May 18, 2011 Exercise Desert Wind 11-3 tests disaster response capabilities Edwards firefighters extract a "body" from a building damaged by a simulated earthquake May 17. This training exercise was one of several scenarios conducted during exercise Desert Wind 11-3, the week of May 16.
Aug. 29, 2014 Exercise Desert Wind 14-06 examines Edwards AFB response to off base crash A desolate area in the Mojave Desert popular with campers and off roaders was the site of an F-16 crash Aug. 27. Two crewmembers from Edwards Air Force Base lost their lives. This was the scenario for Exercise Desert Wind 14-06. The training event tested out the 412th Test Wing's emergency response
April 6, 2016 Exercise Desert Wind 16-02 brings Edwards, community responders together Four community agencies joined Edwards Air Force base emergency responders for Exercise Desert Wind 16-02 April 4.The scenario for this training exercise was a crash involving a United Kingdom F-35 based out of Edwards. The crash site was in the middle of California City, 20 minutes north of the
Aug. 2, 2016 Exercise Desert Wind 16-05 tests response to active shooter Edwards Air Force Base conducts training exercise to handle active shooter situation.
March 18, 2009 Exercise tests base's response capabilities Team Edwards held an Emergency Management Exercise March 9 and 10 to test the 95th Medical Group's ability to respond to a widespread outbreak on base. The premise of the EME was that 20 Team Edwards members attended a basketball game and contracts a virus. In the days that followed, it begins to
Jan. 15, 2013 Exercises demonstrate base's emergency response capabilities to AFMC inspectors The phrase "Exercise, exercise, exercise" has been resonating through squadrons, offices and airwaves with greater frequency around Edwards the past two weeks. With the ongoing Consolidated Unit Inspection, Edwards personnel got the chance to demonstrate to Air Force Materiel Command inspectors
Nov. 19, 2008 Exercises test Edwards disaster response force capability Loud cries emanated from a school auditorium on Nov. 13. Yells for help echoed inside the dark room. The building had collapsed and trapped more than 15 students and teachers after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake "shook" Southern California including Edwards. The simulated scenario was part of a
Sept. 6, 2019 Expanded carriage demonstration showcases possible B-1B capability The 412th Test Wing, along with Air Force Global Strike Command and industry partners, held an expanded carriage demonstration with the B-1B Lancer bomber at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Aug. 28.
Sept. 21, 2016 Experimental bomber returns home after six decades XB-47 bomber shipped to Edwards for museum display
Nov. 5, 2009 Experts to Answer H1N1 Questions Online The Military Health System will host a Web-based, town hall-style meeting Nov. 10 from 3 to 4 p.m. EST to respond to questions about H1N1 influenza. Military members, their families, health-care providers and Defense Department civilians may submit questions starting today, using the comments box at