Edwards AFB News

  • How 'bout a lift?

    Members of the 912th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron apply lifts to the B-52 on display at Edwards AFB's North Gate Aug. 6, to relieve pressure from its aging wheels and landing gear. Lifting the bomber is one of many stages  Team Edwards' project volunteers are undertaking to restore the B-52. See

  • How does high blood pressure cause stroke?

    Did you know that one in every three U.S. adults has suffered from high blood pressure, a major risk factor for stroke? And, stroke is the third leading cause of death in the U.S.Those facts came straight from the American Stroke Association and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI).

  • How much ya bench?

    Team Edwards members were given the chance to flex their muscles March 2 at the Rosburg Fitness Center’s Bench Press and Powerlifting Competition. Participants were able to compete in three events: the bench press, squat and deadlift. The event was about strength and training and the winners were

  • How to ski safely, prevent injuries

    Surrounding Edwards, there are five to eight different locations to go skiing within a two hours. Skiing and snowboarding, downhill or alpine is considered a safe sport, accounting for an average of 34 deaths a year, or 0.69 fatalities per million, that is however, providing skiers were have proper

  • Hughes assumes command of 95th AMDS

    Lt. Col. Kathryn Hughes assumes command of the 95th Aerospace Medicine Squadron July 7. Joining Team Edwards from residency at the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine at Brooks-City Base, Texas, Hughes takes over for Lt. Col. Kathleen Jones. Jones is moving on to command the 633rd AMDS at Joint Base

  • Human factors serves to improve Military Airborne Fire Fighting System

    Recently, a team from the 418th Flight Test Squadron and the California Air National Guard from the Channel Islands deployed to Chico, Calif., to evaluate the Military Airborne Fire Fighting System built by the Aero Union Corporation. This system will be used by the California Air National Guard and

  • Huron comes home to test

    Larry Mergili, an L3 Communications site manager attached to the 445th Flight Test Squadron, checks the undercarriage of a C-12C Huron, tail number 31215, after arriving from its aircraft condition inspection from San Angelo, Texas, on June 20. This specific C-12C was out for more than a year due to

  • Hurts one, affects all: Team Edwards invited to hear 'A Marine's Story'

    The Edwards community is invited to hear "A Marine's Story," told by Mary Lauterbach, a courageous mother who tragically lost her daughter in 2007 after a sexual assault. The event will be held August 10 at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the Base Theater.Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach was brutally murdered in