Edwards AFB News

  • Exercises test Edwards disaster response force capability

    Loud cries emanated from a school auditorium on Nov. 13. Yells for help echoed inside the dark room. The building had collapsed and trapped more than 15 students and teachers after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake "shook" Southern California including Edwards. The simulated scenario was part of a

  • 412th MXG hosts first Maintenance Olympics

    On Nov. 7, Olympians from the 412th Maintenance Group and the 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron converged on the gargantuan hangar 1600 for the first Maintenance Olympics. Col. Mark Mueller, 412th MXG commander, provided the opening remarks. As part of the Olympics, competitors engaged in several

  • Bioenvironmental flight aims for AFMC CBRN team

    The 95th Aerospace Medicine Squadron staked their reputation as the 2007 best bioenvironmental engineering team in Air Force Materiel Command as they participated on a Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Challenge Nov. 3 to 7. CBRN Challenge tests AFMC bases' bioenvironmental flights on

  • Team Edwards to participate in CheckMATE program

    As part of Air Force Materiel Command's initiative to strengthen workforce engagement, Team Edwards is participating in Check Mission Accomplishment Through Engagement from Nov. 10 to 26. More than 1,200 military and civilian workforce are participating in the CheckMATE program. "I am excited about

  • Airman Leadership School graduates Class 08-G

    Twelve senior airmen graduated from the Airman Leadership School recently. Airman Leadership School is the first of three programs enlisted professionals attend as they progress through their military career. Airman Leadership School prepares Airmen to be professional warfighting Airmen who can

  • Leadership flight marks first operational use of new main runway

    As two Edwards F-16 Fighting Falcons took off from the new base runway Oct. 31 at about 10:45 a.m., they marked the runway's first operational use. Maj. Gen. David Eichhorn, Air Force Flight Test Center commander, Col. William Thornton, 412th Test Wing commander, and Col. Jerry Gandy, 95th Air Base