Edwards AFB News

  • Edwards Airman to become next AFMC Command Chief

    Air Force officials have announced that Chief Master Sergeant Eric R. Jaren will become the new command chief of Air Force Materiel Command.Chief Jaren comes to Headquarters AFMC from Edwards AFB, Calif., where he has served as the command chief for the Air Force Flight Test Center and 95th Air Base

  • Edwards Airmen complete first enlisted military education course

    Twenty-four senior airmen graduated from Edwards Airman Leadership School Aug. 27. Airman Leadership School is the first of three enlisted professional military education courses enlisted Airmen attend as they progress through their military careers. Airman Leadership School prepares Airmen to be

  • X-51A WaveRider gets first ride aboard B-52

    In a flight test reminiscent of the early days of the historic X-15 program 50 years earlier, the X-51A Waverider was carried aloft for the first time over Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Wednesday, Dec. 9 by an Air Force Flight Test Center B-52H Stratofortress.The "captive carry" test was a key

  • Santa to Hold Court at Wing Holiday Party Wednesday

    Santa is not happy, and this year, he's doing something about it at the 95th Air Base Wing Nice and Naughty holiday party at Club Muroc Dec. 16, from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. His jolly old soul is troubled this year by what he saw on his famous lists. You see, as he was making his naughty and nice lists,

  • Bench pressing on

    Eleven competitors filled the Rosburg Fitness Center Dec. 3 for the Team Edwards fourth quarter Bench Press Competition."We wanted to make it one big competition versus a lot of little competitions, which would have been the case if we had weight classes. By eliminating the weight classes and going

  • Promotion to E-8 to require resident SNCOA

    Completion of the resident Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy or a sister service equivalent becomes a requirement for promotion to senior master sergeant effective Jan. 1, Air Force officials announced today as part of a policy change.The change in the professional military education

  • LAAFB to host Pacific West Military Basketball League

    Los Angeles Air Force Base along with JNJ Hoops will sponsor a basketball tournament for the Pacific West Military Basketball League at the Los Angeles Air Force Base Fitness Center Dec. 12 and 13. Men and women teams from Edwards, Travis, Vandenberg  and Los Angeles Air Force Bases as well as 29