Edwards AFB News

  • DDR hosts Red Ribbon Week

    The Drug Demand Reduction hosted this year's National Red Ribbon Week, an anti-drug awareness campaign. Organizations that participated in the Red Ribbon Week include the 95th Air Base Wing, 95th Medical Group, Base Exchange, Desert High School and Branch Elementary School. This coalition came

  • Exercises test Edwards disaster response force capability

    Loud cries emanated from a school auditorium on Nov. 13. Yells for help echoed inside the dark room. The building had collapsed and trapped more than 15 students and teachers after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake "shook" Southern California including Edwards. The simulated scenario was part of a

  • 412th MXG hosts first Maintenance Olympics

    On Nov. 7, Olympians from the 412th Maintenance Group and the 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron converged on the gargantuan hangar 1600 for the first Maintenance Olympics. Col. Mark Mueller, 412th MXG commander, provided the opening remarks. As part of the Olympics, competitors engaged in several

  • Bioenvironmental flight aims for AFMC CBRN team

    The 95th Aerospace Medicine Squadron staked their reputation as the 2007 best bioenvironmental engineering team in Air Force Materiel Command as they participated on a Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Challenge Nov. 3 to 7. CBRN Challenge tests AFMC bases' bioenvironmental flights on

  • Team Edwards to participate in CheckMATE program

    As part of Air Force Materiel Command's initiative to strengthen workforce engagement, Team Edwards is participating in Check Mission Accomplishment Through Engagement from Nov. 10 to 26. More than 1,200 military and civilian workforce are participating in the CheckMATE program. "I am excited about