Edwards AFB News

  • Team Edwards will celebrate Earth Day May 4

    Team Edwards will celebrate Earth Day with more than 50 environmental exhibits, activities and information stations set up at the Center of Excellence May 4, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.The event is hosted by Environmental Management, with the theme, "Global Climate Change and You." Each station will

  • Team Edwards wins two safety awards

    The Air Force Materiel Command recently awarded two Edwards teams for their outstanding safety practices. Defeating competition from 10 other AFMC bases, the 417th Flight Test Squadron won the 2008 Air Force Directed Energy Weapons Safety Outstanding Achievement Award and the Air Force Flight Test

  • Team Edwards works to reduce energy usage

    For Energy Awareness Month in October, the 95th Civil Engineering Directorate challenged Team Edwards to reduce electrical consumption by 2 percent from fiscal year 2009.Team Edwards reduced electrical consumption by turning off unnecessary lights, replacing incandescent bulbs with fluorescent bulbs

  • Team Edwards, Muroc school district stand up Center of Excellence

    Team Edwards joined forces with the Muroc Joint Unified School District to establish the Center of Excellence during a lease-signing ceremony June 15 at the old Edwards Middle School here. Through the lease agreement, the base will take over the responsibility of maintaining the facility and turning

  • Team Edwards, Red Cross come together for Battle of the Badges

    Senior Airman Tyler Thompson, 412th Medical Group medical lab technician, grinned from ear to ear as he made his donation at the Battle of the Badges. The annual Red Cross blood drive was held Feb. 4 in Chapel 1 and is the largest one of the year at Edwards."You look so happy," said Tony Briggs, Red

  • TEAM EWG claims base dodgeball title

    The 412th Electronic Warfare Group team poses for a photo after claiming the 2013 dodgeball tournament championship held at the Rosburg Fitness Center May 10, 2013. During the double-elimination tournament, there were a total of six teams that signed up and played for a chance at the base dodgeball

  • Team Lean Challenge coming back to Edwards in 2009

    The command-wide program known as the Team Lean Challenge was so successful in 2007 and 2008 that it's coming back to Edwards and other bases across Air Force Materiel Command within the next couple of months. The theme of the Team Lean Challenge "Cleared for Take Off," which focuses on clearing the

  • Team Lean Challenge returns to Edwards

    The command-wide program Team Lean Challenge was so successful from 2007 to 2009 that it's coming back to Edwards and other bases across Air Force Materiel Command March 1. The official theme of the Team Lean Challenge this year is "Cleared for Take Off," and it will focus on clearing the way for

  • Team Shadow's hard work, dedication, keeps Edwards aircraft in the air

    Like their counterparts across the Air Force, aircraft maintainers at Edwards Air Force Base play a critical role in ensuring successful flight test missions. Both day and night, maintainers from the 412th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron - Team Shadow - support the flying schedule of the U.S. Air