• Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits clarified

    As of May 1, the Department of Veterans Affairs is accepting and processing applications for the Post-9/11 GI Bill. May 15 at 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. and on May 18 at 8 a.m. and 3 p.m., Arthur Pinzon, the Edwards Education Office Counselor, will conduct briefings in the Base Theater to provide

  • Drivers should secure loads

    Imagine driving to work on the freeway or on a back road when something suddenly falls off the vehicle just ahead. Well, according to AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, unsecured loads are responsible for about 25,000 accidents each year in the United States, resulting in approximately 80-90

  • Weather watch, weather warning

    The start of summer means the beginning of thunderstorm season.During summer, the wind flow in southern California can shift to a southeast to southerly directional flow. The flow brings tropical moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and Gulf of California into Southern California. The tropical moisture

  • New personnel tracking system to get workout

    As the Air Force gears up for its second test of the Air Force Personnel Accountability and Assessment System, Air Force Materiel Command leaders are reminding people to participate during the May 19-21 exercise. The new system is designed to improve the way the Air Force keeps track of its people.

  • 95th MDG, 412 OSS to collide in championship

    The intramural volleyball semi-finals were held at the Rosburg Fitness center May 12 to decide the participants of this year's championship match.The first matchof the double-header was played between the 95th Medical Group and the 416th Flight Test Squadron teams, with the 95th MDG coming back to

  • 416th FLTS pulls out gut wrenching victory over AFRL, advances in tourney

    It came down to the final serve, with the score tied at 16 in game 3 of the first round of the intramural volleyball playoffs. The 416th Flight Test Squadron was up to serve and after four consecutive failed spike attempts by Jeremy Cookson; the Air Force Research Laboratory was back in the match.

  • AFFSC productivity reduced

    The Air Force Financial Services Center began experiencing significant downtime with the Enterprise Information Management System May 1. The EIM system transfers travel and military pay documents from local Financial Services Offices to the AFFSC for processing and payment. The system is currently

  • Airborne Laser Returns to Flight

    The YAL-1A Airborne Laser successfully returned to flight, April 17, marking a program milestone that represents another step closer toward system demonstration. The ABL is a missile defense system mounted on a modified Boeing 747-400Fand this was its first flight since August 2007. The program has

  • Base releases Edwards, AFRL water quality reports

    Team Edwards recently released the 2008 Annual Consumer Confidence Report on Tap Water Quality for the Main Base and Air Force Research Laboratory Propulsion Directorate. Under the "Consumer Confidence Reporting Rule" of the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act, community water systems are required to