Edwards AFB News

  • Quarterly Health Care Advisory Council meeting scheduled

    The 95th Medical Group will be conducting the quarterly Health Care Advisory Council (HCAC) meeting on Dec. 2, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Main Clinic,  Bldg. 5525 in the 2nd Floor Conference Room.People with questions about their medical care at the 95th Medical  Group and who want

  • 412th TW tests Global Hawk with alternative fuel for first time

    An RQ-4 Global Hawk completed a 32-hour flight test using an alternative fuel mixture, Nov. 23.The 412th Test Wing's Global Vigilance Combined Test Force's Block 20 Global Hawk took off at 4:30 p.m. Nov. 22 and became the first remotely piloted aircraft to fly using the Fischer-Tropsch Synthetic

  • Annual Angel Tree Project is here

    The 2010 Team Edwards Angel Tree Project is underway. If you would like to support this outreach program, please stop by the Base Exchange, choose an angel from the tree and have fun shopping! Gifts will be accepted until December 10th.It's as easy as 1,2,3.1.  Pick and ornament off the tree in the

  • Edwards BX celebrates grand re-opening: More space, more items, more light

    Under overcast skies and with blustery winter winds blowing outside, more than 100 people gathered at the Base Exchange complex for the ribbon cutting and grand re-opening of the main exchange facilities, Nov. 19.Inside it was bright, spacious, and fully stocked. And the Airmen noticed.Tech. Sgt.

  • Walt Disney animators draw inspiration from Edwards aircraft

    Here amid the number-crunching, data-streaming, hard-science world of flight test, nine artists from Walt Disney Studios in Burbank came in search of inspiration.They found it."There is nothing cooler than these planes," said Mike Gabriel, art director at Walt Disney Studios. "Research is what fuels

  • Edwards Airmen receive by giving at veterans home

    A group of Airmen from Edwards had an idea about how to brighten Veterans Day for their fellow veterans staying at the William J. "Pete" Knight Veterans Home in Lancaster - planting flowers and visiting with the residents.The group came away themselves brightened by the experience."We wanted to do

  • Mojave Greens Disc Golf Course opens at Edwards

    There's a new game on base.Edwards' brand new disc golf course officially opened for fun and fitness with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, Nov. 19."Today we're trying to get everybody out here and show them the course and let everyone know the positives about the sport," said Fernando Brown, Outdoor