Edwards AFB News

  • Team Edwards breaks ground on future workout space

    Base leadership broke ground outside the Rosburg Fitness Center to prepare for the construction of a new workout facility for Team Edwards Nov. 8.The new structure will offer Airmen additional workout space and provide more options to stay 'fit to fight.'"We've asked our men and women in uniform to

  • Team Edwards promotes seven to chief

    Only one percent of enlisted Airmen are promoted to the rank of chief master sergeant.Congratulations to Team Edwards' newest chiefs!Chief selects are: Senior Master Sgt. Mario AcevesFonseca, 95th Medical Operations Squadron Senior Master Sgt. Christine Beaudion, 412th Maintenance Group

  • Commander's Call explains changes coming to Edwards

    Brig. Gen. Robert C. Nolan II, commander, Air Force Flight Test Center, called all personnel to the Base Theater Nov. 4 to discuss the future of Edwards Air Force Base in light of two major announcements made Nov. 2 by Air Force Headquarters and Air Force Materiel Command. Air Force officials

  • Bowling for CFC

    Senior Airman Reandro Manuntag, 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron, participates in the Combined Federal Campaign Bowling Fundraiser, Nov. 4, at the High Desert Lanes Bowling Center. Between the 49 bowlers, a 50/50 raffle and one-time cash donations, the event raised a total of $291 toward the

  • Nov. 25 designated as Family Day

    The Friday following Thanksgiving, Nov. 25, is designated as a Family Day. Brigadier General Robert Nolan II, Air Force Flight Test Center commander, has authorized this day as a down day for military members. Supervisors of Department of Defense civilians should be liberal in their approval of

  • AFFTC names quarterly award winners

    Congratulations to the following Air Force Flight Test Center third quarter 2011 award winners:Secretarial/Clerical Category:Torri L. McKay, Air Force Flight Test Center Contracting Directorate, director's secretaryStaff/Specialist/Analyst Category:Nancy R. Palmer, Air Force Flight Test Center

  • Edwards men's basketball team wins tournament

    From left: Sidney Melvin, Maurice Wright, Shalom Voisin, Terrance Flowers, Christopher Murray, Sedric Whitaker, Jerrod Graves, Antwan Knight and Jonathan Cheadle, members of the Edwards AFB Men's Varsity Basketball team, show off their new first-place hardware after an undefeated run in a tournament

  • Staff Sgt. Jesse R. Mathieu is Warrior of the Week

    Hometown:  Citrus Heights, Calif.When did you join the Air Force? November 2002Why did you join?I needed a change in my life...set out on a different, more prosperous, honorable path.What do you like most about your job? I enjoy the adrenaline rush, the traveling, and opportunities to work with a

  • NASA WSRP sonic boom study to commence Friday, Nov 4

    The test phase of NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's sonic boom study will commence Friday, Nov 4 and continue through November. Weather permitting the research orientation flight (the first test flight) will take place at 11 a.m. tomorrow. Sonic boom monitoring equipment has been placed in

  • Oasis Aquatic Center lives up to its name year-round

    The crisp scent of chlorine and the sound of children's laughter float through the air while cool water refreshes bodies cutting through its depths. These may sound like a taste of summer, but the Oasis Aquatic Center provides this year-round through its indoor pool.The Oasis Aquatic Center is open