Edwards AFB News

  • STOVL F-35 conducts flight testing

    A Short Takeoff and Vertical Landing (STOVL) variant of the F-35 Lightning II is shown performing Crosswind and Wet Runway testing at Edwards AFB May 6. Pilot Dan Levin and a team from the F-35 Integrated Test Facility at Patuxent River, MD accompanied aircraft BF-4 for the deployment to Edwards

  • Street dedication becomes emotional tribute

    What started out to be a typical street dedication to one of Edwards' finest became an emotional tribute when family members, friends and Air Force leaders gathered at the dedication ceremony for a street named Jordan.Located on base at the corner of what's now Jordan Street and South Fogleman Loop,

  • Strike Zone delivers variety of tastes

    The High Desert Lanes Bowling Center is serving up a new place to dine with the reopening of the Strike Zone snack bar June 28 at 11 a.m. The eatery will offer some new menu items along with the traditional hamburgers, hot dogs and chicken fingers like the old snack bar served. Along with

  • Student from Rosamond wins Defense Commissary Agency scholarship

    Drum roll please..."and the winner of a $1,500 scholarship is Taylor Steele from Rosamond," announced Mr. William J. Shea, Store Director at the Edwards AFB Commissary.This scholarship is part of the Scholarships for Military Children Program, funded by manufacturers and suppliers that provide

  • Student of the Year earns 'chance of a lifetime' to soar at supersonic speed

    As a journalism student working on an undergraduate degree at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Laura Mowry never expected when she first started working at Edwards she'd be flying high in a T-38 at speeds fast enough to boom the base.While wrapping up her degree requirements, the 24-year-old

  • Students learn importance of math, science

    Four busloads of potential engineers and scientists spent a day learning first-hand the impact their current math and science classes will have on their future career options as they visited the 95th Air Base Wing Environmental Management division and NASA Dryden Flight Research Center here March

  • Students send warm Christmas gifts to Lancaster shelter

    It doesn't take long to see the respect and compassion for others in Elizabeth Davis' fourth-grade class at Branch Elementary School. On Dec. 10, one student went above and beyond to show his community spirit when he recruited his classmates to help make scarves for the homeless this

  • Students soar to new heights

    Potential aerospace engineers and rocket scientists gathered May 23 at Branch Elementary for the 1st Annual Edwards Intermediate Space Challenge. The rocket launch contest featured 12 teams consisting of 4th, 5th and 6th graders who put their ingenuity to the test to compete in six categories.The