Edwards AFB News

  • Medical Group Decontamination Team freshens up skills

    The set-up outside of the 95th Medical Clinic March 17 looked like a scene from a disaster movie. Medics dressed in plastic suits worked to decontaminate patients while acting as a barrier between the infected and the clean.Fortunately, the scene outside of the Med Clinic was simulated. The patients

  • Airman hits hole-in-one - no ifs ands or putts

    Senior Airman Trevor Taylor, 31st Test Evaluation Squadron, putts in a ball on the Eighth Hole at Edwards' Muroc Lake Golf Course. Airman Taylor hit a hole-in-one at the same hole March 12 during a morning golf game. "It was on Hole Eight, playing 162 yards and the pin location was back left corner.

  • SYS 281 course registration now open

    A two-day course providing an overview of the acquisition lifecycle will be offered through the Air Force Institute of Technology at Edwards April 5-6.The course, SYS 281 Air Force Acquisition and Sustainment, provides a general snapshot of the latest in acquisition policy, processes, management

  • Employee Assistance Program has options for civilians

    Most people who live or work at Edwards are aware of the Employee Assistance Program, but not too many are aware of the depth of services the EAP has to offer to federal civilian employees and their immediate family members.The program is staffed by accredited professionals who provide comprehensive

  • Luck o' the Irish works for Desert Eagle leprechaun contest winner

    Steve Zapka, 95th Air Base Wing Public Affairs deputy director, hands Christina Lane a $25 gift card to Starbucks after she won the Desert Eagle leprechaun contest. Mrs. Lane counted all 11 leprechauns in the March 18 issue of the Desert Eagle and was the first to comment on the Edwards Air Force

  • 412th Test Wing analyst receives award for outstanding support

    Lorna Arola, 412th Test Wing Plans and Programs management analyst, has her Civilian Achievement Award pinned on by her husband, Jacob Arola, Air Force Flight Test Center Contracting Office, during a gathering at the 412th TW headquarters March 22. Mrs. Arola received the award for her outstanding

  • Civilian Wellness program offers variety of health services

    The Civilian Wellness program has been serving the Edwards Department of Defense civilian workforce for more than two years offering free clinics that screen people for common health ailments."We currently provide six separate services and set up screening clinics for detecting skin cancer,