Edwards AFB News

  • Project84: Keep those cost saving ideas coming for 2015

    As Team Edwards begins 2015, the 412th Test Wing is leading a new drive for Project84 ideas. The wing had outstanding Project 84 participation from the base populace in 2014. Every submitted idea was reviewed and given careful consideration by base leadership.Brig. Gen. Michael Brewer, 412th Test

  • February promotions

    Team Edwards wants to congratulate all the enlisted promotes who pinned on their next ranks during a ceremony Jan. 30 in the base theater. Congratulations to the Airmen who made the next step in their Air Force careers!To Senior AirmanDavid J. Corley, 412th Test WingDane H. Carder, 412th Aerospace

  • Pre-inspection survey

    As you all know by now, Air Force Materiel Command Inspector General will be conducting a Unit Effectiveness Inspection on our wing this March. This is a fantastic opportunity to showcase all the amazing things you do on a daily basis!  It is also a way to find out where we can improve as a wing so

  • Base chapel hosts Move the Food event

    From the Edwards Chapel's food pantry, 87 bags of groceries were donated to the base community during a Move the Food event Jan. 28. Each bag is packed with enough food to make at least one meal for a family of four. For instance, a bag with pasta might be packed with the sauce and side dishes. Each

  • AFFT Museum acquires 'up-lifting' aircraft

    Preserving the history of flight test is what the Air Force Flight Test Museum is devoted to here at Edwards.In line with those preservation efforts, museum staff and volunteers, along with NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center personnel, collaborated to integrate NASA's M2-F1 "Lifting Body" into

  • F-22 pilot reaches 1,000 flight hours

    Four-year-old Steve Rainey sat on the hood of his father's car at a local airshow watching the small airplanes and helicopters at the airport. When the Thunderbirds in their F-100s sped by, Rainey fell off the car, looked up at the sky and thought, "I've got to do that."Jan. 22, the now chief test

  • Spaatz Ave. to close

    Beginning Feb. 3 and running through Feb. 24, Spaatz Ave. will be closed at Kincheloe Ave. to support drainage system improvements in that area. Traffic, particularly housing residents accustomed to accessing the Commissary and BX through that intersection, will be required to detour using

  • Scorpions to show their love of robotics on Valentine's Day

    This Valentine's Day, love is in the air. That is, love of robotics.The Desert Junior-Senior High Scorpion Robotics Club is in their second year and heading to the L.A. Regional Championship Tournament Feb. 14 in Monrovia, California.Last year's all-male team had 11 members and advanced to the West

  • USAF Marathon to increase price in February

    If you're planning on running in the Air Force Marathon this September, time is running out to take advantage of current pricing. The Marathon staff notes that prices will increase on Feb. 2."We traditionally experience a huge surge in registrations prior to a price increase," said Robert Aguiar,