Edwards AFB News

  • USAF TPS selection board to convene

    The next annual United States Air Force Test Pilot School selection board will convene August 2 to 6 at the Air Force Personnel Center.  The deadline for applications is June 3.  The USAF Test Pilot School is the world's preeminent fixed-wing test pilot school. TPS graduates are in high demand in an

  • B-1 FIDL accomplishes 'power-on' in phase two software testing

    A B-1 Lancer bomber upgraded with Boeing's Fully Integrated Data Link accomplished its first power-on since going through routine depot maintenance earlier this year. It also successfully transmitted and received data out of the Link 16 antennas for the first time. The milestones were reached last

  • BX Fits Feet for the Long Haul

    Airmen are expected to run long distances as part of their regular workout routine. With this in mind, the Army & Air Force Exchange Service offers a wide selection of footwear to help military shoppers at the Edwards Main Exchange ensure they have shoes that properly fit their feet.AAFES' "Fit Your

  • JET has landed at the 412 OSS weather flight

    This month, the Joint Environmental Toolkit was approved fo use at Edwards. Base weather station personnel have been training on the new system in anticipation of it going fully operational this summer. JET provides the weather flight with a single, fully integrated system of weather analyses,

  • Edwards dancers dazzle at Disneyland

    The Edwards Dance Factory, sponsored by Youth Center, took 10 girls to Disneyland's Diamond Dance Classic April 10.  They joined a group of 300 dancers from all over the nation and around the world including four groups from Australia. During the weekend they performed their routine during a parade

  • Earth Day ties into an Air Force core value

    "Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without." -New England proverb -- Perhaps because I grew up in a large family, the proverb above became an ingrained practice. Some people today may think this attitude is dated, as if it were pulled from a Depression-era Farmer's Almanac. For me though,

  • Edwards NCO manages security forces patrols, Airmen for Southwest Asia base

    Staff Sgt. Sasha Gaddis is a security forces journeyman with the 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia. She is deployed from the 95th Security Forces Squadron at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., and her hometown is Oklahoma City, Okla.As a security

  • 'The Boss' answers for everything at Edwards

    Leadership comes in many forms at Edwards Air Force Base.  Here there are many leaders, most in uniform, some in civilian clothes, but no matter how they dress, their goal is the same, to work together as a team and do the best job they can.Ultimately, the top position is held by Maj. Gen. David

  • Edwards PA captures Air Force award for Flight Test Nation 2009

    The 95th Air Base Wing Public Affairs team took Flight Test Nation to new heights by capturing the 2009 Air Force Integrated Communication Excellence Award for branding and marketing Edwards' Oct. 17 air show and open house that drew more than 225,000 attendees.The Air Force recognized Edwards

  • Engineers with ingenuity create customized spray bar

    The Air Force Flight Test Center routinely tests aircraft to the limit of their operating envelope and one of the more difficult tests is high speed brake testing on a wet runway. These tests require the pilot to accelerate to the test speed, which could be as high as 140 knots (161 mph), and slam