Edwards AFB News

  • ORE focuses on convoy operations, deployment line processing

    Team Edwards performed its Operational Readiness Exercise June 18 through 21. This was Edwards' first ORE since the Operational Readiness Inspection in March."Our primary focus is successfully passing the Phase I retest in July," said Lt. Col. Greg Ahlquist, the installation Inspector General. "We

  • Original T-34 visits Edwards 60 years after service

    An original production Beechcraft T-34 "Mentor" returned to Edwards Oct. 17 for a one-day visit 60 years after it was delivered to Edwards AFB for the T-34 flight test program. The G-11 model was one of three T-34's that came to Edwards in Oct. 1953 for acceptance testing. "As a trainer coming into

  • OSHA changes: Material Safety Data Sheets going away

    Safety data sheets are coming! Coming to replace Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) and improve unit understanding of the hazards associated with chemicals in the workplace.If you currently work in a workplace that uses hazardous chemicals governed by a Hazard Communication (HAZCOM) Program, there

  • OSI captures most wanted AF fugitive

    On June 6, 2018, Air Force Office of Special Investigations Detachment 303 Special Agents at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., apprehended Air Force fugitive Capt. William Howard Hughes, Jr. at his California residence without incident. On June 5, during a passport fraud investigation, the U.S.

  • OSI Det. 111 Foreign Travel Brief

    Office of Special Investigations, Detachment 111, reminds personnel at Edwards Air Force Base, California to obtain a Foreign Travel Brief prior to traveling overseas, if necessary.

  • Osprey lands at Edwards for testing

    An MV-22 Osprey from Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland is parked on the Edwards flightline awaiting ground and flight tests as part of the certification process to refuel behind the KC-46 aircraft, at Edwards Air Force Base, California, July 16. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jordan Goodsell)

  • Osteroos becomes 412th OSS CC

    Col. Christopher Azzano, 412th Operations Group commander (left), hands Lt. Col. Ryan Osteroos the 412th Operations Support Squadron guidon during a change of command ceremony July 11, 2012. Osteroos assumed command of the squadron from Lt. Col. Aaron Reed who is retiring. Osteroos comes to Edwards