Edwards AFB News

  • Planning Committee Members Sought for AFFTC Annual Awards Ball

     Members of the Edwards community are invited to join the AFFTC Annual Awards Planning Committee for the upcoming award celebration. Military & civilian members interested in volunteering their time and talents to the event are encouraged to contact the committee chair person, SMSGT Ruel Rafi,

  • New rink brings hockey to Edwards' Airman's Campus

    Hockey in the High Desert - it's an idea whose time has come.Edwards' Airman's Campus has been fitted with a full-size, fully lit regulation hockey rink all ready to rumble.While the rink is ready for immediate use - with all the equipment necessary to outfit players for street hockey - Rosburg

  • Team Edwards promotes 32 in December

    Thirty-two Airmen were selected for promotion in the month of December. Congratulations to the following Airmen:Promoted to Airman 1st Class:Airman Charles J. Barr, 412th Aircraft Maintenance SquadronAirman Kylle R. Higgins, 95th Security Forces SquadronAirman Clayton G. Oates, 412th Aircraft

  • Black Friday fun at the Edwards Exchange

    With more than 425 shoppers waiting in line at 4 a.m. on Black Friday, Nov. 25, Exchange employees stood at the ready to assist prospective buyers as the gate opened and people poured into the store. The vast majority of shoppers seemed to know just what they wanted and where to find it.Wendy

  • Dryden Flight Research Center's Hallway Holiday Choir spreads cheer

    Dryden Flight Research Center's Hallway Holiday Choir will spread song and cheer with planned performances at Dryden, the Dryden Aircraft Operations Center and potentially at an Edwards Air Force Base event.The choir has been singing its way through the holidays for about four years at the NASA

  • Civil Air Patrol celebrates 70th birthday with banquet

    Dec. 1, 2011 will mark the 70th birthday of the Civil Air Patrol, which will be celebrated at Edwards by Squadron 84 hosting a CAP 70th Anniversary Awards Banquet on Dec. 3.In the late 1930's Gill Robb Wilson, legendary New Jersey aviation advocate, visualized general aviation as a potential

  • Legal assistance services change from appointments to walk-in system

    The Air Force Flight Test Center Staff Judge Advocate Office is changing its legal assistance services from appointments to a walk-in system, effective Dec. 5. Those seeking services will no longer need an appointment to consult with an attorney on their legal matters.Legal assistance, including a

  • Senior Airman Cory Kamerschak is Warrior of the Week

    Senior Airman Cory KamerschakHealth Service Management journeymanHometown: Oakley, Calif.When did I join the Air Force: July 2009Why did I join: To serve my country, get my Bachelor's Degree.What do I like most about my job: Every day is something different. It always keeps me on my toes. We could

  • Mission complete: Team Edwards' Airman' s Attic re-opens

    After more than two years of work, members of the Edwards community came together to celebrate an improved Airman's Attic Nov. 22. Sporting brand new carpet and a cleaner more organized space, the attic re-opened its doors just in time for the holidays.The new carpet was a gift to Edwards