Edwards AFB News

  • AFFTC 4th Quarter Award Winners announced

    The Air Force Flight Test Center announced its fourth quarter award winners Jan. 21. The list of winners follows.(Staff/Specialist/Analyst)Rykki Swenson AFFTC/DP Human Resources Specialist(Secretarial/Clerical Category)Taizet Hernandez AFFTC/PK Office Automation Technician(Technician

  • 95th Air Base Wing 4th Quarter Award Winners announced

    The 95th Air Base Wing announced its fourth quarter award winners. The list of winners follows.(Airman)Senior Airman Bernice Edwards, 95th MDG(Noncommissioned Officer)Staff Sgt. Keith Buehler, 95th MDG(Senior Noncommissioned Officer)Master Sgt. Eric Corriveau, 95th Security Forces Squadron(Company

  • Newly formed coalition meets to support aerospace and defense in AV

    Business, city, state, government and military officials met Jan. 18 at the Larry Chimbole Cultural Center in Palmdale, Calif., to discuss a way forward for the newly formed group at the first Antelope Valley Aerospace and Defense Coalition meeting.The goal of the newly-formed alliance, which is

  • Commanders commence demolition project with a smash

    To mark the beginning of the final phase of the base's housing upgrade, base leadership took the controls of a hydraulic excavator to start flattening one of the few remaining sections of old base housing Jan. 21. The demolition started with Brig. Gen. Robert Nolan, Air Force Flight Test Center

  • AV children learn life lessons from Team Edwards mentors

    Twelve-year old Khiabet says her grades are improving and that's good.Even better is understanding that improvement may be a byproduct of a new set of life skills she's acquiring, in part through her mentor, Dr. Ingrid Wysong, chief scientist at the Aerophysics Branch of the Space and Missile

  • Conquer the coast without leaving the desert

    From Crescent City in the north, the California coast follows the Pacific Ocean for 958 miles to the southern town of Imperial Beach just above the Mexican border. Although the Antelope Valley is without scenic coastal vistas, members of the Edwards community can traverse the coast of California

  • USAF Band of Golden West to perform free public concerts in AV

    Two free public concerts are scheduled to be performed in the Antelope Valley by the United States Air Force Band of the Golden West in early February.The band will perform Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. at Palmdale‟s Highland High School Auditorium.The next night, Feb. 9 at 7p.m., they will perform at the