March 17, 2014 Increased TRICARE beneficiary use of online and phone customer service leads to end of walk-in service April 1 Keeping up with the rapidly increasing number of TRICARE beneficiaries who most often turn to a laptop or cell phone when they have questions, TRICARE Service Centers will no longer provide walk-in services at 189 TSCs in the United States as of April 1. Find out more at www.tricare.mil/TSC.In our
March 12, 2014 SECAF James checks out F-35 Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James shakes hands with Lt. Col. Mark Massaro, 461st Flight Test Squadron director of operations, after arriving at the Joint Strike Fighter Integrated Test Force March 7. She visited Edwards AFB for an F-35 Orientation visit where she was briefed on the test
March 12, 2014 Edwards Global Hawk gets second chance at life During a flight in May 2009, an Edwards RQ-4B Global Hawk Block 20 remotely piloted aircraft (tail number 2016) encountered a complete spoiler communication loss and had to execute an emergency landing on the dry lake bed at Edwards Air Force Base. During landing, the aircraft sustained major damage
March 11, 2014 Deployed father flies around the world to say "I love you" to son Desert High School Senior, Jordan Bella, was born at Edwards Air Force Base, in the days when the base still had a hospital. Jordan spent his kindergarten and first grade years in Germany before returning to Edwards for the second grade and every grade following. Just before entering his senior
March 11, 2014 Scorpion Robotics 'Scoops' up another win, advances into super regionals As rookies, the Scorpion Robotics team from Desert Junior-Senior High School is preparing for the Western United States Super Regional Championship in Sacramento, Calif., Mar. 20-22. The Scorpion team is one of only eight teams from the Los Angeles region selected to advance after the FIRST Tech
March 11, 2014 Wingmen in action across AFMC For many, "wingman" is just a buzzword or something discussed at stand-down days. However, Airmen across Air Force Materiel Command are putting the wingman concept into action."As AFMC continues to emphasize a culture of respect and resiliency, it is important to remember that we all have a
March 11, 2014 Local Notice: 412th CS to assist in improving Sprint, Verizon wireless equipment The 412th Communications Squadron will assist Sprint and Verizon Companies to upgrade their wireless equipment using the existing 140-foot self-support communications tower at Bldg. 8742. Purpose of the upgrade is to improve the wireless capability to 4G LTE (Long term enhancement) on Edwards AFB
March 11, 2014 Odyssey teams win at regionals, headed to state Edwards AFB schools flexed their academic muscles by winning a regional academic competition and are now on their way to the state Odyssey of the Mind tournament.Through the efforts of students, teachers, parents and volunteers, the schools on Edwards continue to improve the educational
March 11, 2014 Team Edwards welcomes new honorary commanders Base leadership and civic leaders from around the Antelope Valley gathered at Club Muroc March 5 to formally induct new representatives into the Edwards Honorary Commanders Program.The primary objective of the Honorary Commanders Program is to provide Edwards commanders with the capability to
March 11, 2014 Local notice The 412th Communications Squadron will assist the Muroc School District to upgrade their microwave antenna/network using the existing 100-foot self-support communications tower at Bldg. 2600. The purpose of the upgrade is to enhance the Muroc School District's local network on Edwards Air Force