Edwards AFB News

  • Team Edwards honors 412th TW 3rd quarter award winners

    The 412th Test Wing held its annual quarterly awards ceremony at the Base Theater Dec. 5. Brig. Gen. Michael T. Brewer, 412th TW commander, handed out the awards that included 30-year government service pins to several civilian federal workers along with the quarterly awards recognizing members for

  • Team Edwards celebrates 22 enlisted promotions before the holiday

    Team Edwards gathered at the Base Theater Nov. 27 to witness 22 Airmen pin on the next stripe. Congratulations!To Senior Master Sgt.:Carlos Labrador, 412th Aerospace Medicine SquadronTo Master Sgt.:Jason Carlson, 412th Maintenance SquadronAbel Lugo, 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron To Tech.

  • Brewer prepares for, encourages change

    Brig. Gen. Michael T. Brewer, 412th Test Wing commander, along with several guest speakers, addressed changes coming during a commander's call Nov. 26 at the Base Theater. One of the big changes Team Edwards can expect is in the landscaping. "We spend about $300,000 a year on watering the grass.

  • DHS Football advances to CIF playoff semis

    On Nov. 22, in a relentless torrent of rain without any water wings, the Desert High School Varsity football team (Desert Mountain League Co-Champions), defeated Saddleback Valley Christian High School in a second round CIF Northeast Division playoff game, 36-20. DHS has not advanced this far since

  • AFMC vice visits high desert

    Lt. Gen. Andrew E. Busch, Air Force Materiel Command vice commander (seated), is given a briefing at the Joint Strike Fighter Integrated Test Force by Col. Roderick Cregier, Edward AFB F-35 program director, Nov. 21.Busch spent the day touring Edwards receiving program briefings from various test

  • Scholarships for Military Children program opens Dec. 3

    Applications for the 2014 Scholarships for Military Children Program become available Dec. 3 at commissaries worldwide or on the Internet at http://www.militaryscholar.org.Applications must be turned in to a commissary by close of business Feb. 28, 2014. Packages must be hand-delivered or shipped

  • Little Misses donate Thanksgiving meal to shelter pets

    The Little Misses of the Antelope Valley provided Thanksgiving dinner to homeless cats and dogs at the Los Angeles County Department of Care and Control, Lancaster Animal Shelter, Nov. 22. The effort was led by Little Miss Antelope Valley/ Edwards Air Force Base, Floriani Escobar, and her parents

  • Blue Star Mothers send love overseas

    The Antelope Valley Blue Star Mothers Chapter 14 visited Edwards AFB Nov. 21 to deliver care packages for deployed Airmen. The group came with 68 boxes filled with donated items including snacks and hygiene products. Many of the donated items came from shoppers at the local Palmdale Sam's Club. The

  • First sergeants promote giving with this year's Angel Tree

    Edwards AFB's First Sergeants Association is kicking-off the holiday spirit with the annual Angel Tree project in the Exchange. The tree was set up Nov. 18, full of paper angels, each with the age and wish list of a child from an active-duty family in need of a little help purchasing gifts this