Edwards AFB News

  • Team Edwards supports Warner Brothers' 'Man of Steel'

    Through 11 days of filming, Team Edwards played a supporting role in the upcoming Warner Brothers production, "Man of Steel," with location, facilities, logistical support and numerous Airmen cast as extras.The men and women of the Air Force Flight Test Center joined forces with fellow

  • Team Edwards surpasses AFAF campaign goal

    With May officially marking the end of this year's Air Force Assistance Fund campaign Air Force-wide, Team Edwards once again went above and beyond in terms of showing why it's not only committed to caring, but committed to giving as well.Although this year's AFAF campaign at Edwards ran from March

  • Team Edwards' Test Operations helps Air Force Academy glide into future

    For most Air Force Academy cadets, their introduction to flight begins in a glider.The basic soaring program at the academy is the largest glider operation in the world, and future officers go up in the gliders before moving on to engine-powered planes.The academy has recently purchased 19 new

  • Team Edwards testing key to getting all Air Force Raptors back in the air

    When Air Combat Command directed a stand-down of the F-22 fleet May 3, the 411th Flight Test Squadron had already begun working around the clock to test and collect data on the Raptor's oxygen system in order to get it airborne again.That critical work culminated in Secretary of the Air Force

  • 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,

  • 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

  • Team Edwards to host installation run

    As part of Team Edwards' commitment to the fit-to-fight program, a 2.3-mile installation run is scheduled for March 13. The run will start and finish at the Commissary parking lot. Units will form in the southwestern section of the parking lot by 7:15 a.m. The formation will exit the parking lot,

  • Team Edwards to host Military Retiree Appreciation Day

    Team Edwards is hosting a military Retiree Appreciation Day Sept. 13 at hangar 1600. The event is open to all retired servicemembers in the Antelope Valley and surrounding communities, including active-duty military, reservists and guardsmen, as well as their families. "Every year, Edwards honors