April 22, 2019 Police Week 2019 412th Security Forces Police Week 2019 is scheduled for May 13-17. There are multiple events on base planned throughout the week:· Monday, May 13, at 8 a.m.: Opening Ceremony and For the Fallen Ruck March at the Base Gym· Tuesday, May 14, at 9 a.m.-3p.m.: Shooting Competition at the
April 11, 2019 Prescribed fire burns on Edwards scheduled to begin April 28 While wildland fire is not a common occurrence on Edwards AFB, fire management is a pivotal activity that can affect natural resource management activities and provide man-made asset protection.Prescribed fire burn activities are planned for the Muroc Lake Golf Course near Rosamond Blvd. and Old
April 9, 2019 Auto-GCAS team wins prestigious award The National Aeronautic Association announced that the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System Team as the recipients of the 2018 Robert J. Collier Trophy. The trophy will be formally presented at a dinner event in Washington D.C. in June.
April 5, 2019 2019 Team Edwards Day Team Edwards Day and Kids' Mock Deployment Line is scheduled for April 12 at Hangar 1623 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event is open to Team Edwards members and their family. Aircraft, equipment and other military equipment will be on display, as well as Security Forces K-9 demonstrations.
March 27, 2019 Skyborg program seeks industry input for artificial intelligence initiative WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force office of Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation at the Air Force Research Laboratory is working on fielding a prototype Autonomous, Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle as an Early Operational Capability as early as 2023.The program is known
March 19, 2019 Federal tax changes could benefit Edwards AFB families Married couples on Edwards Air Force Base, California, could benefit from a change in the tax codes that took effect earlier this year.
March 13, 2019 AFMC to host virtual hiring event The Air Force Materiel Command will host an online, virtual hiring fair April 10, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. CST, to fill multiple non-competitive and direct-hire authority positions across the enterprise. The event will provide an opportunity for hiring officials and qualified candidates to connect directly
March 7, 2019 Innovative solution reduces cost of runway repair After years of heating up in the summer and freezing in the winter, the North Base runway developed severe cracking and was closed in October 2016. Traditional repair methods such as sealing the cracks would only last a few months and full replacement would have cost $20 million. The 412th Civil
March 6, 2019 Emerging Technologies CTF conducts first autonomous flight test The 412th Test Wing’s Emerging Technologies Combined Test Force conducted its first autonomy flight test Feb. 26-28. The team collected data on the Testing of Autonomy in Complex Environments system, or TACE.The TACE system is test middleware developed by Johns Hopkins University that sits between
Feb. 13, 2019 Enterprise hiring effort draws new talent, faster AFMC improved its civilian hiring timeliness by 12 percent in fiscal year 2018 and continues to speed up the employment process in FY19. Four major secretary-approved hiring initiatives are providing positive returns, particularly when coupled with continued process improvements in all talent