Edwards AFB News

  • AFAF campaign extended

    The Edwards Air Force Base 2015 Air Force Assistance Fund Campaign has been extended to May 15, an additional two weeks. If you would like to donate, please contact your Unit Project Officer. For questions, or to find out who your UPO is, call 661-277-5290.AFAF contributions will help Airmen in need

  • Teal Helping Hands

    Throughout the month of April, which is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, people may see a display called "Teal Helping Hands." This traveling wall is a project spearheaded by Edwards AFB's first full-time Sexual Assault Prevention Office Victim Advocate, Carolyn Graves. Members of the Edwards

  • An Edwards NCO's journey to wounded warrior mentorship

    (This feature is part of the "Through Airmen's Eyes" series on AF.mil. These stories focus on a single Airman, highlighting their Air Force story.)Tech. Sgt. Ryan Delaney couldn't be happier to be a mentor for the introductory adaptive sports and rehabilitation camp that happened at Eglin AFB April

  • Eddy Coyote attends library open house

    The Edwards AFB Library celebrated National Library Week April 15 with an action-packed open house. Master Sgt. Joshua Mullen, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Detachment 3, kicked things off by reading "Library Lily" and "A Library Book for Bear." Special guest Eddy Coyote, the 412th Force

  • AFMC promotes Strengthening Workplace Relationships campaign

    During the months of April and May, Air Force Materiel Command will promote its Strengthening Workplace Relationships campaign.Building and maintaining good work relationships is the key to a positive work environment. Many full-time employees spend more of their waking hours with fellow staff than

  • Command chief shares secrets to success for enlisted

    Chief Master Sgt. David Smith, 412th Test Wing command chief hosted a mandatory enlisted all-call at the base theater April 13. Smith spent most of the hour sharing the road map to being promoted - good EPR's (Enlisted Performance Reports), education and special duties. The Enlisted Evaluation

  • Highlighting what's important

    A runner gets completely splashed during the Color Splash Fun Run heldApril 8, 2015, around the Rosburg Fitness Center. Of the 74 participantswho attended this year's fun run, Zack Gilbertson, dependent, and JamieMuniz, from the 412th Operations Support Squadron, finished first in theirrespective

  • Community networking spotlight

    Edwards Air Force Base has for many years valued the support of the local community. One of the ways the base stays connected is through the Air Force Materiel Command's Community Liaison Program. Four community representatives meet with the 412th Test Wing commander and the AFMC command staff at

  • Italian cuisine helps Family Advocacy raise awareness of child abuse

    Nothing brings people together like a good meal and a little competition. That's why Family Advocacy held a pasta dish contest to highlight Child Abuse Awareness Month April 9 at the Chapel 2 Annex. There was mac n' cheese, tri-colored lobster raviolis, Gnocchi and more.Kindergarteners from the

  • 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,