Edwards AFB News

  • Second hypersonic flight ends prematurely, brings new flight test data

    A second test of the X-51A Waverider flew Monday in the Point Mugu Naval Air Test Range over the Pacific Ocean, bringing significant hypersonic research data in a less than successful flight test.The hypersonic aircraft was successfully boosted to just over Mach 5 and the scramjet engine lit, but

  • Second production model F-35A arrives at Edwards

    The second production model F-35A Lightning II aircraft flies above the compass rose of Rogers Dry Lakebed at Edwards May 13. The aircraft, designated AF-6, ferried to Edwards from Naval Air Station Fort Worth, Texas, Joint Reserve Base following the Air Force formally accepting the fighter into its

  • Second quarter military justice actions

    Nonjudicial punishment is a tool that provides commanders with an essential and swift means of maintaining good order and discipline. It also promotes behavior changes in servicemembers without the stigma of a court-martial conviction.A suspension is the postponement of the application of all or

  • Seconds count: Edwards firefighters sharpen emergency response

    To ensure an instinctive and flawless response, the 812th Civil Engineer Squadron’s Fire and Emergency Services Flight conducted rigorous structural firefighting training as part of a natural disaster response exercise at Edwards Air Force Base, California, May 5.

  • Secretary of Defense addresses Pearl Harbor survivors

    "Seventy years ago on a December morning, our nation sustained a cruel and destructive attack at Pearl Harbor. Our enemies thought that by this sudden and deliberate raid, they could weaken America. Instead, they only strengthened it. That day truly awoke a sleeping giant. "As we join you in

  • Security Awareness Week

    Security Awareness Week, which lasted April 1 to 5, was hosted by the 412th Electronic Warfare Group. This year's theme is "OPSEC and International Programs." Each day, the group spotlighted a specific security discipline to highlight by providing a briefing, demonstration or an instructional class

  • Security forces adds Krav Maga to weapons cache

    The 95th Security Forces Squadron added a new weapon to its arsenal during a training class here Sept. 14. The training's focus was Krav Maga martial arts, which is the Israeli military's official system of self defense and hand-to-hand combat. This form of martial arts came to the United States in