Edwards AFB News

  • Pancho Barnes: Edwards' friend

    Florence "Pancho" Barnes was never officially a part of the Edwards community but even so, she is a solid part of our heritage. She was a woman full of contradictions who spent her life living happily on the extremes. She was born rich, even by the standards of her wealthy San Marino neighbors, and

  • Panda Express opens with free food

    Panda Express celebrated the opening of its first restaurant in a military installation July 5 at the Oasis Community Center here.Panda Express provided free catered lunch to family members of deployed personnel and donated 100 percent of the day's gross sales to the Teen Center. "Whenever we open a

  • Parachute riggers ensure safe landing

    When a plane goes down, the first lifeline a pilot can rely on is his parachute.Edwards pilots have the 412th Maintenance Squadron parachute riggers to trust when donning their gear. They have one common objective -- to keep people alive. "In this line of work you only get one chance," said Roberto

  • Parachute testers try out free fall deployment system

    Testers from Edwards headed down the 215 Freeway to Perris, California, June 14-15 to qualify a direct-deployment method for the RA-1 parachute system.The RA-1 is the military equivalent of the commercial Raider/Intruder system that is manufactured by Airborne Systems. The parachute system was 

  • Paralegals look outward for assistance

    A viable option for Airmen interesting in retraining is paralegal, a career field that puts them in the court room assisting Air Force attorneys. Responsibilities of a paralegal include military justice, court reporting, administrative boards reporting, accident and collateral investigations,

  • Parking lot snake not your typical desert dweller

    A recent e-mail circulated around the base warned readers to be sure to check under their cars for snakes. It included two photos of a snake under a car in a main base parking lot. Looking at the photo, base biologists did a double take. Not because someone snapped a photo of a snake under a car in

  • Patience is a Virtue

    During the next several months, the West Gate outbound lanes will be under construction due to the increased vigilance in homeland security since 9/11.The construction project will reconfigure roadways; add lighting, barriers, cameras and warning systems to bring our installation into compliance

  • Patriot Day is a day of honor

    On Patriot Day, our Nation continues to honor, recognize and remember the nearly 3,000 people who lost their lives 17 years ago during the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001.  This day, which many refer to as simply "9-11,"  the American flag is flown at half-staff at homes, the White House, and all