Edwards AFB News

  • Pirates take title at 4th Quarter Weapons Load Competition

    The Pirates, from the 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron are the winners of the 4th Quarter Weapons Load Competition, held on January 3rd and hosted by the 412th Maintenance Group. The team competed against crews from the 412th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, including Team Raptor of the 411th

  • Piute Ponds continues makeover

    Piute Ponds has undergone a series of renovations over the last couple years and is now reaping the benefits of those years of construction. In January of 2011, Edwards Environmental Management and Ducks Unlimited signed a formalized memorandum of agreement to upgrade and preserve the ponds."The

  • Piute Ponds feature large variety of birds, wildlife

    Amid the high desert landscape that encompasses Edwards is a green oasis that provides a place for wildlife and exotic birds to flourish in peace.   Covering up to 600 acres on the base’s southwest corner is Piute Ponds. The freshwater marsh is comprised of channels, dikes and evaporation ponds with

  • Piute Ponds opens improved walking tour

    The Piute Ponds walking tour is now open and ready for business.That's the message as two elementary school children helped Col. Drew Jeter, 95th Air Base Wing commander, cut a ribbon to signify the installation of an observation deck and several informational signs placed along a wide walking path

  • Planes, aviation legends, highlight 70th anniversary

    The celebration began with aviation legends on a stage and ended with Ferraris on a ramp. Edwards held its 70th Anniversary of Supersonic Flight event Oct. 13-14. Famed test pilots, retired Brig. Generals Chuck Yeager and Robert Cardenas, were on hand for the celebration that honored their

  • Planning Committee Members Sought for AFFTC Annual Awards Ball

     Members of the Edwards community are invited to join the AFFTC Annual Awards Planning Committee for the upcoming award celebration. Military & civilian members interested in volunteering their time and talents to the event are encouraged to contact the committee chair person, SMSGT Ruel Rafi,

  • Plant 42 changes leadership

    Air Force Operating Location Air Force Plant 42 changed leadership hands during a Change of Leadership Ceremony at Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, July 1.

  • Plant 42 Gas Leak Update

    At 5 p.m. this afternoon SOCAL Gas sealed the leak and Plant 42 operations returned to normal.

  • Plant 42 gets special visit

    Thomas M. Fischer, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Director of Engineering and Technical Management, headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, visits Edwards Air Force Base, California, and Plant 42, Oct. 3.