March 13, 2008 Privatized housing on horizon for Edwards Moving toward the privatization of military family housing, Edwards recently showcased the base's housing area for several home developers. The effort is part of an Air Force initiative to privatize all military housing in the continental United States. "There are only 20 bases Air Force wide that
March 12, 2008 Air Force taps 10 Edwards master sergeants for promotion Several Edwards master sergeants will soon add a chevron to their sleeves. Ten master sergeants based here were notified today of their selection to the rank of senior master sergeant. In the Air Force as a whole, a promotion board selected 1,284 master sergeants for promotion. The board considered
March 10, 2008 418th FLTS outfits Antarctic-bound C-130 with 8 blades The 418th Flight Test Squadron here replaced the C-130H Hercules' four-bladed propellers with new eight-bladed NP-2000 propellers Feb. 21 in support of the New York Air National Guard's Operation Deep Freeze mission to Antarctica.The 418th FLTS team started installing the propellers on a Wyoming Air
March 10, 2008 Edwards 'towers' over competition, wins five airfield operations awards The 412th Operations Support Squadron recently received five Air force Materiel Command Airfield Operations awards. The winners will represent AFMC to compete against other major commands across the Air Force. "We nominated a total of 12 awards, and to win five is a huge accomplishment," said Capt.
March 10, 2008 Security forces enforce lower speed limits in construction zones With the ongoing runway construction, the 95th Security Forces Squadron is enforcing lower speed limits in construction zones -- particularly on FitzGerald Boulevard. The 95th SFS is focusing on these zones because of the increasing volume of construction vehicles passing through. The speed limits
March 6, 2008 Rosamond, FitzGerald intersection construction begins March 10 Construction on the Rosamond and FitzGerald intersection is set to begin March 10. Currently, bypasses are being constructed for both Rosamond and FitzGerald boulevards, as well as Lancaster and FitzGerald boulevards. During the construction on each intersection, which will not be happening at the
March 5, 2008 TMO supervisor wins AFMC traffic management award An Edwards civilian employee recently received an award for excellence in traffic management. Ellis Wright, 95th Civil Engineer and Transportation Directorate transportation management specialist supervisor, received the 2007 AFMC Surface Distribution Deployment Command award. The award was given to