Edwards AFB News

  • Edwards Tax Center opens to provide free tax services to base personnel

    After saving more than 500 Airmen an excess of $94 thousand in filing fees and garnering them more than $1 million in returns for the 2008 tax season, the Edwards Tax Center reopens for the 2009 tax season.The tax center, located at 1100 Kincheloe Avenue (next door to the Children's library), has

  • AAFES SEA visits Edwards

    The Army and Air Force Exchange Service senior enlisted advisor to the commanding general of AAFES, visited Edwards from Jan. 19 to the 22.During his time at Edwards AFB, Chief Master Sgt. Jeffry Helm, AAFES met with wing leadership, customers and toured and inspected AAFES facilities. "Part of my

  • Edwards Intramural Basketball 2009-10 season standings

    Editor's note: Standings posted online each Wednesday and in the paper each Friday reflect the games from the previous week. Games take place Monday through Thursday with the exception of down days and holidays. Three games are played each night at 5:30, 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. 95th Force Support

  • New road offers safe transportation, quicker route

    Team Edwards celebrated the opening of the new Ammo Road, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Jan. 16."Besides the obvious danger of transporting live munitions, the traffic alone was dangerous -- going 10 miles per hour on 55 miles per hour roadway," said Airman 1st Class Jonathan Ethier, 412th

  • Team Edwards honors Martin Luther King Jr. with march, speech

    Team Edwards honored the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a walk from 95th Air Base Wing Headquarters to Chapel 1, where a ceremony was held in honor of Dr. King Jan. 14.Maj. Gen. David Eichhorn, Air Force Flight Test Center commander and Col. Jerry Gandy, 95th Air Base Wing commander, led

  • Air Force seeking athletes for warrior games

    The deadline for submitting applications to compete in the inaugural Warrior Games is today.Approximately 200 wounded active duty members and military veterans will compete in the Warrior Games May 10 to 14 in Colorado Springs, Colo., Defense Department officials announced Jan. 7. Air Force is

  • Hose extensions to expedite gas station visits

    To eliminate wait times drivers faced at the Car Care Center gas pumps, hose extensions were installed at each of the pumps over the last few months, ending Jan. 6. The new extensions will allow customers to refuel at any of the pumps from either side of their vehicles. "This is going to make it

  • Edwards Airmen conduct Air Refueling Qualification for Eurofighter

    A total of 10 Edwards flight testers deployed to Royal Air Force Mendenhall, U.K., between Oct. 19 and Dec. 21 to test the Air refueling capabilities of the Eurofighter to an American KC-135 Stratotanker and KC-10 Extender.The purpose of the tests was to ensure air refueling capabilities between