Edwards AFB News

  • McCollor, first AFTC command chief, bids farewell

    Chief Master Sgt. Christopher McCollor, Air Force Test Center command chief, officially retired from the U.S. Air Force April 25 in a ceremony held in Hangar 1600. The event celebrated McCollor's and his wife, Nancy's, 30-year Air Force career. The presiding official over the ceremony was Maj. Gen.

  • MDG honors hard workers with turkey and pie

    Turkey, crock-pots and hairnets marked the 95th Medical Group's Annual Thanksgiving Luncheon and Air Force Materiel Command Medical Service Awards ceremony, held in the Medical Clinic, Nov. 19.Dozens of long tables and folding chairs were packed with members of the 95 MDG and their families as

  • MDG seeks better ideas with AFSO21

    When Airman 1st Class Cole Cargill finished hanging the Mental Health Flight's new idea board, he started something that could potentially improve his flight's business practices and its service to customers.The 95th Medical Group hung 16 idea boards around its various sections to solicit ideas from

  • Meagher assumes command of 419th FLTS

    The 412th Test Wing’s bomber test squadron received a new commander June 15. Lt. Col. Thomas Meagher assumed command of the 419th Flight Test Squadron during a change of command ceremony in Hanger 1210. Col. Christopher Spinelli, 412th Operations Group commander, presided over the ceremony. Meagher

  • Measles: Don't Wait, Vaccinate

    California is currently experiencing a large outbreak of measles. The outbreak started in December 2014 when at least 40 people who visited or worked at the Disneyland theme park in Orange County contracted measles which has now spread to six other states. As of Feb. 2, 2015, there have been 92

  • Measurement lab passes evaluation with precision

    The Edwards Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory passed a recent evaluation that ensures the lab performs measurements that are safe, accurate, reliable and traceable. Maj. Gen. David Harris, Air Force Test Center commander, and Brig. Gen. Carl Schaefer, 412th Test Wing commander, visited the

  • Med Group/Force Support team wins basketball title

    The 412th Medical Group and 412th Force Support Squadron combined intramural basketball team won the 2016 Championship at the Rosburg Fitness Center March 15.412th MDG/FSS was undefeated in the playoffs going in to Tuesday night, which in the double elimination tournament meant that the

  • Medical APM arrives at Base Exchange

    To expand the hours for patients to receive medications on base, the pharmacy recently set up an automated prescription machine at the Base Exchange.The automated medical prescription dispenser is similar to an automated teller machine that can stock refilled medications at a location other than the

  • Medical Group commander retires

    Col. Janet Taylor, 95th Medical Group commander, bids Edwards farewell at her retirement ceremony May 25 in the Conference Center. After 27 years of service in the Air Force, the colonel is heading home to Lawton, Okla., where she plans on spending the next few months just being a mom and a