April 6, 2022 Unlocking the Past: The "Joe Walker 50th Anniversary Celebration" unveils time capsule honoring aerospace hero Local test pilots and school officials honored the legacy of NASA Test Pilot Joe Walker during the "Joe Walker 50th Anniversary Celebration" at Joe Walker Middle School in Lancaster Calif., April 2.
April 6, 2022 AWACS demonstrates historic firsts, receives and processes in-air EW updates in minutes For the first time, the U.S. Air Force’s E-3G airborne warning and control system aircraft, or AWACS, demonstrated the ability to receive and process in-air electronic warfare software updates derived from EW data collected and transmitted while in flight.
April 1, 2022 Why we stop: The meaning of Reveille, Retreat, and Taps Do you know what to do when certain music plays on Edwards Air Force Base and why these military customs are recognized? The meaning of Reveille, Retreat, and Taps here.
March 25, 2022 Data Hackathon evolves to accelerate change “Problem solvers” (also referred to as “hackers”) and “problem owners,” met together virtually and in person at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., March 14-18 for the Air Force Test Center’s second Data Hackathon Event. Participants from a multitude of career fields across AFTC, the 412th Test Wing at
March 25, 2022 New Civil Air Patrol flight takes off at Air Force Plant 42 A Civil Air Patrol flight was inaugurated at Air Force Plant 42 at Blackbird Airpark in Palmdale on March 15 to better serve residents of the Antelope Valley. Leaders from Plant 42, Edwards Air Force Base’s 412th Test Wing and members of the Civil Air Patrol’s Pancho Barnes Composite Squadron 49
March 24, 2022 AFMC honors Airmen for excellence The Air Force Materiel Command honored top Airmen for 2021 during the Annual Excellence Award Banquet March 23, 2022.
March 18, 2022 Senior safety leaders visit Edwards Laura Macaluso, Director, Department of Defense Force Safety and Occupational Health, and Maj. Gen. Jeannie Leavitt, Department of the Air Force Chief of Safety, visited Edwards Air Force Base, California, Feb. 22-24. The senior Air Force Safety officials visited Edwards AFB to gain a better
March 18, 2022 Fighting Corrosion: One airplane wash at a time Have you ever wondered what it was like to wash aircraft on Edwards Air Force Base? Tech. Sgt. William Horne says F-16 maintenance crews wash the aircraft so no serious problems arise.
March 17, 2022 Reserve Airman makes history with first USAF-piloted eVTOL vehicle flight Capt. Terrance McKenna, the test and experimentation lead for Agility Prime and a C-5 and T-38 pilot with the 370th Flight Test Squadron (FLTS), an Air Force Reserve Command unit out of Edwards Air Force Base, California, made history with first USAF-piloted eVTOL vehicle flight.
March 17, 2022 Reserve Airman makes history with first USAF-piloted eVTOL vehicle flight Just south of his home in Brooklyn, New York, a young Terrence McKenna spent much of his childhood in Prospect Park tossing around wooden gliders and flying remote-controlled airplanes, each aircraft more complex and capable than the last.By the early 2000s, McKenna came across an ad for flying