Edwards AFB News

  • Edwards hosts first Sexual Assault Awareness, Prevention Month event

    The Department of Defense and the Air Force continues to challenge the way its personnel and servicemembers tackle sexual assault awareness and prevention, especially with Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month kicking off April 1.This is why Edwards, in conjunction with this nationwide

  • USO Show Troupe to perform April 6

    The Edwards community is invited to a special event featuring the USO Show Troupe at the Oasis Community Center April 6. The show will run from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The USO Show Troupe is part of an entertainment tradition that goes back more than 70 years to its beginnings in the muddy camp shows

  • 122 years of Navy chiefs celebrated with fun run

    Navy Squadron VX-9 DET Edwards celebrated 122 years of Navy chiefs April 1. The F-35C operational test squadron hosted a 5K fun run beginning at the Rosburg Fitness Center to commemorate this day in history. The six fastest runners, outside of their squadron, received a squadron hat for their

  • Schaefer takes command of 412th Test Wing

    Brig. Gen. Michael T. Brewer relinquished command of the 412th Test Wing to Brig. Gen. Carl Schaefer March 31.Before coming to Edwards, Schaefer served as special assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force and Air Force Chief of Staff for Joint Strike Fighter Integration. He first entered the Air

  • Tax Center update

    The last day of operation for the Edwards Tax Center will be April 15. The last day to e-file returns at the Tax Center is April 8. If customers come in April 13 or 15, the center will assist them with the preparation of their return, but the customer will have to paper-file the return and ensure

  • Bunch, Brewer confirmed by Senate for promotion

    Air Force officials announced March 27, 2015, the Senate confirmation of five Air Force Materiel Command senior leaders' nominations.Officials announced the Senate confirmation of Lt. Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski, Military Deputy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition at

  • Edwards Holy Week schedule

    Holy Week schedule:Catholic ServicesApril 2 - Holy Thursday, 7 p.m. in Chapel 2April 3 - Good Friday, 5 p.m. in Chapel 2April 4 - Holy Saturday, 8 p.m. in Chapel 2April 5 - Easter, 9 a.m. in Chapel 2Protestant ServicesApril 3 - Good Friday, 11:30 a.m. service and fellowship in Chapel 1April 5 -

  • F-16, tankers, reach IOC

    The 412th Test Wing's F-16 and Tanker Consolidation Team, at the culmination of a 13-month effort to merge the 416th and 445th Flight Test Squadrons along with the 418th and 412th Flight Test Squadron (Speckled Trout), posed for a group photo to celebrate the major milestone of reaching Initial

  • Chief Air Force scientist visits TPS

    Dr. Mica Endsley, chief scientist of the Air Force, made a special stop to the U.S.A.F. Test Pilot School March 25 during a trip to the West Coast. Endsley was new to the Department of Defense when she was selected as chief scientist in 2013. During her private sector career, she became one of the

  • Boeing employee community fund sends military children to camp

    The Employees Community Fund at Boeing has awarded a grant to the Tiger Woods Learning Center for five students of military families from around Edwards Air Force Base to attend the Summer Academy Camp this July.The Summer Academy Camp is an opportunity for military children to attend a Science,