March 18, 2009 Air Force Flight Test Center announces 'best of the best' The Air Force Flight Test Center recently announced the installation's annual award winners.The following are annual award winners: -- Airman of the Year: Senior Airman Anthony Kasch, 412th Maintenance Squadron Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory journeyman. Among his accomplishments during
March 18, 2009 Edwards highlights Social Workers Awareness Month In conjunction with the National Social Workers Awareness Month celebration, Edwards is highlighting the effort and value of the base's social work throughout the month of March. This is an annual opportunity for the Edwards community to enhance the public awareness of social work and the type of
March 18, 2009 Exercise tests base's response capabilities Team Edwards held an Emergency Management Exercise March 9 and 10 to test the 95th Medical Group's ability to respond to a widespread outbreak on base. The premise of the EME was that 20 Team Edwards members attended a basketball game and contracts a virus. In the days that followed, it begins to
March 17, 2009 Edwards Airmen run for fitness, network security At a subfreezing 30 degrees, Edwards Airmen braved the cold to show they are fit to fight March 13. More than 700 Airmen, both military and civilian, ran 2.4 miles along FitzGerald Boulevard for the base's quarterly formation run, but with a twist. Signs were posted along FitzGerald Boulevard
March 17, 2009 Edwards AFAF campaign on track This week marks the halfway point in the Air Force Assistance Fund's 2009 campaign and so far, it's ahead of schedule. The goal of the AFAF is to get 100 percent contact with all of the base's servicemembers and financially, $47,708. Currently, the 20 group representatives and their key workers have
March 16, 2009 Occupational illnesses: identifying, reporting important to safety A coworker is walking out of her office when she trips on a crack in the floor, severely twisting her knee and causing her to miss several days of work, not to mention a lot of pain. What do you do? Naturally, you would notify everyone in the shop about the crack in the floor, including your
March 11, 2009 Joint Navy F/A-18 testing at BAF complete The 772nd Test Squadron teamed up with Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in a joint effort to complete antenna pattern testing on a Navy F/A-18C Hornet at the Benefield Anechoic Facility at Edwards on Jan. 22. The purpose of the antenna test is to evaluate how the entire F/A-18C system affects
March 11, 2009 Team Edwards to devote day for network security There is an Airman on the frontlines fighting a battle right now, battling an enemy who hides and launches attacks from more than 120 countries around the world. Every 4.5 seconds, that Airman has to face an enemy who builds new staging grounds for attacks. That Airman is attacked from more than
March 11, 2009 Eight Airmen complete MCMAP Eight Edwards Airmen became the first to receive tan belts in the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program during a graduation ceremony at the Rosburg Fitness Center March 6. "MCMAP teaches students basic hand-to-hand combat," said Tech. Sgt. Christopher Greene, 412th Maintenance Squadron precision