Nov. 10, 2009 Edwards to host two-day basketball tournament The Rosburg Fitness Center along with JNJ Hoops will sponsor a basketball tournament for the Pacific West Military Basketball League Nov. 14 and 15 at the fitness center. Men and women teams from Edwards, Travis and Los Angeles Air Force Bases as well as 29 Palms Air Ground Combat Center, Calif.,
April 27, 2015 Edwards to observe National Police Week May 5 - 12 National Police Week will be observed on Edwards AFB beginning May 5.The men and women of the 412th Security Forces Squadron invites everyone on base to come out and enjoy some events to commemorate law enforcement officers everywhere.The 412th SFS will hold a military working dog demonstration
June 21, 2007 Edwards to open viewing area for possible shuttle landing Edwards Air Force Base is planning to open its Mercury Boulevard viewing area Friday and Saturday for the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis. In the event the space shuttle is unable to land at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Edwards is the primary alternate landing site for the conclusion of
May 29, 2013 Edwards to post new online base helping agencies directory To compliment the webpage dedicated to all the base helping agencies, Team Edwards will start implementing an online directory listing all those agencies for personnel off-base and on-base June 1.For off-base personnel, the directory will be located via the Edwards Air Force Base home page under the
Feb. 10, 2014 Edwards to preserve Rancho Oro Verde Edwards Air Force Base is home to a large collection of flight test history including many of the achievements of female aviatrix Pancho Barnes, born Florence Lowe in 1901. It was in 1935 that Barnes purchased the Rancho Oro Verde, which later became home to the legendary Happy Bottom Riding Club.
April 30, 2018 Edwards to recognize Earth Day May 3 Plastic, a word coined by Leo Baekeland in 1907 to describe a malleable and/or moldable material of semi- or fully synthetic compounds, is one of 19th century’s miraculous discoveries. However, it is the overabundance of products composed of this material that has become the bane for the Earth Day
June 23, 2010 Edwards to resume Retreat ceremonies June 28 Base officials say Retreat ceremonies will commence Monday, June 28, and will send another base-wide announcement to remind folks. When Retreat is reinstated, Monday through Friday, an audio file will be played over the Giant Voice System at 4:30 p.m. The file is approximately two minutes long, in
June 1, 2011 Edwards to welcome back Desert Wings June 10 Following a nearly five-year hiatus the Desert Wings returns to Edwards Air Force Base and Antelope Valley communities beginning June 10.A five-year commercial enterprise contract with Aerotech News and Review of Lancaster, Calif., revived the long-storied base newspaper. Previously, Aerotech had
March 10, 2008 Edwards 'towers' over competition, wins five airfield operations awards The 412th Operations Support Squadron recently received five Air force Materiel Command Airfield Operations awards. The winners will represent AFMC to compete against other major commands across the Air Force. "We nominated a total of 12 awards, and to win five is a huge accomplishment," said Capt.