Edwards AFB News

  • More than 40 Team Edwards Airmen promoted in July ceremony at Club Muroc

    Club Muroc served up 41 promotions to Team Edwards Airmen July 29. Base leadership was among a packed Alliance Ballroom to cheer and congratulate the Airmen who took another step in their careers.Congratulations to following promotees:Promoted to Airman first classAirman Kristen F. Boaz, 95th

  • Motorcyclists asked to enjoy wide-open terrain, stay safe

    As luck would have it, the location of Edwards AFB in southern California provides motorcycle riders with virtually year round riding along with a diversity of riding environments. We as riders adapt to these environments and adjust our riding styles to fit each situation, be it open desert or curvy

  • Movie actors introduce free premiere of new movie at Edwards

    Movie actor Jason Statham (center) poses with Airmen from Edwards Air Force Base Sept. 18 in the Public Affairs and Multimedia building. Statham, along with (from left) Dominic Purcell, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Yvonne Strahovski visited Edwards to thank servicemembers for their service and to

  • Movin on

    Dave Bookrum, Edwards Installation Exercise program manager, retired March 30 after 34 years of government service.  Following a decade of active military service, Bookrum began his federal civil service in 1978 with the Department of Justice at the Federal Correctional Institution Terminal Island,

  • Moving beyond the F-22

    This op-ed piece appeared in the Washington Post on April 13, written by Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz. The debate over whether to continue production of the F-22 Raptor has been one of the most politically charged and controversial

  • MQ-9 Reaper crashes near El Mirage Airfield, California

    An MQ-9 Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft crashed approximately one mile north of El Mirage Airfield, Calif., at 2:45 p.m. (EDT) Aug. 31.The RPA was flying a training mission and launched from Gray Butte Airfield located about 5 miles east of El Mirage. Both airfields are about midway between

  • MSgt Kelly Carr is Team Edwards Warrior of the Week

    Name: Kelly CarrRank: Master Sgt.Duty Title: Superintendant, Installation Deployment Readiness CellOffice/ Duty Section: Logistics ReadinessHometown: Swanton, OHWhen did you join the Air Force? I joined the Air Force in 1994, less than year after graduating high school.Why did you join the Air