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
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.