Edwards AFB News

  • Things you need to know to stay healthy during flu season

    Influenza (Flu) season is in full swing in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that most states are experiencing widespread influenza throughout. Flu-related hospitalizations and deaths are being reported in California and locally in Kern County. The flu

  • Third- and fifth-graders get chance to fill their pillowcases

    It was the third- and fifth-grade classes’ turn to learn about emergency preparedness with a return visit from the Red Cross April 11. The Edwards Office of Emergency Management, 812th Civil Engineering Squadron, invited the American Red Cross to Irving L. Branch Elementary for part two of the Red

  • Third Annual Science Carnival rolls into Branch Elementary

    Branch Elementary School students probably didn't come to school expecting to see a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter parked in their backyard May 3.Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 764 from Edwards landed the chopper for the first day of the 3rd Annual Branch Elementary School Science Carnival to

  • Third Master Sgt. Derrell Willson retires from Air Force

    For the third time in U.S. Air Force history, a Master Sgt. Derrell Willson has retired from the force. Master Sgt. Derrell Willson III, formerly of the 412th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, retired Sept. 16 in front of Bldg. 1, and in front of his father, retired Master Sgt. Derrell Willson II, and

  • Third quarter military justice actions

    The following Article 15s were processed at Edwards during the third quarter of 2012.Nonjudicial punishment (Article 15) is a tool that provides commanders with an essential and swift means of maintaining good order and discipline. It also promotes behavior changes in service members without the

  • This month in Edwards history

    Dec. 2, 1941 - Curtiss test pilot J. Harvey Gray completed the first flight of the company's CW-24B from the lake bed near what is now North Base. A pusher-prop design with swept wings and nose-mounted canards, the CW-24B was a flying mockup concept demonstrator for the Curtiss XP-55 Ascender which

  • This month in Edwards History

    Nov. 12, 1941 - The first flight of the GB-4 radio controlled glide bomb took place. The GB-4 was a basic GB-1 designed to be guided in flight by radio signals from an observer in the launch aircraft who tracked a magnesium flare mounted on the weapon's dorsal surface. Nov. 8, 1943 - Army Air Base,

  • This month in Edwards history

    For nearly seven decades, the men and women of Edwards AFB have been privileged to witness many of the most important milestones in aerospace history. This is the third in a monthly series that provides brief looks at some of the more significant events in the rich history of the base.August 26,

  • This month in Edwards History - February 2012

    February 7, 1945 - Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation's XP-81 made its first flight here, piloted by Vultee test pilot Frank Davis. The XP-81 was designed to be a long-range fighter and attack plane powered by a J33 jet engine and a TG-100 turboprop in the nose. Because its GE turboprop engine