Edwards AFB News

  • Operation Get Out of Dodge keeps Edwards Airmen sharp, ready

    With the possibility of a short notice Unit Compliance Inspection at anytime, the installation exercise management team held an exercise titled Operation Get Out of Dodge Jan. 25 to the 27.In addition to the possibility of an unforeseen UCI, basewide exercises also allow for all personnel to be

  • No Tricare hike in 2011 budget request

    Tricare recipients will see no increase in their premiums next year if Congress approves that provision of the fiscal 2011 defense budget request, as expected.However, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told reporters Feb. 1 that he wants to work with Congress to find ways to help control escalating

  • Boeing B-52 With CONECT upgrade accomplishes first test flight

    Boeing announced Jan. 28  that a B-52H upgraded with new communication technology successfully accomplished its first test flight at Edwards Air Force Base on Jan. 17. The Combat Network Communications Technology upgrade allows B-52H crews to receive and send real-time digital information during

  • West Gate construction coming: work phases to minimize impact

    work on the third and final stage of a multi-year initiative to upgrade the three base gates will begin on the West Gate Feb. 15. When completed, the West Gate will feature three in-bound car lanes, one truck lane, improved security measures and a new visitor's center located near Centry Circle.

  • Super Bowl food safety

    Many of us wait all season for that ultimate Sunday celebration, a time where the two best NFL teams battle it out for the title of "Super Bowl Champions". It is a time filled with opening our homes to family and friends, providing a plethora of food and drink and gathering around the 60" plasma

  • 95th CG goes phishing at Edwards

    Each day, thousands of malicious e-mails are sent to users across the Air Force by computer hackers and adversaries looking for classified or personal information. As bait, they disguise themselves as trusted organizations requiring immediate information with dire consequences for those who don't

  • Air Force returns enlisted high year of tenure to standards

    Air Force manpower and personnel officials announced Jan. 27 a return of enlisted high year of tenure limits to their pre-2003 levels."We've considered returning HYT limits to their normal levels for several years. Now that our Air Force end strength is stabilizing, it is an appropriate time to

  • H1N1 vaccine-- come get it!

    The Edwards' Immunizations Clinic is now offering the H1N1 vaccine to everyone at Edwards. If you have not yet received this vaccine, please stop by the Immunizations Clinic. The Immunizations clinic is a walk-in clinic with hours on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday from  7:30 a.m. to 4:30

  • AFRL, Academy collaborate on space project

    Cadets from the United States Air Force Academy and members of the Air Force Research Laboratory at Edwards conducted operational testing on the satellite dubbed FalconSAT-5 here Jan. 11 to 22. According to a U.S. Air Force Academy Department of Astronautics press release, the primary mission of the

  • NASA Airborne radar to study quake faults in Haiti, Dominican Republic

    In response to the disaster in Haiti Jan. 12, NASA has added a series of science overflights of earthquake faults in Haiti and the Dominican Republic on the island of Hispaniola to a previously scheduled three-week airborne radar campaign to Central America.NASA's Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle