Edwards AFB News

  • Airman uses SABC skills to save lives in car accident

    After hearing the sound of a crash followed by a cloud of smoke and debris on Highway 14 in Lancaster, Calif., Dec. 7, an Edwards Airman rushed to the scene to help save the lives of two strangers. When Tech. Sgt. Rondale Alexander, noncommissioned officer in charge of the Air Force Flight Test

  • Team Edwards performs last full-blown exercise before UCI

    With five weeks left before the base's Unit Compliance Inspection in January, Team Edwards performed its last full-blown Operational Readiness Exercise and Emergency Management Exercise Dec. 2 to 5. The weeklong exercise tested the base's disaster response, Airmen mobility process and deployment

  • 412th MXS takes part in Air Force T-38 part replacement

    The 412th Maintenance Squadron's machine shop completed 100 new aileron actuator levers Dec. 4 for the Air Force's T-38 Talon fleet. Aileron actuator levers control the flaps on the T-38's wings to keep the aircraft level. Since the T-38 production ended in 1972, most of the aircraft still have

  • 95th MDG sweeps Medical Service Awards

    The 95th Medical Group swept the Air Force Materiel Command Medical Service Awards by receiving 16 awards recently. Twelve individuals and four teams earned awards as well as the 95th MDG winning the Best Clinic of the Year award. "These awards show the breadth of quality in the 95th Medical Group,"

  • Team Edwards marks the grand opening of Starbucks on base

    Team Edwards celebrated the Starbucks grand opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Dec. 8. The new café is located in the parking lot of the Commissary and Base Exchange. Starbucks is a well-known company, which roasts and makes its own brand of specialty coffees and drinks. "This is a great step

  • Edwards wins award for outstanding federal electronics stewardship

    Team Edwards received an Electronics Reuse and Recycling Campaign award from the Office of the Federal Environmental Executive Nov. 19. The base is the large military facility winner for the West Region. The Office of the Federal Environmental Executive's Electronics Reuse and Recycling Campaign

  • DEFY holds mock trial

    The Drug Education for Youth program conducted a mock drug trial at the Edwards Judge Advocates Court House to demonstrate the legal consequences of drug abuse and misuse Nov. 15. Each of the members got an opportunity to participate by assuming the roles of the lawyers, witnesses, judge and

  • A successful Endeavor: Space shuttle makes safe landing at Edwards

    After a 15 day mission to the International Space Station, the space shuttle Endeavor, landed on runway 04-left at approximately 1:25 p.m. Nov. 30 The shuttle landed at Edwards, its alternate landing site, due to bad weather at Kennedy Space Station, Fla. "Our great people here at Edwards ensure we

  • AFFTC museum receives Capt. Edwards' diaries

    Capt. Glen Edwards', diaries were donated to the Air Force Flight Test Center museum during a ceremony Nov. 25. Captain Edwards' family donated the diaries that document the test pilots experiences during World War II, from when he joined the Army Air Corps up to a few days before he died. "I am

  • Team Edwards devotes time, resources for training

    In an effort to strengthen the base's campaign for the Unit Compliance Inspection in January, Team Edwards devoted time and resources for a Targeted Readiness Inspection training Nov. 22. Unit Compliance Inspection evaluates areas mandated by law as well as mission areas identified by Air Force and