Edwards AFB News

  • 'Operation Play and Sleigh' a success

    The 412th Security Forces Squadron Training Section held a Ruck March and Toy Drive Dec. 20 at the Center for Excellence. The toy drive, more affectionately known as "Operation Play and Sleigh," brought in more than $2,000 worth of toys from 65 participants. All of the toys were donated to the A.

  • Operation 'Touch our Warriors' brings cheer to deployed Airmen

    Bringing joy to loved ones far from home, Operation "Touch our Warriors" and Team Edwards pulled together to collect donations to make care packages for our deployed troops at the Edwards Base Exchange and Commissary Nov. 21 and 22.Operation "Touch our Warriors" is determined to ensure all deployed

  • Operational Readiness Exercise may cause delays at gates

    The Operational Readiness Exercise on Monday through June 22 could cause persons entering the gates major traffic delay. Employees of the base are reminded to allow extra time to get to work and all motorists should be vigilant for slow moving or stopped traffic as they approach entry

  • Orange Flag brings combat relevant test data to the warfighter

    Units from across the country converged here at Edwards AFB, Calif., in September to execute the multi-domain, large force test series exercise known as Orange Flag. The latest feat involved a dramatic change in how test professionals engage with test data.

  • Orange Flag comes to STARBASE Edwards

    Students attending STARBASE received a lesson about Orange Flag and the importance of teamwork and coordination at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Dec. 10. The Orange Flag exercise tests the interoperability of 24 different aircraft from different branches or home bases. The 412th Test Wing

  • Orange Flag evaluates teamwork, interoperability across services

    It takes a team to get things done. Last month, team Edwards, along with Navy and Marine teammates, came together for a coordinated, multi-service flight test event known as Orange Flag. Twenty-eight aircraft gathered in the skies above the Mojave Desert during the three-hour test event named after

  • Orange Flag executes largest all-domain test focused on infrared spectrum

    Orange Flag, Air Force Test Center’s all-domain, large force test series focused on advanced technology, kill-web integration and analysis, returned for its second iteration this year at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. June 23. Forty-one airborne participants used the R-2508 Range and Sea Test Range