Edwards AFB News

  • 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

  • Edwards Air Force Assistance Fund campaign kicks off March 28

    Edwards will kick off its Air Force Assistance Fund campaign March 28 and runs through May 6.Once the campaign begins, selected unit representatives will be soliciting donations from active duty, retirees, guardsmen and reservists. Air Force family members are eligible to donate as well.The goal of

  • Edwards Air Force Base – an oasis for Air Reserve Component Airmen

    An hour north of Los Angeles is the Center of the Aerospace Testing Universe. It’s here at Edwards Air Force Base, California, home of the Air Force Test Center and the 412th Test Wing (TW), where General Chuck Yeager piloted his Bell X-1 in 1947 to break the sound barrier and many other aviation

  • Edwards Air Force Base Changes Base Access During HPCON C

    Effective Mar. 28, 2020 at 12:01 am, per the base commander, retirees, retiree dependents, and veterans will only be able to access Edwards AFB on Wednesdays until further notice. 412th Test Wing Commander Col. Matthew Higer said, "The safety of all personnel at Edwards AFB is my absolute top

  • Edwards Air Force Base engineers search for future innovators

    Companies from all innovative disciplines often send engineers to career fairs all over the nation to search for future go-getters.  The Air Force test mission is no different. Two aerospace engineers, Lauren Kruszewski and Bryce Milnes, from the 773rd Structures Flight, travel to multiple career