Edwards AFB News

  • Leaders meet reporters for media round table

    Leaders and experts from the 412th Test Wing and Air Force Plant 42 met with representatives from civilian media in the Airman and Family Readiness Center March 22 for an Edwards Air Force Base Media Round Table.  Led by Brig. Gen. Carl Schaefer, 412th Test Wing commander, the open discussion

  • Teamwork hailed for F-22 CTF’s smooth move to new facility

    Moving into a new house can be a daunting task, but imagine moving an entire squadron with almost 350 personnel, fighter jets and maintenance and communications equipment, into a new flightline test facility in one year’s time. The completion of that task and the spirit of teamwork was celebrated

  • 2017 Air Force Summer Employment Program

    Applications are now being accepted for temporary summer jobs at various Air Force installations. To apply, visit www.usajobs.gov. Job announcements are open until March 31. Questions regarding job opportunities can be addressed by calling the MyPers Total Force Service Center Customer Service line

  • Detour coming to South Gate

    South Lancaster Blvd. will be closed from the Edwards AFB sign to Mercury Blvd. for a pavement repair project. South Gate will stay open throughout construction. Motorists will need to use a detour route -- 140th St. E. to Mercury Blvd. -- to bypass construction and reach south gate. Construction

  • First use of sUAS to inspect plane lessens load for maintainers

    When the 412th Test Wing’s Emerging Technologies Combined Test Force used a quadcopter to conduct a maintenance inspection of the exterior of a C-17 Globemaster III March 6, it marked the second time the CTF used a small unmanned aerial system in a new application that shows promise. The test

  • April’s Capstone marks end of two-year inspection cycle

    MICT may sound like something you buy at a fast-food chain, and terms like TIGIRS, IGEMS and Capstone may lead some people to think of an action adventure video game or movie. The acronyms, in reality, are some of the tools used to evaluate wing-level effectiveness across the Air Force. They stand

  • Commander talks past, present, future at civic event

     The 412th Test Wing commander, Brig. Gen. Carl Schaefer, talked about Edwards’ history, its present, and where the Air Force is headed, to a gathering of local civilian leaders in the J.P Eliopulos Hellenic Center in Lancaster, Calif. The event was the Antelope Valley Board of Trade January

  • Dorm 2424 reopened after renovations, modern upgrades

    The official ribbon cutting of the newly renovated Dormitory 2424 took place Feb. 8, to signify the completion of its major renovation. The dorm features updated amenities constructed in an apartment-style configuration that includes 61 bedrooms arranged into 20 suites. Nineteen suites house three

  • This week in Edwards flight test history

    On Jan. 31, 1977, the first space shuttle orbiter, Enterprise, arrived. As many in the Antelope Valley witnessed, it was conveyed at 3 mph from Rockwell International’s assembly facility at Palmdale aboard a 90-wheel transporter. The unpowered version of the shuttle was housed at Dryden (now