Edwards AFB News

  • 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

  • Season of giving

    Volunteers from Edwards’ First Sergeants Council and Lockheed Martin prepare Operation Home Front holiday meal gift bags for Edwards families that may need extra help. The bags contained dry goods to create a holiday meal, as well as a $25 Commissary gift certificate to get a turkey or ham, a small

  • Seats Still Available for SYS 120

    "SYS 120 - Teaming With DCMA" is a funded, two-day course exploring the current Acquisition Management System and is being offered through the Air Force Institute of Technology's School of Systems and Logistics at Edwards, June 9-10. SYS 120 is an excellent opportunity for junior- to mid-level

  • SECAF certifies Fischer-Tropsch synthetic fuel blends for B-52H

    Secretary of the Air Force Michael W. Wynne announced the completion of the Air Force's certification of Fischer-Tropsch fuel blends in the B-52H during a signing ceremony here today.The signing ceremony certified that the blended FT and JP-8 fuel is safe for operational use in all B-52H aircraft

  • SECAF James checks out F-35

    Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James shakes hands with Lt. Col. Mark Massaro, 461st Flight Test Squadron director of operations, after arriving at the Joint Strike Fighter Integrated Test Force March 7. She visited Edwards AFB for an F-35 Orientation visit where she was briefed on the test

  • SecAF lands at Edwards

    Team Edwards received a visit from its top leader March 26. Secretary of the Air Force, The Honorable Michael B. Donley, arrived at Edwards Air Force Base for a three-day tour to observe Team Edwards' Airmen in action. While at Edwards the SECAF observed flight testing of key airframes such as the

  • SECAF visits Edwards

    Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley is greeted by (from left) Brig. Gen. Robert C. Nolan II, Air Force Flight Test Center commander; Col. R.J. Smith, 412th Test Wing vicecommander; Col. Amy V. Arwood, 95th Air Base Wing vice commander and Chief Master Sgt. Bill Thomaston, 95th ABW command