Edwards AFB News

  • Latest exercise tests base response to active shooter at high school

    A disgruntled drama student took her frustrations out on her fellow students by opening fire on them with a 9mm pistol at Desert High School’s Scorpatorium multipurpose building. Several students were shot and wounded. This was the scenario for Exercise Desert Wind 17-04, which was conducted Aug. 7

  • Latest HCC tour all about electronic warfare

    The Edwards AFB Honorary Commanders tour Jan. 22 was all about the 412th Electronic Warfare Group. In the last tour of the 412th Mission Support Group, the HCCs were taken through a mock deployment to "Deployedistan." This tour continued in the theme simulating that they had arrived in Deployedistan

  • Law Day 2013: The Case of the Big Bad Wolf v. Curly Pig

    On May 1, Law Day was recognized across the country. It is meant to encourage citizens to reflect on the role of law in the foundation of the country and to recognize its importance for society. For Law Day 2013, the Edwards legal team went to Branch Elementary School on base to put on a mock trial

  • Law Enforcement shares tips on social media security

    Representatives of the Los Angeles County Sherriff’s Department recently visited Edwards to share their knowledge about social media with Team Edwards members. Commander Mike Parker and Detective Tony Moore of the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department joined Team Edwards at the Airman and Family

  • 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

  • Leaders receive short course at Test Pilot School

    The U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School here held a Senior Executive Short Course from Jan. 9 through 12.The short course is a three-day class introducing senior Department of Defense leaders, both civilian and military, to developmental flight testing. This particular course focused on the unique

  • Leadership flight marks first operational use of new main runway

    As two Edwards F-16 Fighting Falcons took off from the new base runway Oct. 31 at about 10:45 a.m., they marked the runway's first operational use. Maj. Gen. David Eichhorn, Air Force Flight Test Center commander, Col. William Thornton, 412th Test Wing commander, and Col. Jerry Gandy, 95th Air Base

  • Leadership highlights Edwards at AV Business Outlook Conference

    Brig. Gen. Michael T. Brewer, 412th Test Wing commander, talks with David McBride, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center director, at the Antelope Valley Board of Trade Business Outlook Conference Feb. 22 at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds in Lancaster, Calif. Both Brewer and McBride gave presentations