June 8, 2010 New mammography capability coming to Edwards clinic The 95th Medical Group will unveil an innovative leap in technology for its screening mammography program as early as July 1.The Diagnostic Imaging Element is adding computed radiography imaging technology, which will have many advantages over the technology it replaces. These include:· Reduced
June 3, 2010 Colonel Dunlop assumes command of 412th TW On a warm Edward's high desert morning Col. Dawn M. Dunlop assumed command of the 412th Test Wing during a change of command ceremony at Edwards. Maj. Gen. David Eichhorn, Air Force Flight Test Center commander, officiated the ceremony where Col. Dunlop assumed command from Brig. Gen. William J.
May 26, 2010 X-51A conducts flight test An X-51A Waverider flight test vehicle successfully made the longest ever supersonic combustion ramjet-powered hypersonic flight today off the Southern California coast.The more than 200-second burn by the X-51's Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne-built air breathing scramjet engine accelerated the vehicle
May 25, 2010 Ceremony set for 412th Test Wing The 412th Test Wing is scheduled to hold its change of command ceremony at 10 a.m. in Hangar 1600, June 4. Col. Dawn M. Dunlop will assume command of the Air Force's premier test organization from Brig. Gen. William J. Thornton. Colonel Dunlop comes from within 412th TW, she currently serves as
May 19, 2010 Improper disposal of electronic, hazardous and universal waste causes problems Facility managers should know the drill. Electronic, hazardous and universal waste must be kept out of the trash, but recent finds by landfill workers show this is sometimes not the case.Last month, workers found nearly a ton of government-owned electronics, hazardous and universal waste dumped in
May 19, 2010 Edwards receives first two F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters Two F-35A Lightning II stealth Joint Strike Fighters left their final-assembly site in Fort Worth, Texas and flew nonstop to Edwards Air Force Base, May 17. The arrival is the first in a series, which will eventually increase the Edwards F-35 test fleet to at least eight aircraft.Air Force test
May 19, 2010 Branch Elementary's answer to going on a fieldtrip - have the fieldtrip come to you Typically, when a class takes a fieldtrip, the routine often takes a day with travel to and from the fieldtrip site and lunches eaten on the run. But five places in one day? For most elementary schools, unheard of; especially with 830 kindergarten through sixth-grade students. Except at Edwards' own
May 18, 2010 From uniform service to civil service, AFFTC chief of staff still serves Col. Jack Gregory retired from the U.S. Air Force two years ago, but Mr. Jack Gregory, now a member of the Flight Test Center commander's senior staff, continues to serve the Air Force at Edwards.A man who thrives on challenges, Mr. Gregory, who hung up his uniform, hasn't retired his leadership
May 12, 2010 NASA Deploys Planes, Targets Satellites to Aid in Oil Spill Response NASA has mobilized its remote-sensing assets to help assess the spread and impact of the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico at the request of U.S. disaster response agencies.As part of the national response to the spill, NASA deployed its instrumented research aircraft the Earth
May 5, 2010 95th Air Base Wing Quarterly Award Winners 95th Air Base Wing Quarterly Award Winners:Airman Category: Senior Amn. Marvin M. Ablao, 95th Communications SquadronNCO Category: Tech. Sgt. Matthew R. Reyes, 95th Communications SquadronSNCO Category: Master Sgt. Sheritta N. Washington, 95th Security Forces SquadronCGO Category: Capt. James D.