Edwards AFB News

  • Edwards bids goodbye to test pilot, wingman, friend

    Team Edwards celebrated the life of retired Lt. Col. David Cooley as an Airman, test pilot and wingman during a memorial service at Hangar 1600 here April 1. Colonel Cooley, Lockheed-Martin F-22 Raptor test pilot, died in an F-22A crash March 25 during a test mission, northeast of Edwards. "On

  • Edwards black belt instructor dedicates life to martial arts

    Walking in a hallway beside a big muscular man at the Rosburg Fitness Center, Kumye Moore, wearing a black jacket and a white pair of pants, looked like a cat beside a lion. With a small stature of five feet, small slanted eyes and a smiling face, she seemed defenseless.However, what is hidden

  • Edwards Boeing employees send five military students to STEM camp

    The Boeing High Desert Employees Community Fund presented a check for $10,000 to the Tiger Woods Foundation May 6, which will help send military children to a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics summer camp in Anaheim, California, at the Tiger Woods Learning Center. The grant money go

  • Edwards boom operators set sight on future KC-46 testing

    Earlier this year in Everett, Washington, workers from the 418th Flight Test Squadron, Detachment 1, and Boeing teamed to achieve major test milestones for the KC-46 Pegasus aerial refueling tanker, which resulted in the Department of Defense authorizing initial production in August.   Going forward

  • Edwards boom operators tops in the Air Force

    Edwards boom operators were recognized as the top air refueling section in the Air Force after being presented the Senior Master Sgt. Albert L. Evans Award at the 38th Annual Boom Operator Symposium held May 12-13 at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma.   Refueling squadrons across all major commands

  • Edwards breaks ground for new service station

    Excitedly, Edwards AFB Exchange had their groundbreaking ceremony on Sept. 4 for their new service station. This project started two years ago after the need to upgrade existing facilities was recognized. The old gas station has been around for 20-plus years and renovations can only do so much. The

  • Edwards breaks ground on new fire station

    Edwards Air Force Base received an early gift right before the holidays Dec. 14, 2018. Base leadership joined members of the 412th Civil Engineer Group and its firefighters, along with representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, to break ground on a new fire station

  • Edwards BX celebrates grand re-opening: More space, more items, more light

    Under overcast skies and with blustery winter winds blowing outside, more than 100 people gathered at the Base Exchange complex for the ribbon cutting and grand re-opening of the main exchange facilities, Nov. 19.Inside it was bright, spacious, and fully stocked. And the Airmen noticed.Tech. Sgt.