Edwards AFB News

  • Edwards AFB Top 3 Spearheads DeCA Agent Shopping Service

    The 412th Test Wing community launched a commissary shopping service at Edwards Air Force Base, California, to support those who are high risk, quarantined, isolated and unable to shop for themselves, or Team Edwards deployed families impacted due to COVID-19, April 20.

  • Edwards AFB unveils new Helping Agencies facility

    Edwards Air Force Base unveiled the new Helping Agencies facility during a ribbon cutting ceremony Jan. 6. Helping Agencies provides a comprehensive set of programs that provide support for our Active Duty Airmen, DoD civilians, family members and retirees.

  • Edwards AFB winter weather season

    Edwards AFB is located on a desert plateau, at an average of 2,400 feet above sea level bounded on three sides by mountain chains. These chains have a significant effect on local weather. During the winter season, Edwards can still expect its fair share of winter weather.For most of the winter

  • Edwards AFB, NASA Dryden Honor Dr. Martin Luther King

    Employees of Edwards Air Force Base and NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center joined together to honor the memory of the late civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a memorial observance and a parade Jan. 17.Centered around the theme of "Remember! Celebrate! Act! - A Day On, Not a Day

  • Edwards AFB’s STARBASE program takes off with first class

    Edwards Air Force Base launched its first STARBASE class at Branch Elementary March 5.Edwards is one of nine active duty bases with an official STARBASE program. The STEM-based program familiarizes elementary students, primary fifth and sixth graders, from all backgrounds to the world of science,

  • Edwards AFB's EOD team clears UXOs in Cal City, local areas

    Residents of California City may have heard a loud bang that didn't quite sound like a sonic boom recently.Edwards AFB is known for mostly testing aircraft and modern weapons systems, but in the past the base was also a large test center for military munitions. Dating back even before World War II,