Edwards AFB News

  • DOD's CAP videophones brings deaf employees closer to Team Edwards

    Earlier this year deaf and hard-of-hearing members of Team Edwards got new, free tools to enable their workplace communication as part of DOD's Computer/Electronic Accomodations Program designed to empower supervisors with the means to eliminate barriers to employing people with disabilities. Rosa

  • It's no trick the Exchange is treating shoppers with cash for Halloween

    The Army & Air Force Exchange Service invites shoppers to see what lurks on the shelves in its latest contest as it gives away two $500 Exchange shopping sprees, ten $100 gift cards for the runners-up and 20 $50 gift cards for third place.The "Halloween Treasure Hunt Sweepstakes" will send Exchange

  • Exchange offers fee-free holiday layaway

    A good program just got better as the Army & Air Force Exchange Service's Holiday Layaway program is now fee-free. Shoppers simply select their gifts for layaway and stop by customer service to complete the layaway process. "Fee-free" means that while the Exchange collects an initial $3 processing

  • 65 years later: Yeager to reenact first supersonic flight

    While the Edwards community is no stranger to sonic booms, Oct. 14, 1947 marked the first-ever supersonic flight above the Mojave Desert skies. To commemorate the historic event, retired Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager will reenact the epic moment in aviation history by breaking the sound barrier over

  • Tracking systems for Red Bull Stratos project tested at Edwards

    While the Edwards community awaited the arrival of Space Shuttle Endeavour Sept. 20 to appear out of the blue sky on its final approach, FlightLine Films aerospace cinematographer Jay Nemeth carefully tracked NASA's shuttle carrier aircraft at approximately 30 miles out, testing his high-tech camera

  • Team Edwards says goodbye to Cunningham

    Men and women of the 912th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, the 416th Aircraft Maintenance Unit and the Global Powers Fighter Combined Test Force, bid farewell to Ed Cunningham who passed away last month. As a WG-6652-11 Aircraft Ordnance Systems Mechanic, Cunningham literally has touched every

  • Edwards firefighters set fire prevention week off to great start

    The Edwards Fire Department and Sparky the Fire Dog officially kicked off Fire Prevention Week here Oct. 9, 2012, by hosting a fire safety training day at Branch Elementary School to more than 100 students.The fire safety training day was just one of the many sites that base firefighters will attend

  • TLF demolition on Bailey Ave.

    A demolition team member with Midwest Environmental Control, Inc., begins to demolish one of 19 housing units that will be removed from the old housing area on Bailey Avenue. Demolition on the housing units began Sep. 10, 2012 and is projected to finish at the end of December 2012. Base residents

  • "The Time Is Now, To Make A Difference, That Will Last A Lifetime."

    Team Edwards leadership and Airmen came together for a breakfast at Club Muroc Oct. 3 to officially kick off this year's Combined Federal Campaign.The theme for this year's CFC is "The Time Is Now, To Make A Difference, That Will Last A Lifetime."This year's monetary goal for Edwards is $403,000.

  • It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the Exchange

    Exchange shoppers won't have to wait for December to start the holiday season as the Army and Air Force Exchange Service's Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/AAFES.BX.PX) is hosting "12 Weeks of Gifting" contest. From Sept. 28 to Dec. 20, shoppers can count down the last 12 weeks until Christmas