Edwards AFB News

  • Edwards Airman earns Air Force award

    An Edwards officer was recently awarded the 2008 Air Force Medical Service Outstanding Industrial Hygienist or Environmental Engineer Specialist of the Year award. Maj. Waikwong Kan, 95th Aerospace Medical Squadron Bioenvironmental Flight chief, received his award for his performance throughout

  • Edwards Airman finds success, sense of family in softball, AF career

    For Staff Sgt. Schameka White, at seven years old, the two-mile walk through her tough Montgomery, Ala. neighborhood to meet her team for softball practice every week was worth the risk.And the odd jobs she took to fund her passion were worth the effort."They didn't pay much, but they covered what I

  • Edwards Airman flies high as first military F-35 pilot

    An Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. pilot became the first Air Force and government test pilot to fly the F-35 Lightning II during a test sortie at the Lockheed Martin facility here Jan. 30. Lieutenant Col. James Kromberg, director of operations for the 461st Flight Test Squadron at Edwards, flew the

  • Edwards Airman helps AFMC win CBRN challenge crown

    An Edwards Airman was part of the Air Force Materiel Command team of bioenvironmental engineering and emergency management professionals that won the Air Force's 2nd annual Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear challenge at Brooks-City Base, Texas. Senior Airman Andrew Croop, 95th Aerospace

  • Edwards Airman is pitch perfect

    Airman 1st Class Ikraam Khondaker, 412th Communications Squadron, throws out a ceremonial first pitch before the Lancaster JetHawks game Aug. 30. Khondaker delivered a strike to JetHawks mascot Kaboom, who was the catcher for the throw. The Edwards Airman was invited to the ballpark as part of an

  • Edwards' airman joins elite group of Americans

    Team Edwards' own Master Sgt. Bo Abiodun, 412th Test Wing, F-35 Plans and Scheduling non-commissioned officer-in-charge, has been named one of the United States Junior Chamber 2010 Ten Outstanding Young Americans. "When I was notified by phone that I had been selected as a recipient, I said wow,

  • Edwards Airman participates in Ironman World Championship

    An Edwards Airman from the 95th Aerospace Medicine Squadron placed 10th in her age group at the Ironman World Championship held in Kailua Kona, Hawaii, on Oct. 11. First Lt. Lisa Newman-Wise, a bioenvironmental engineer, competed against some of the best Ironman athletes in the world in swimming,