Edwards AFB News

  • 'Thanks for Giving' helps Team Edwards families celebrate holidays

    Seventeen years ago when Master Sgt. William Russell joined the Air Force he was starting a family of his own, and living on an Airman's salary meant money was tight during the holiday season. That's when Russell learned firsthand that the Air Force family takes care of its own.The Russell family

  • 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