April 1, 2008 AFRC to host volunteer fair The Airman and Family Readiness Center is scheduled to host a volunteer fair at building 7020 here April 10, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Participating agencies include the Air Force Sergeants Association, the Red Cross, Officers' Spouses' Club, Enlisted Spouse's Club, Library, Environmental Management
March 28, 2008 Medics learn to navigate through training Airmen with the 95th Medical Group participated in basic land navigation training here March 26. The training covered included compass use, topography, grid coordinates and distance approximation using pace counts. "In today's dynamic deployment environment, familiarization with land navigation
March 27, 2008 A-10 makes wheels-up landing at Edwards An Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II made an emergency landing here without its landing gear at 5 p.m. Tuesday.The aircraft was participating in a Green Flag sortie out of Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The plane, which had one person aboard, was assigned to the 75th Fighter Squadron at Moody Air Force
March 25, 2008 Edwards hosts additional-duty first sergeant symposium Edwards hosted an additional-duty first sergeant symposium at the Conference Center here March 17 through 21. Fifty-one students attended the symposium including technical sergeants, master sergeants and senior master sergeants from Edwards and other bases. "The symposium is about giving select
March 25, 2008 AFFTC announces annual award winners The Air Force Flight Test Center recently announced the installation's annual award winners The following are the annual award winners: -- Airman of the Year: Senior Airman Juante Smith, 95th Mission Support and Services Squadron unit deployment manager. Among his accomplishments during the year,
March 21, 2008 Program helps Airmen stay 'Fit to Fight' To withstand the rigor of deployment and combat, Team Edwards provides Airmen with the essentials to stay "fit to fight." The Fit to Fight program helps Airmen maintain physical fitness for deployment. To help maintain a warrior ethos, Edwards has two primary facilities available for Airmen -- the
March 20, 2008 AFMC command chief visits Edwards Air Force Materiel Command's top enlisted Airman visited Edwards March 17 and 18 for the first time to observe the base's mission. As part of his two-day visit, Chief Master Sgt. William Gurney, AFMC command chief, visited several organizations around base to speak to Edwards Airmen. "Interacting
March 19, 2008 Edwards T-1 reaches 1,000 flight milestone Edwards own T-1, The Air Force's first test aircraft for the C-17 Globemaster III, reached a milestone by when it was flown for its 1,000th flight here March 10. T-1, produced in 1991, is the first test aircraft to conduct developmental and experimental flight tests. "The C-17 is a dedicated test
March 19, 2008 Edwards focuses ORE on combat skills training Team Edwards performed an Operational Readiness Exercise March 10 to 14. During the weeklong exercise, Edwards was evaluated on deployment line processing of Airmen, known as Phase I, and then deployment operations at Camp Corum, known as Phase II. This is the first time Edwards incorporated