Edwards AFB News

  • F-35B completes wet runway, crosswind testing

    In an important program milestone enabling U.S. Marines Corps Initial Operational Capability certification, the F-35B recently completed required wet runway and crosswind testing at here at Edwards."This testing is absolutely critical to 2B flight software fleet release and the Marine Corps' IOC,"

  • F-35B model lands at Edwards

    BF-2 taxis in after arriving at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., July 23, 2012 in order to begin airstart testing at the 461st Flight Test Squadron. Marine Corps test pilot Lt. Col. Matt Kelly flew the aircraft from Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. BF-2 is the F-35B variant of the Joint Strike

  • F-35C targeting system guides weapon to moving target

    The F-35 Integrated Test Force recently performed another first-of-its-kind test when the aircraft released a laser-guided bomb against a moving target.   An F-35C being tested here released specially built GBU-12 Paveway II guided bomb over a controlled range at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake

  • F-35s begin Auto GCAS test flights

    The 461st Flight Test Squadron recently began test flight missions with the F-35 aircraft and the Auto GCAS at Edwards Air Force Base, California.

  • F-35s from Edwards land at Mountain Home AFB

    A F-35A Lightning II taxis after landing at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Feb. 8. F-35s and maintainers from the 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron are visiting from Edwards as part of an initial operating capability test at Mountain Home's nearby range complex.

  • F-35s from Edwards to perform Rose Parade flyover

    Two F-35 Lightning IIs from the 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron on Edwards Air Force Base will take part in the traditional flyover at the beginning of the annual Tournament of Roses Parade Jan. 1, 2018, in Pasadena, California.   The fifth-generation fighters are scheduled to accompany a B-2

  • Facilities, IT top themes in AFMC We Need study

    Facility quality and information technology infrastructure topped the list of concerns identified through the Air Force Materiel Command’s AFMC We Need initiative, now in the survey analysis and implementation stage. The command-wide study launched by Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr. shortly after he took

  • Facts about oral cancer

    Oral cancer is not a well known form of cancer, but it is in the top 10 of all cancer diagnoses in the United States.  The 95th Medical Group wants everyone here to be aware of this potentially deadly disease and what servicemembers and civilians can do to help minimize the risks.  Oral cancer is

  • Fair teaches people about education opportunities

    Dozens of colleges and university representatives filled Club Muroc's Alliance Ballroom to talk to Team Edwards members about what they have to offer in the way of degrees, certificates and continued education. The 412th Force Support Squadron’s Edwards Education Center sponsored its annual

  • Fair teaches people about education options

    Dozens of colleges and university representatives filled Club Muroc's Alliance Ballroom to talk to Team Edwards members about what they have to offer in the way of degrees, certificates and continued education.The Edwards Education Center sponsored its annual education fair Aug. 12. The fair brings