Edwards AFB News

  • Team Edwards concludes 101 Critical Days of Summer with zero major mishaps

    Team Edwards wrapped-up the 2009 101 Critical Days of Summer Sept. 8 at 7 a.m. The 15-week event is an Air Force mishap prevention program intended to minimize class A and B incidents and fatalities between Memorial Day and Labor Day, a time when incidents are twice as likely to occur. "101 Critical

  • Town Hall Meeting to address base issues

    Col. Jerry Gandy, 95th Air Base Wing commander, will hold a Town Hall Meeting in the base Conference Center Sept. 21, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The meeting is open to all members of Team Edwards, including families. Colonel Gandy will address school information; deployed spouses resources;  and

  • First ECC meeting begins Edwards, community discussion

    Members of the Edwards Community Council held their inaugural meeting at Club Muroc Sept. 11. Hosted by Maj. Gen. David Eichhorn, Air Force Flight Test Center commander, the ECC is comprised of base and local leadership who discuss overarching issues that affect the Antelope Valley. The two-hour

  • Discovery lands at Edwards following successful mission

    Space shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven astronauts ended a journey of more than 5.7 million miles with a 5:53 p.m. landing on Runway 22L here Sept.11. The mission designated STS-128, delivered two refrigerator-sized science racks to the International Space Station. One rack will be used to

  • ALS graduates class 09-F

    Fifteen 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

  • Eleven members of Team Edwards are selected for lieutenant colonel

    Air Force Personnel Center officials have announced that 11 of Edwards majors were selected to the rank of lieutenant colonel. Andrew L. Allen, 411th Flight Test Squadron Richard F. Bailey, Jr., USAF Test Pilot School Brock E. Devos, 412th Operations Support Squadron Leonard C. Kearl, III, 461st

  • Safety offers new form for hazard identification

    The new Near-Miss Form, available on Centernet allows base personnel to advise the Air Force Flight Test Center Safety Office of potential risks on base. "This (form) lets us fix things before people get hurt," said John Kalita, AFFTC ground safety specialist "We get out and identify as many as we

  • Youth Center Annex celebrates grand opening, National Kid's Day

    Team Edwards will celebrate the grand opening of the new editions that have been made to the Youth Center Annex over the past year with a ribbon-cutting ceremony during the National Kid's Day celebration at the Youth Center Annex here Sept. 11. "We'll start with the grand-opening and open house at 3