aims at new machine gun for Pave Hawk Arriving in the rain, an Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter landed at Edwards Jan. 5 to begin testing the ballistic dispersion of a GAU-21 .50 caliber machine gun.The Pave Hawk will be at Edwards until Jan. 22 where the 412th Test Wing and 418th Flight Test Squadron are providing the facilities,
Jan. 5, 2016 TRICARE, the Affordable Care Act and you Question: Do TRICARE beneficiaries meet health care requirements established by the Affordable Care Act, also known as the health care reform law?Answer: In most instances, yes.The Affordable Care Act requires individuals to maintain basic health care coverage called minimum essential coverage.
Dec. 7, 2015 2016 Edwards Tax Center: dates, eligibility and volunteer information Tax center overview and eligibilityThe primary mission of the Tax Center is to provide free computerized preparation and electronic filing of Federal and California state income tax returns to military personnel and eligible dependents. The Tax Center is staffed by volunteers who are certified to
Nov. 10, 2015 F-35A enters BAF for first time to undergo electromagnetic effects tests An F-35A Lightning II entered the Benefield Anechoic Facility for the first time Sept. 14. The aircraft is undergoing Electromagnetic Environmental Effects testing, called E3 or "Triple E" by the team."What that means is we're testing the different electronic components on the jet and making sure
Nov. 3, 2015 Rocket Lab employee named AFRL Resource Advisor of the Year Sara Betz, Air Force Research Laboratory, Aerospace Systems Directorate, was recently chosen as the Fiscal Year 15 Air Force Research Laboratory Financial Management and Comptroller Annual Award Winner, Resource Advisor of the Year, Installation Level. Betz is the Finance Management Division
Nov. 2, 2015 Director of Financial Management retires after 30 years of federal service The 412th Test Wing and Air Force Test Center said goodbye to Sandra Perry during a retirement ceremony and lunch Oct. 30 at Club Muroc.Perry served as a federal civilian employee from March 4, 1985 to Oct. 31, 2015.Most notably, her last assignment was as director of Financial Management of the
Oct. 20, 2015 Combined Federal Campaign underway at Edwards This year's Combined Federal Campaign is going on now at Edwards AFB and will continue until Nov. 20. Capt. Bandy Jeffrey, 2015 CFC Edwards installation point of contact, held a training session Oct. 19 to teach unit representatives how to take donations.CFC itself is not a charity, but a
Oct. 7, 2015 Schaefer recognizes accomplishments at commander's call The Oct. 5 commander's call in the base theater was all about Airmen. Brig. Gen. Carl Schaefer, 412th Test Wing commander, has been in charge for six months now and every day he's been "blown away" with the work that comes out of the wing.Schaefer started things off by showing "Selfless," a short
Oct. 6, 2015 Thanks to space utilization efforts, Environmental Management finally 'home' Building 3735, once a large open warehouse space, is now home to an army of almost 100 office cubicles. The new residents of 3735 are 412th Civil Engineering Group Environmental Management Division, the 412th Logistics Readiness Squadron, the Air Force Civil Engineers Center and some employees of
Sept. 9, 2015 AFRL engineer named luminary honoree by Hispanic engineer org. The 2015 Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Corporation is recognizing a member of Team Edwards. 1st Lt. Arcenio Muniz, Air Force Research Laboratory, will be named one of the luminary honorees at the upcoming 27th Annual HENAAC Career Conference happening Oct. 14-18 in Pasadena,