Dec. 9, 2008 Team Edwards marks the grand opening of Starbucks on base Team Edwards celebrated the Starbucks grand opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Dec. 8. The new café is located in the parking lot of the Commissary and Base Exchange. Starbucks is a well-known company, which roasts and makes its own brand of specialty coffees and drinks. "This is a great step
Dec. 3, 2008 Edwards wins award for outstanding federal electronics stewardship Team Edwards received an Electronics Reuse and Recycling Campaign award from the Office of the Federal Environmental Executive Nov. 19. The base is the large military facility winner for the West Region. The Office of the Federal Environmental Executive's Electronics Reuse and Recycling Campaign
Dec. 2, 2008 DEFY holds mock trial The Drug Education for Youth program conducted a mock drug trial at the Edwards Judge Advocates Court House to demonstrate the legal consequences of drug abuse and misuse Nov. 15. Each of the members got an opportunity to participate by assuming the roles of the lawyers, witnesses, judge and
Dec. 1, 2008 A successful Endeavor: Space shuttle makes safe landing at Edwards After a 15 day mission to the International Space Station, the space shuttle Endeavor, landed on runway 04-left at approximately 1:25 p.m. Nov. 30 The shuttle landed at Edwards, its alternate landing site, due to bad weather at Kennedy Space Station, Fla. "Our great people here at Edwards ensure we
Nov. 26, 2008 AFFTC museum receives Capt. Edwards' diaries Capt. Glen Edwards', diaries were donated to the Air Force Flight Test Center museum during a ceremony Nov. 25. Captain Edwards' family donated the diaries that document the test pilots experiences during World War II, from when he joined the Army Air Corps up to a few days before he died. "I am
Nov. 25, 2008 Team Edwards devotes time, resources for training In an effort to strengthen the base's campaign for the Unit Compliance Inspection in January, Team Edwards devoted time and resources for a Targeted Readiness Inspection training Nov. 22. Unit Compliance Inspection evaluates areas mandated by law as well as mission areas identified by Air Force and
Nov. 24, 2008 Home cooked dinners for all dorm residents Since the closing of the Joshua Tree Inn Dining Facility, Team Edwards has hosted bi-monthly dorm dinners at the chapel 1 annex. This is done to provide hot, nutritious meals to Airmen and Marine dormitory residents. "When the Dining Facility closed, the base community as a whole worried about how
Nov. 20, 2008 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