Edwards AFB News

  • Food Network's Chef Robert Irvine visits Edwards Air Force Base!

     Robert Irvine, an English celebrity chef and talk show host, who has appeared on and hosted a variety of Food Network programs including "Restaurant Impossible", visited Edwards Air Force Base as a morale event for the installation, March 9th.

  • For good measure, base precision lab passes biannual evaluation

    No one at Edwards is more exact in their work than the Precision Measuring Equipment Laboratory. On May 21, the lab was visited by Maj. Gen. Arnold Bunch Jr., Air Force Test Center commander, to congratulate them for passing their biannual Air Force Metrology and Calibration (AFMETCAL) Laboratory

  • For the Warfighter, Nov. 2018

    A monthly look at the historical and innovative work being done at Edwards Air Force Base for the warfighter.

  • Foreign visitors to Edwards AFB

    "The more things change, the more they stay the same." That old saying will come to fit many policies and procedures as Edwards progresses through realignment. One such policy concerns foreign visitors. Charlene Baker of the Foreign Disclosure Office offers the following guidance. "As a reminder all

  • Forgery lands senior airman in jail

    A senior airman with the 412th Operations Support Squadron was sentenced to 20 days confinement during a summary court-martial held here May 22. The Airman pled guilty to one charge and specification of forgery, one charge and specification of making a false official statement and one charge and

  • Formation flight system keeps C-17s in line

    The 418th Flight Test Squadron concluded flight testing this week to evaluate modifications made to the C-17 Globemaster III formation flight system.The flight test required multiple C-17s to fly in formation to test and validate how the FFS performs. The FFS enables the pilot to monitor and fly the

  • Former 412th Test Wing vice commander Schott retires

    Base leadership, family and friends came together at Club Muroc to celebrate the career and accomplishments of Col. Jason Schott during his retirement ceremony June 14. The 412th Test Wing’s former vice commander retires after more than 25 years of active duty service. Brig. Gen. Carl Schaefer,

  • Former AFFTC commander dies

    Retired Maj. Gen. Hugh Boyd Manson died Oct. 4 in Los Gatos, Calif. He was 98.  Manson's last assignment was as Air Force Flight Test Center commander here at Edwards after being appointed in January 1966. He also supervised the operation of the former Air Force Aerospace Research Pilot School at