Edwards AFB News

  • Edwards Security Forces Airmen Head Down Range

    On a windy and frigid March 10 morning, base leadership and the 95th Security Forces Squadron said goodbye and good luck to about 40 Security Forces Airmen from Edwards.The Airmen are part of a regular rotation of security forces deployments which conduct area security operations such as base

  • Edwards Security Forces Augmentee team heads down range

    An empty 42-passenger bus idled outside the 95th Air Base Wing Security Forces Squadron headquarters in the brisk pre-dawn of Dec. 3, waiting to transport eight of the 10 members of the 95th SFS Individual Mobilization Augmentee deployment team to Los Angeles International Airport.Despite the

  • Edwards sees 22 to 35 percent increase in BAH

    Military members residing in the local community will see an increase of at least 22-percent in their housing allowance in today's paycheck.The Air Force average for Basic Allowance for Housing was 3.5 percent, but housing costs in some areas on both the East and West coasts, along with Hawaii, have

  • Edwards sergeant brings the 'Payne'

    An Edwards Airmen competed in the 17th California Open International Taekwondo Championship Oct. 24 at the ADT center, in the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.Tech. Sgt. Lange Payne, a Taekwondo Student from Edwards White Tiger Dojo, received two medals during the California Open International

  • Edwards sergeant earns airfield operations award

    An Edwards sergeant recently won the Air Force Materiel Command Annual Airfield Operations Enlisted Facility Manager of the Year Award. Master Sgt. Michael Brown, with the 412th Operations Support Squadron, received the award for his accomplishments as the Edwards Control Tower chief controller.

  • Edwards sergeant honored at annual AFSA convention

    Tech. Sgt. Michael Burd, 412th Mission Support Group, was honored with three awards at the annual Air Force Sergeants Association  Professional Airmen's Conference and International Convention held Aug. 22 - 24 in San Antonio, Texas.Burd was recognized with the 2015 AFSA International Member of the

  • Edwards service station tests will limit gasoline sales Friday

    The AAFES service station will have periodic service disruptions Friday, December 19, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., for systems tests. Gasoline pumps will be periodically unavailable during that time, however, the retail store and service bays will be open for business. AAFES regrets the necessary

  • Edwards servicemember to run 144.4 miles in memory of fallen Airman

    One Edwards team member and her husband will run 144.4 miles Oct. 7-8 in memory of Maj. Troy Gilbert who died in 2006. Maj. Jenny Poisson and Lt. Col. Matt Poisson will run in the Lake Tahoe Double Dare as both a tribute to Gilbert and a fundraiser for non-profit scholarship foundation Folds of