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  • Space Shuttle Atlantis, STS-117, performs a successful landing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on June 22. The shuttle started its mission June 8 to perform maintenance on the International Space Station. STS-117 was the 21st mission to the space station and the 118th shuttle mission overall. The Atlantis landing marks Edwards' 51st shuttle landing. The next shuttle mission is scheduled to launch in August. (U.S. Air Force photo/Steve Zapka)

    Atlantis successfully touches down at Edwards

    Space Shuttle Atlantis safely returned to Earth when it landed at Edwards on June 22, which concluded STS-117's assembly mission to the International Space Station. Because of unfavorable weather, the orbiter landed at Edwards, its secondary landing site, instead of its primary landing site at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla."The weather at

  • Team Edwards hosts fishing derby at Branch pond

    Youngsters and their families are invited to join a fishing derby at Branch Memorial Park on the Fourth of July. The annual event -- "Fishing Derby 4 Kids" -- is open to all Edwards youth ages 1 through 16. The fishing derby will be from 6 to 9 a.m, with prizes presented at 9:30 a.m. Breakfast, drinks and snacks will be provided during the
  • EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis, STS-117, performs a successful landing at Edwards on June 22. The shuttle started its mission June 8 to perform maintenance on the International Space Station. STS-117 was the 21st mission to the space station and the 118th shuttle mission overall. The Atlantis landing marks Edwards' 51st shuttle landing. The next shuttle mission is scheduled to launch in August. (Photo by Steve Zapka)

    Space Shuttle Atlantis arrives at Edwards

  • Edwards to open viewing area for possible shuttle landing

    Edwards Air Force Base is planning to open its Mercury Boulevard viewing area Friday and Saturday for the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis. In the event the space shuttle is unable to land at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Edwards is the primary alternate landing site for the conclusion of STS-117. Any members of the public wishing to view the
  • EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- 95th Security Forces Squadron Airmen shake the hands of 4-H Club members during a security forces recognition at the 95th SFS headquarters building June 15. The 4-H Club donated letters, magazines, games and goodies for the 95th SFS troops deployed downrange. The 4-H Club is a youth organization administered by the Cooperative Extension System of the Department or Agriculture. (Photo by Edward Cannon)

    Line it up

  • EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Col. Bryan Gallagher, 95th Air Base Wing commander, explains the new housing move plan to Team Edwards at a town hall meeting in the Conference Center on June 15. The residential moves are part of the completion of the housing construction program. (Photo by Jim Shryne)

    Pointed in the right direction

  • Col. Bryan Gallagher (left), 95th Air Base Wing commander, together with Dr. Rob Challinor (center), Muroc Joint Unified School District superintendent, and Chuck James, Muroc district school board president, signs the lease agreement between Team Edwards and the school district June 15 for the Center of Excellence's occupation of the old Edwards Middle School. The lease will only cost the Air Force $1 a year. (Photo by Edward Cannon)

    Team Edwards, Muroc school district stand up Center of Excellence

    Team Edwards joined forces with the Muroc Joint Unified School District to establish the Center of Excellence during a lease-signing ceremony June 15 at the old Edwards Middle School here. Through the lease agreement, the base will take over the responsibility of maintaining the facility and turning it into an educational center catering to adults,
  • Special guests shovel dirt during the Lancaster, Calif., veterans home groundbreaking June 12. A contingent from Edwards provided support during the event. The veterans home, which features 60 beds with a 50-member capacity for adult health care, will give residential care for the elderly. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Stacy Sanchez)

    Lancaster veterans home breaks ground with Edwards support

    After more than a decade of preparation, the California Department of Veterans Affairs and the Lancaster, Calif., community unveiled their plan for a veterans home during a groundbreaking ceremony June 12. As the nearest military installation, Edwards provided support for the event. The keynote speaker for the event was Col. David Miller, Air Force

  • Operational Readiness Exercise may cause delays at gates

    The Operational Readiness Exercise on Monday through June 22 could cause persons entering the gates major traffic delay. Employees of the base are reminded to allow extra time to get to work and all motorists should be vigilant for slow moving or stopped traffic as they approach entry gates. Temporary gate closures can happen at any time of the day
  • A Hughes 500D helicopter hovers over Edwards' non-operational ranges during a sortie recently. (Photo by Wendelyn Leon)

    Edwards begins second phase of site evaluation for non-operational ranges

    During the coming weeks, Edwards will be using a low-flying civilian helicopter as part of the second phase of its site evaluation for the areas on base identified as non-operational ranges -- the occupied areas of the base and their immediate surroundings. This action is part of the base's effort to comply with the Air Force's Military Munitions
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