May 18, 2011 Edwards community queens deliver gift bags to deploying troop Edwards queens, from left, Little Miss Edwards, Kristy Mace; Miss Edwards, Cassandra Kruger; and Junior Miss Edwards, Danika Blake; deliver gift bags May 12 to a team preparing to deploy. The team was appreciative of the gesture and thanked the girls for thinking of them.
May 18, 2011 A pair who cares - girls collect boxes of useful items, letters for deploying troops Best friends Brittany Sheridan, 12 and Shayla Smith, 8, spent a total of 16 hours, May 7 and May 8, outside of a Lancaster, Calif. K-Mart, collecting sundry items for deploying troops.The two girls knew that they wanted to take on a charitable project and took it upon themselves to do what they
May 18, 2011 Ruck march commemorates the fallen For 7.2 miles, 27 teams of four and two individuals trekked through desert landscape with a 35-pound sandbag in their rucksack as part of the annual Ultimate Sacrifice Memorial Ruck March hosted by the 95th Security Forces Squadron Desert Defenders, May 13."We're paying homage to those that have
May 13, 2011 Construction to begin in Mountain View, Joshua Acres, Juniper Ridge neighborhoods Work to repair and improve the roads within the Mountain View, Joshua Acres and Juniper Ridge neighborhoods will begin May 16 and continue through the end of the month. Contractors will be repairing cracks, sealing roads and replacing badly damaged sections throughout these housing areas. The work
May 11, 2011 Training exercises may cause delays Edwards AFB will be conducting a series of training exercises from Monday, May 16 through Thursday, May 19. During this time, motorists entering the base may experience short traffic delays. There should be no impact to retail services such as the Base Exchange, Commissary, gas station, or any of
May 11, 2011 General Hoffman visits Edwards Gen. Donald J. Hoffman, commander of Air Force Materiel Command (left), is greeted by Brig. Gen. Robert C. Nolan II, Air Force Flight Test Center commander, as he arrives at Edwards May 10. General Hoffman visited Edwards this past week and toured several flight test programs while wife Jacki toured
May 11, 2011 Edwards receives first Air Force production F-35 Lightning II The Air Force accepted into its fleet the first of a planned 1,763 production-model F-35 Lightning II stealth fighters when aircraft AF-7 arrived at Edwards May 6, to begin its flight test program."What is unique about AF-7 is that it is the very first F-35 sold to the U.S. Department of Defense by
May 11, 2011 Edwards graduates 137 from Community College of the Air Force It was a proud day for the 50 Edwards Airmen who attended their graduation ceremony from the Community College of the Air Force, held at Club Muroc May 5.The club filled to capacity as family members, friends and supportive wingmen joined together to cheer and congratulate the graduating Class of
May 11, 2011 Free online course prepares public for dealing with active shooter crises The Department of Homeland Security announces the availability of a new Independent Study Course titled: Active Shooter, What You Can Do IS-907, a no-cost training course developed to provide the public with guidance on how to prepare for and respond to active shooter crisis situations.An active