Edwards AFB News

  • Engaging the Future: 412 SFS prepares JROTC cadets for service

    The 412th Security Forces Squadron invited almost 100 Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets from Desert High School to their headquarters Nov. 4 to learn the way of the Defender.  This day was dedicated so that the JROTC cadets could gain as much knowledge as they could about being

  • Engineer takes flight testing to fight, wins award

    What the human eyes couldn't see, the "Horned Owl" could.A specially fitted C-12 aircraft launched from Balad Air Base, Iraq, the "Horned Owl" flew combat sorties in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The experimental aircraft used an advanced ground-penetrating radar system, sweeping the ground

  • Engineer’s side hustle could fly BAF data capture to new heights

    Aleksandr Yarovinskiy, an electronics engineer with the 772nd Test Squadron’s Benefield Anechoic Facility radio frequency measurement team, is building an unmanned aircraft system from scratch in his spare time. This drone will have the capability to position a radio receiver or emitter – or both –

  • Engineers perform anthropometry testing on C-130

    Human factors engineers with the 773rd Test Squadron conducted anthropometry testing Sept. 2 to 8 using a Kentucky Air National Guard C-130 Hercules, currently being modified through the avionics modernization program. Anthropometry is the study of human measurements, dimensions and proportions and

  • Engineers with ingenuity create customized spray bar

    The Air Force Flight Test Center routinely tests aircraft to the limit of their operating envelope and one of the more difficult tests is high speed brake testing on a wet runway. These tests require the pilot to accelerate to the test speed, which could be as high as 140 knots (161 mph), and slam

  • Engineers, technicians support KC-46 tanker testing on the ground

    Refueling developmental testing with the Boeing KC-46A, are going on over 1,000 miles away in the Pacific Northwest, with Edwards Air Force Base supporting with chase aircraft.Meanwhile, team Edwards has been working feverishly here to provide testing support on the ground and the air.  One aspect

  • Enhance teamwork, effectiveness, significance and leadership skills!

    Comprehensive Airman Fitness is comprised of a multitude of targeted programs and activities as well as resiliency skills taught to enable Airmen to make sound choices. The program's goal is to build and sustain a thriving and resilient Air Force community that fosters mental, physical, social and

  • Enjoy the desert on your bike - responsibly

    Fall is a great time to get out and enjoy the desert on the back of a motorbike or mountain bike. To allow for residents' and workers' recreational use while protecting native species and their habitat, Edwards AFB has two motorized off-road vehicle areas and one mountain bike area.Per Edwards Air

  • Enlisted Combat Dining Out spreads esprit de' corps

    Edwards Airmen came out to celebrate Air Force tradition with an Enlisted Combat Dining out Oct. 10. Along with a dinner, Airmen donned their favorite combat uniforms of any era and participated in obstacle courses and water gun and balloon fights. The event also was a chance to say goodbye to one