Edwards AFB News

  • Scorpion girls volleyball clinch first place in league again, begin playoffs

    The Desert Junior Senior High School girls varsity volleyball team recently finished their season as Desert Mountain League Champions with a perfect 14-0 final league record.The team finished with an overall record of 22-2 for the season before entering playoffs.Since the team ranked second in the

  • Scorpion Robotics 'Scoops' up another win, advances into super regionals

    As rookies, the Scorpion Robotics team from Desert Junior-Senior High School is preparing for the Western United States Super Regional Championship in Sacramento, Calif., Mar. 20-22. The Scorpion team is one of only eight teams from the Los Angeles region selected to advance after the FIRST Tech

  • Scorpion Robotics team to compete at L.A. regionals

    Desert Jr.-Sr. High School robotics team, #7227 Scorpion Robotics, is heading to the L.A. Regional Robotics Championship Tournament Feb. 27 in Monrovia, California.Since the Desert Robotics club was founded three years ago, it's grown to include 22 students, 10 coaches and three teams. Team #7227

  • Scorpion Robotics, Odyssey of the Mind, need you

    The Scorpion Robotics and Odyssey of the Mind teams held an open house at the Center of Excellence May 13. Both clubs are looking for volunteers, mentors and coaches.Thanks to the efforts of the coaches and volunteers, along with the children's hard work, the Scorpion Robotics program won 2 local

  • Scorpions' fantastic season comes to an end in Santa Barbara

    The Desert High School girls volleyball team finished their season with a 28-3 record after falling to Laguna Blanca High School of Santa Barbara in the California Interscholastic Federation State Division 4 Southern Regional Championship match Dec. 1.The Scorpions lost 25-11, 25-15, 16-25, 25-19 at

  • Scorpions to show their love of robotics on Valentine's Day

    This Valentine's Day, love is in the air. That is, love of robotics.The Desert Junior-Senior High Scorpion Robotics Club is in their second year and heading to the L.A. Regional Championship Tournament Feb. 14 in Monrovia, California.Last year's all-male team had 11 members and advanced to the West

  • Scouts Cast a Shadow

    A Boy Scout from Troop 247 is excited to learn first hand about an Air Force F-16 from crew chief, Staff Sgt. Ian Domingo, 412th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. The Scout and his troop were guests of Air Force Flight Center commander, Brig. Gen. Robert C. Nolan II and Team Edwards. The young men

  • Scouts have new home base thanks to civil engineers

    What used to be a furniture store is now a place for Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts to call home. Members of the 412th Civil Engineer Group completed a month-long renovation of a space in Bldg. 7211 within the Desert Mall area. Different sections of 412th CEG got together and replaced the heating and

  • Scramjet is Edward's latest experimental aircraft

    The first X-51A Scramjet Engine Demonstrator WaveRider vehicle arrived at Edwards Integrated Maintenance Facility, Building 710 June 25. The aircraft will begin ground tests July 6. Assembly was completed last month at Boeing's High Desert Assembly, Integration and Test facility at Plant 42 in

  • Searching for the Green Dot gnome

    The Air Force Green Dot program and its message of interpersonal violence prevention has been center stage for the past several months at Edwards AFB.  Taking action by either directing, delegating or distracting when observing a situation that could escalate to interpersonal violence is a Green