Edwards AFB News

  • 95th Air Base Wing annual award winners announced

    The 95th Air Base Wing announced its 2010 annual award winners Feb. 11.Airman of the Year:Senior Airman Sinuhe Brito-Aguirre, 95th Medical GroupNoncommissioned Officer of the Year:Staff Sgt. Alecia Haataia, 95th Mission Support GroupSenior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year:Senior Master Sgt. Mario

  • Employee Assistance Program - know your benefits as a civilian employee

    Air Force Materiel Command civilian employees and their immediate family members are entitled to the following Employee Assistance Program services at no cost.Services include:In-person counseling - Confidential counseling with an EAP counselor may help with a broad range of personal issues. The

  • Radio station shows good heart with Valentine's Day treats

    Dave Phillips, a radio disc jockey with Antelope Valley country music station KTPI, hands out goody bags to spouses and families of deployed servicemembers at the Oasis Community Center Feb. 14. "The High Desert's Best Country" station, 97.7, traveled throughout the Antelope Valley delivering the

  • Edwards Airman receives Purple Heart

    Since the war on terror began close to 10 years ago, one term has entered the American lexicon that signifies the dangers of combating terrorism - IED.Improvised explosive devices have killed or wounded thousands of servicemembers in both Iraq and Afghanistan.One of those wounded servicemembers was

  • Restoring a relic - Retired sailors re-fabricate retired Navy aircraft

    Like a giant dinosaur skeleton on display at a museum, a dinosaur of a plane sits among operational aircraft, patiently waiting to be restored to its original luster.A Navy A3D-1 Skywarrior bomber from 1955 is currently parked in Hangar 1210 while a group of retired Navy servicemen work to

  • Team Edwards volunteers help bring the heat, get Kirtland back in the flow

    Four volunteer Team Edwards plumbers jetted to New Mexico to help repair major damage caused when prolonged freezing temperatures wreaked havoc on Kirtland, causing significant damage to infrastructure and facilities the weekend of Feb. 4.Col. Robert L. Maness, 377th Air Base Wing commander at

  • Edwards measurement lab passes evaluation with precision

    The Edwards Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory passed with precision a recent evaluation that ensures the lab performs measurements that are safe, accurate reliable and traceable. The Air Force Metrology and Calibration Center performed the biannual evaluation Jan. 18 through Jan. 27.

  • Life Cycle Risk Management Class Coming to Edwards in March

    The Air Force Institute of Technology will offer SYS 208, "Life Cycle Risk Management," at Edwards March 7-9.This funded class covers the basics of program risk and introduces a process to help effectively manage it throughout a program's life cycle within Air Force regulations and guidance. The