Edwards AFB News

  • Edwards water safety report to be released

    The report is out and the verdict is in, Edwards' tap water continues to be safe to drink, according to an annual report on water quality put out by 2nd Lt. Nadia Halim, 95th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, environmental element chief for Bioenvironmental.The report comes as no surprise to the

  • Edwards welcomes back Air Force’s first C-17

    The C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Test Force welcomed home Edwards' own C-17, called T-1, during a celebration at hangar 1623 here March 16. T-1 first came to Edwards on Sept. 15, 1991, as the Air Force's first test article for the C-17's initial flight testing. "The significance of T-1 is it was

  • Edwards welcomes new AFTC Command Chief

    Team Edwards welcomed Chief Master Sgt. Andrea J. Gates as the new Air Force Test Center command chief May 21. Chief Gates is now the principal advisor to the command on matters concerning morale, welfare, discipline, training, fitness and effective utilization of the center's 18,000 military and

  • Edwards welcomes new community queens

    Congratulations to our newly crowned Edwards Air Force Base Community Queens. Front row from left to right, Priscilla Werre (our first ever Tiny Miss), Cecilia Werre (Little Miss), Marcella Werre (Junior Miss), and (back) Alexis Baiza (Miss).The pageant was held March 31 at the Oasis Community

  • Edwards will sample base housing units for radon

    Edwards needs to test base housing units for the presence of radon, a colorless and odorless radioactive gas that is present in almost all soils. About half the homes on base have already been tested and results show the levels of radon are below the Environmental Protection Agency action level.Over

  • Edwards Wing Staff Agency Hosts Mustache March Competition

    Mustache March is an Air Force tradition that calls Airmen to grow their mustaches during the month of March in solidarity to Robin Olds. Olds was a pilot who fought in the Vietnam War and grew his mustache as a good-natured way to protest against the Air Force’s facial hair regulations at that

  • Edwards wins award for outstanding federal electronics stewardship

    Team Edwards received an Electronics Reuse and Recycling Campaign award from the Office of the Federal Environmental Executive Nov. 19. The base is the large military facility winner for the West Region. The Office of the Federal Environmental Executive's Electronics Reuse and Recycling Campaign

  • Edwards works hard to ease challenge of childcare

    Top-quality childcare has been a priority at Edwards for many years as evidenced by the quality facilities, the wide variety of programs offered and the recent expansion of available slots for children. Ongoing efforts focus on further expansion through existing projects and securing additional

  • Edwards youth 'conquer' the gift of giving, volunteering

    A youth group from the Base Chapel's Catholic parish, called The Conquerors, is doing its best to exemplify the Air Force core value, "service before self," in all they do.As part of that effort, the youth group recently took time to raise funds and donate money to the base's local Adopt-A-Pet