July 2, 2009 Scramjet is Edward's latest experimental aircraft The first X-51A Scramjet Engine Demonstrator WaveRider vehicle arrived at Edwards Integrated Maintenance Facility, Building 710 June 25. The aircraft will begin ground tests July 6. Assembly was completed last month at Boeing's High Desert Assembly, Integration and Test facility at Plant 42 in
June 29, 2009 AFMC, Edwards to receive additional personnel The 2009 Force Structure Announcement, shows the Air Force Materiel Command gaining a total of 1388 workforce positions through the end of the 2009 fiscal year. The manning increse comes as a result of Air Force adjustments aimed at providing unsurpassed Global Vigilance, Global Reach and Global
June 25, 2009 New training tool prepares pilots for night flying A two year effort culminated June 18 as Edwards opened the doors to its new Night Imaging and Threat Evaluation Laboratory, located in building 1850. A joint effort between the Air Force and Marine Corps, the $129,000 NITE Lab is designed to offer a hands-on training course for all pilots required
June 25, 2009 Team Edwards preps for no notice inspections with ORE Edwards Inspector General and Plans and Programs staff agencies ensured the readiness of all units across the installation with exercise bomb threats, heightened security levels and building evacuations June 22 - 24. "Just like any exercise, we are preparing for real life situations," said David
June 24, 2009 Youth baseball team loses tournament, comes home winners A run for a Little League Division 51 championship came to an end for the Edwards Mets Majors baseball team June 19. Comprised of children between the ages of 10 and 12 years old, the team traveled to California City and lost a heartbreaker in extra innings to the higher seeded California City team.
June 24, 2009 Theater to show new Transformers movie June 27, the Base Theater will show a free screening of the recently released Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie at 6 p.m. Parts of the movie were filmed here and several of Edwards personnel may appear in the sequel. Theater doors will open at 4 p.m. for open seating. People are asked to