Edwards AFB News

  • AFMC command chief talks fiscal challenges, Airmen issues

    Chief Master Sgt. Michael Warner, Air Force Materiel Command command chief, addressed national budget issues and items affecting today's Airmen during a Chief's Call Aug. 22 in the Base Theater. Warner accompanied Gen. Janet C. Wolfenbarger, AFMC commander, on her three-day visit to the high desert

  • AFTC CC formally promoted to major general

    Team Edwards joined family and friends of Arnold W. Bunch Jr. to watch him formally promoted to major general Aug. 23.  The promotion ceremony took place in the Base Theater and was presided over by Gen. Janet C. Wolfenbarger, Air Force Materiel Command commander. Bunch was frocked in April and has

  • AFFT Museum moves X-48C

    The Air Force Flight Test Museum placed an X-48C on display Aug. 20. According to X-48B/C project manager for Boeing Research Technology, Michael Kisska, the aircraft is "on loan" to the museum while Boeing, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center and the Air Force Research Laboratory actively pursue

  • Honorary commander says tour of BAF 'like a movie'

    Members of the Edwards Honorary Commanders Program participated in a tour of the 412th Electronic Warfare Group facilities Aug. 16. At the start of the tour, Abbe' Reuter, 412th EWG deputy director, gave a briefing on electronic warfare explaining how the electromagnetic spectrum can be utilized for

  • Base Library wraps up summer reading program

    The Base Library's summer reading program came to a close Aug. 16. The excitement is continuing as they start planning for next year's summer program themed "Paws to Read." This year's program, "Have Book, Will Travel" ended with a special presentation by the Ka Ohana O Keolanani Halau (group).

  • Edwards, 412th TW show appreciation to its civilian workforce

    With the recent reduction in mandatory furlough days from 11 to 6, the 412th Test Wing, with the help of the 412th Force Support Squadron, is about to embark on an "Edwards Gives Back" initiative to show its federal civilian workforce how much they are appreciated after undergoing a period of

  • Annual Fair opens doors for education opportunities

    More than 48 colleges and universities were in attendance during the base's annual education fair sponsored by the Edwards Education Office at Club Muroc's Alliance Ballroom Aug. 14, 2013.The education fair was open to all military, dependents, retirees and Department of Defense civilians."By

  • Exchange among the 'Best of the Best,' according to U.S. Veterans Magazine

    The Army and Air Force Exchange Service has been recognized by U.S. Veterans Magazine for its part in putting those who have helped protect American freedoms back to work.The Exchange is among the organizations named to the publication's 2013 Best of the Best list, making the cut in the "Top

  • Vacancy for school board trustee

    Governing Board member Susan Platz has resigned from her seat on the Board (Office B), effective August 12, creating a vacancy on the Muroc Joint Unified School District Board of Trustees.At their Regular Board Meeting on August 14, the Board decided to fill this vacancy by making a provisional

  • Benefits of SCRA and Military Star Card don't always intersect

    The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA), introduced in 1940 as the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act, was established to protect active duty service members from what might happen to their financial or legal obligations after they start military service.Decades later, the Military Star Card