Edwards AFB News

  • Wanted: Volunteer income tax preparers

    The Edwards AFB Tax Center is looking for volunteers to help during the upcoming 2019 tax season. Each year, the U.S. Air Force assists military members and their families by providing free income tax preparation and filing. The upcoming tax center season officially starts early February and ends

  • STARBASE officially blasts off with ceremony, rocket launch

    Edwards Air Force Base became one of nine active duty bases to officially open a STARBASE program during a ribbon cutting ceremony in its classroom at Branch Elementary, here, Dec.7.  STARBASE familiarizes elementary students from all backgrounds to the world of science, technology, engineering and

  • Desert High senior gets congressional endorsement for AF Academy

    A visit to the general’s office turned into a life-changing event for one Desert High School senior Nov. 27. Amanda Rodriguez thought she was going to meet with Brig. Gen. E. John Teichert, 412th Test Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Roosevelt Jones, 412th TW command chief, to discuss more tips

  • Open season enrollment for FEDVIP Dental and Vision

    Open season enrollment for FEDVIP Dental and Vision is currently running through Dec. 10. Quick Facts: Retirees and their family members currently covered by TRICARE Retiree Dental Program must enroll to maintain coverage FEDVIP Vision is supplementary and optional to Active Duty Family

  • FSS Thanksgiving week holiday hours

    The 412th Force Support Squadron has released its Thanksgiving holiday hours for the week. Thursday, Nov. 22 All 412th Force Support Squadron facilities will be CLOSED except the following: Aero Club is flying sunrise to sunset (office closed). High Desert Inn, Joshua Tree Dining Facility:

  • Base town hall meeting scheduled for Nov. 27

    The 412th Test Wing will host a base town hall on Tuesday, Nov. 27, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Base Theater (Bldg. 2660). Please join wing leadership and subject matter experts to discuss some of the base’s most popular programs and answer any questions. Discussion topics will include: Corvias

  • Turkey fryer, Thanksgiving safety tips

    Each year during the holidays we look forward to that perfectly cooked turkey waiting on the dinner table like so many magazines and television commercials portray.Unfortunately, since most of us do not have the cooking talents of Martha Stewart or Emeril, that dream is not always a reality.That's

  • 412th TW commander, chief, mingle with veterans at ball

    Brig. E. John Teichert, 412th Test Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Roosevelt Jones, 412th TW command chief, joined fellow veterans at the John P. Eliopulos Hellenic Center in Lancaster, California, for this year’s Coffee4Vets Veterans Military Ball Nov. 3. Coffee4Vets is a non-profit veterans

  • Edwards hosts AFMC energy assurance summit

    Representatives from Air Force Materiel Command’s five centers and the Air Force Research Laboratory gathered at Edwards for AFMC’s Energy Assurance Working Group Summit Oct. 23-25. The command holds these summits every six months rotating between its different bases and the “Center of the

  • Desert tortoises: One of Edwards AFB’s natural residents

    The desert tortoise is one of the many animals found on Edwards Air Force Base. Listed as threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973, desert tortoises are protected from unwarranted harassment or injury. The 412th Civil Engineer Group’s Environmental Management Division wants to