Edwards AFB News

  • Raptor community honors 'Cools' with memorial on fifth anniversary of crash

    A group from the 411th Flight Test Squadron and F-22 Combined Test Force drove out to the crash site of F-22 S/N 4008, which crashed March 25, 2009, taking the life of Lockheed Martin test pilot David P. "Cools" Cooley. The group dedicated a memorial in Cooley's honor. The memorial is a radar

  • Project84 adds new 'idea-l' improvements to webpage

    Since the launch of Project84, a cost-savings initiative brought forth in October 2013 by the 412th Test Wing commander, Brig. Gen. Michael Brewer, the base has used this process as way of collecting ideas from the base populace. According to Brewer, if everyone on base saved $84 each month, it

  • Time to donate: AFAF season kicks off at Edwards

    Brig. Gen. Michael T. Brewer (left), 412th Test Wing commander, officially kicks off this year's Air Force Assistance Fund campaign by signing the AFAF memorandum for Edwards AFB. To his right is 1st Lt. Nathan Lovette, 412th Force Support Squadron, this year's AFAF primary program coordinator.This

  • AFMC promotes 'Spring Into Shape' wellness challenge

    During April and May, Air Force Materiel Command will promote its Spring Into Shape wellness challenge. Spring Into Shape is a command-wide initiative on how to safely lose weight and be physically active. Participants will receive a FREE copy of the Mayo Clinic Wellness Solutions for Weight Loss

  • Edwards Pageant to be held March 29

    Everyone is invited to come out in support of the 2014 contestants vying for the titles of Miss, Junior Miss and Little Miss Edwards AFB; and Teen Miss, Young Miss and Tiny Miss Edwards AFB. The pageant will be held at the Oasis Community Center Saturday, March 29 beginning at 1 p.m. Admission is $5

  • ITEA Celebrates 2014 grant recipients

    The Antelope Valley Chapter of the International Test and Evaluation Association celebrated their 2014 Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics grant recipients March 19. The group enjoyed Subway sandwiches in the Chapel One Annex and watched presentations by the honorees. This year's grant

  • DHS Girls Basketball ends season 24-2

    After a dominating run by the Desert Junior-Senior High School Girls Basketball team, their season finally came to an end last weekend in San Diego. The Scorpions made it to the California State Quarterfinals, the state's version of the Sweet 16. The team lost to San Diego's La Jolla Country Day

  • 412th TENG battles AFRL Det 7 to win volleyball championship

    After winning the 2013 Base Intramural Volleyball Championship, the Air Force Research Laboratory Detachment 7 team returned for a second year to defend their intramural title against the 412th Test Engineering Group at the Rosburg Fitness Center on Mar. 13. Although both the 412th TENG and AFRL Det