Edwards AFB News

  • Town Hall meeting addresses base housing privatization at Edwards

    Keeping his promise, Col. Gregory Schwab, 95th Air Base Wing commander, held a second town hall meeting to discuss exactly what housing privatization means to base residents July 13. "Tonight's town hall is a fulfillment of a promise that we made to you at the last town hall meeting," Schwab said as

  • Another Team Edwards first - 418th FLTS testers record highest cargo airdrop

    Testers at the 418th Flight Test Squadron brought another first to Edwards.A C-17 dropped a 60-thousand pound cargo load over the Edwards range from 35-thousand feet - higher than ever before.The squadron just wrapped up the airdrop portion of on-going testing of the Mode 5 Plus avionics software

  • Airman Leadership School graduates 17 Airmen

    Seventeen Airmen graduated from the Airmen Leadership School, July 14 at Club Muroc.Senior airmen who attend ALS are taught how to effectively communicate and develop professionally, with the intention of becoming valuable leaders.Congratulations to the following graduates of Class 11-E:- Senior

  • Edwards Commissary supports 'Feds Feed Families' food drive campaign

    Commissaries in the United States have joined with other government agencies and organizations to support the 2011 Feds Feed Families food drive campaign, which runs through Aug. 31. Customers who visit their military store will see marked bins near commissary entrances or exits, where they can

  • It's turbo time! - AF Research Laboratory tests rocket engine turbopump

    For five seconds on July 12, flames lit up the night sky on the hill of the Air Force Research Laboratory, Propulsion Directorate, Detachment 7 at Edwards, as part of a new phase of Upper Stage Engine Technology program testing.The current phase of the program involves testing a turbopump - the

  • Harvey assumes command of 95th MDSS

    Lt. Col. Ron Merchant (center) relinquishes command of the 95th Medical Support Squadron July 8 at the Air Force Flight Test Center Museum. As Merchant leaves for Kelly Field Annex, Texas, Lt. Col. Jerry Harvey (right) assumes command of the 95th MDSS, joining Team Edwards from the Office of the Air

  • Azzano assumes command of 412th OG

    Col. Christopher Azzano addresses the 412th Operations Group during a change of command ceremony July 11 in Hangar 1600. Azzano assumes command of the 412th from Col. Colin Miller who is headed to Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., where he will become the 46th Test Wing commander. Azzano comes to Edwards

  • Hughes assumes command of 95th AMDS

    Lt. Col. Kathryn Hughes assumes command of the 95th Aerospace Medicine Squadron July 7. Joining Team Edwards from residency at the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine at Brooks-City Base, Texas, Hughes takes over for Lt. Col. Kathleen Jones. Jones is moving on to command the 633rd AMDS at Joint Base

  • X-51 testers perform perfectly during imperfect mission

    Although the second flight test of the X-51A Waverider scramjet ended prematurely, the coordination and performance of the Hypersonics Combined Test Force and the 419th Flight Test Squadron was flawless.More than 100 people from both Team Edwards and Naval Air Station Point Mugu took part in the