Edwards AFB News

  • 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,

  • Edwards AFB's Piute Ponds feature wide variety of birds, wildlife

    Amid the high desert landscape that encompasses Edwards is a green oasis that provides a place for wildlife and exotic birds to flourish in peace.Covering up to 600 acres on the base's southwest corner is Piute Ponds. The freshwater marsh is comprised of channels, dikes and evaporation ponds with

  • Edwards AFB's Piute Ponds feature wide variety of birds, wildlife

    Amid the high desert landscape that encompasses Edwards is a green oasis that provides a place for wildlife and exotic birds to flourish in peace.Covering up to 600 acres on the base's southwest corner is Piute Ponds. The freshwater marsh is comprised of channels, dikes and evaporation ponds with

  • Edwards AFSA celebrate AF birthday with local vets

    The William J. "Pete" Knight Veterans Home was filled with the unmistakable smell of barbecue Sept. 18, as Edwards Air Force Sergeants Association members prepared for an Air Force birthday party.Seven AFSA members cooked and served hot dogs and hamburgers to the Lancaster veterans home residents in