Edwards AFB News

  • Sonic Splash Pool hosts movie night

    The Oasis Community Center held its first-ever free movie night at the Sonic Splash Pool on Saturday.Open Air Cinema, Oasis Community Center and Outdoor Recreation teamed up to help bring the Edwards community together. Pool games like Marco Polo and football for parents started the event. Later

  • South Base landmark torn-down, replaced

    The South Base water tower that once stood as a 160-foot red and white landmark found itself torn down and dried out in the desert Sept. 16. 412th Civil Engineering members and contractors gathered outside a safety radius to watch as an excavator tore down the elevated 200,000 gallon non-potable

  • Spaatz Ave. to close

    Beginning Feb. 3 and running through Feb. 24, Spaatz Ave. will be closed at Kincheloe Ave. to support drainage system improvements in that area. Traffic, particularly housing residents accustomed to accessing the Commissary and BX through that intersection, will be required to detour using

  • Space shuttle arrives home for one last 'Endeavour'

    For the Edwards community who has been actively involved in NASA's Space Shuttle program since flight testing began in the 1970's, it was a bittersweet day when Space Shuttle Endeavour arrived one last time Sept. 20, piggy-backed on NASA's Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.When the SCA departed

  • Space shuttle Discovery astronauts help TPS students glimpse heights

    United States Air Force Test Pilot School students got a glimpse of how far they can soar in the school's Skobee Auditorium April 26.NASA astronauts Steve Lindsey and Alvin Drew outlined the final mission of space shuttle Discovery to the students during a visit to the flight test center.Mr.