Edwards AFB News

  • The #1 way to survive breast cancer

    One woman is diagnosed with breast cancer every three minutes.* And every 13 minutes, a woman will die from this disease. Yet, more than 2 million survivors of breast cancer are living in the U.S. today.* Do you know what that means?Even if you've been diagnosed, there is still hope. Mammograms Save

  • The AFMC We Need: PMEL receives flooring repair

    A floor repair project recently wrapped up at the Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory on Edwards Air Force Base, California. The repair project was identified as mission need and was funded by the Air Force Materiel Command’s “AFMC We Need” initiative.

  • The art of aircraft restoration requires collaboration

    In the Air Force, aircraft boneyards are synonymous with places where decommissioned aircraft go to rest. At Edwards, the Air Force Flight Test Museum's boneyard is becoming a place where aircraft wait to be restored and history retold thanks to a team of volunteers.Just recently, one of the

  • The big 4 - 0

    From left:  Brig. Gen. Michael T. Brewer, 412th Test Wing commander, presents Jimmie Templeton with his 40 Years of Government Service Certificate during the test wing's third quarter award ceremony Nov. 9 as Chief Master Sgt. Shawn Hughes, 412th Operations Group looks on. Templeton is the Base

  • 'The Boss' answers for everything at Edwards

    Leadership comes in many forms at Edwards Air Force Base.  Here there are many leaders, most in uniform, some in civilian clothes, but no matter how they dress, their goal is the same, to work together as a team and do the best job they can.Ultimately, the top position is held by Maj. Gen. David

  • The Center of the Aerospace Testing Universe

    In 1992, I took a day off from my summer job at McDonnell Douglas to make a quick visit to the famed Edwards Air Force Base. Though I didn’t have a lot of time to admire the work that was being done here at that time, I walked away from that day humbled and amazed that I had been at The Center of

  • The Class of 2012...

    With an Edwards C-17 serving as a backdrop for the 2012 Desert High School graduation ceremony, Chappelle Griffin (left), Desert High School assistant principal, reads off this year's graduation candidates during the 58th commencement held inside hangar 1623 on June 5. More than 400 family members