Oct. 8, 2008 95th Comptroller Squadron bids goodbye to fiscal 2008 As the clock struck at 12 a.m. Oct. 1, the 95th Comptroller Squadron here ended fiscal 2008 and welcomed fiscal 2009. The 95th CPTS personnel worked non-stop to wrap up financial accounting for the end of the fiscal year, in time for 2009. A fiscal year is a 12-month period, often referred to as a
Oct. 8, 2008 Pollution Prevention Expo greens up Edwards Environmental Management hosted Edwards Pollution Prevention Expo on Sept. 24. The expo featured a day of workshops on greening the government in observance of Pollution Prevention Week. "The Air Force is the largest purchaser of renewable energy in the U.S.," said Baha Zarah, from the Air Force
Oct. 8, 2008 JAG Corps announces law school programs The Judge Advocate General Corps will accept applications for the Funded Legal Education Program and Excess Leave Program beginning Jan.1 through March 1, 2009. "Our Air Force missions are constantly changing, and commanders deserve to have access to legal advisors with a broad background of
Oct. 8, 2008 New 'Liberando' Command Chief hits ground running Chief Master Sgt. Kevin Soltis has hit the ground running as the new 376th Air Expeditionary Wing Command Chief Master Sergeant - literally. Within 24 hours of stepping off the plane Sept. 27 to begin a one year deployment at Manas AB, the chief was already out for his first of many runs on Lisa's
Oct. 7, 2008 Team Edwards tests new deployment plan for UCI Ninety-seven Edwards Airmen participated in a Phase I and II exercise Oct. 7. During the full-day exercise, the Airmen practiced deployment line processing as well as deployment operations including self-aid buddy care, explosive ordnance, weapons familiarization and chemical, biological,
Oct. 2, 2008 Eagle Flag 08-6's deployed leadership recalls completing successful exercise More than 400 Airmen from across the Air Force deployed to participate and support Air Force Exercise Eagle Flag 08-6 at Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, N.J., from mid- to late-September. Their mission was to build the fictional 421st Air Expeditionary Group and provide close-air support
Oct. 1, 2008 Main runway construction finished ahead of schedule Team Edwards finished construction on the main runway Sept. 19, four months after it became inoperative. In June 2008, a groundbreaking ceremony for the runway construction took place, with completion originally scheduled in December. "When Edwards' first paved runway was poured more than 50 years