Edwards AFB News

  • National Preparedness Month Tip: Active shooter awareness

    September is National Preparedness Month. Edwards AFB's Emergency Management Office has as series of events lined up to create awareness and help prepare the base community for potential emergencies that can happen at any time. The first emergency EM would like to focus on is earthquakes. On Sept.

  • National Preparedness Month: Extreme Heat, Wildfires

    What is Extreme Heat?Temperatures that hover 10 degrees or more above the average high temperature for the region and last for several weeks are defined as extreme heat.Extreme Heat Facts- Heat kills by pushing the human body beyond its limits. In extreme heat and high humidity, evaporation is

  • National Preparedness Month: Extreme Heat, Wildfires

    What is Extreme Heat?Temperatures that hover 10 degrees or more above the average high temperature for the region and last for several weeks are defined as extreme heat.Extreme Heat Facts- Heat kills by pushing the human body beyond its limits. In extreme heat and high humidity, evaporation is

  • National Preparedness Month: Floods, landslides and mudflows

    Each Wednesday throughout the month of September, Edwards AFB's Emergency Management Office specialists have been at the Exchange giving out prizes and information during National Preparedness Month. Last Wednesday, the office brought out their mobile Incident Command Post for people to check out.

  • National Preparedness Month: High winds and floods

    September is National Preparedness Month and each area is prone to its own set of potential natural disasters. For Edwards Air Force Base and the surrounding communities, some of those hazards include high winds and floods.Gusts of wind up to 70 mph aren't uncommon in the passes and along the foot

  • National Test Center opens on Edwards

    The 412th Test Wing, in conjunction with the University of Phoenix, officially opened the National Test Center following a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Education and Training Center on Edwards Air Force Base, California, Nov. 20.

  • National Women's Equality Day

    Celebrate National Women's Equality Day with a brown bag luncheon, open discussion and presentation by Jennifer Cole, NASA engineer and branch chief of aerodynamics and propulsion, Aug. 27 at 11:30 a.m. in the Oasis Community Center. This free, official event is hosted by the 95th Air Base Wing, and

  • NATO AGS arrives at Edwards

    NATO's first Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) aircraft arrived at Edwards Dec. 19 completing its first flight. The test flight marks the start of six months of ground and airborne testing at Edwards before the aircraft is sent to its new home in Sigonella, Italy.NATO AGS is a derivative of the

  • Nature's hazards: Mosquito-borne diseases

    Mosquito bites can be annoying, but they can also cause serious viral diseases, such as Zika, West Nile, Chikungunya and Dengue. If an infected mosquito bites a bird or mammal, including humans, it can transmit the illness to them.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, West