• 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

  • 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

  • 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,

  • 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

  • Human factors serves to improve Military Airborne Fire Fighting System

    Recently, a team from the 418th Flight Test Squadron and the California Air National Guard from the Channel Islands deployed to Chico, Calif., to evaluate the Military Airborne Fire Fighting System built by the Aero Union Corporation. This system will be used by the California Air National Guard and

  • Engineers perform anthropometry testing on C-130

    Human factors engineers with the 773rd Test Squadron conducted anthropometry testing Sept. 2 to 8 using a Kentucky Air National Guard C-130 Hercules, currently being modified through the avionics modernization program. Anthropometry is the study of human measurements, dimensions and proportions and

  • Top AFFTC officer hosts commander's call

    The Air Force Flight Test Center's top officer held a commander's call Sept. 30 at the base theater. Maj. Gen. David Eichhorn, AFFTC commander, talked about his three priorities for Team Edwards -- taking care of people, One Materiel Command and Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century. Part