Edwards AFB News

  • EM keeps eye on Edwards resources during CITS project

    When the 95th Communications Group and the 95th Air Base Wing Environmental Management office began working together to install the Combat Information Transport System here, the environment was one of their main concerns. Part of installing the system requires digging trenches in the ground, which

  • New C-130J radar warning receiver put to test

    The 418th Flight Test Squadron and 772nd Test Squadron recently began testing the ALR-56M radar warning receiver in the C-130J Hercules at the Benefield Anechoic Facility here. The purpose of the ongoing tests is to ensure deficiencies identified in earlier tests have been corrected in the ALR-56M

  • Sergeant receives medal for act of courage

    An Edwards sergeant recently received the Air Force Commendation Medal for an act of courage displayed while stationed at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. in 2006. Tech. Sgt. Maurice Osborne, 412th Flight Test Squadron flight attendant, received the award for aiding an injured motorist involved in a

  • Geographical information just a few mouse clicks away

    With just a few clicks of a mouse, workers can use the base Geographic Information System to display maps of roads, buildings, utilities, elevation, environmental factors and much more. The GIS is an interactive mapping and spatial analysis program capable of displaying images containing one to

  • Commissaries now accepting applications for 2008 Scholarships for Military

    Applications for the Defense Commissary Agency's 2008 Scholarships for Military Children Program are available now in commissaries worldwide or online through a link at www.commissaries.com and directly at www.militaryscholar.org. The program kick-off each year in November coincides with "National

  • NASA research pilot Edwin Lewis dies in crash

    Edwin W. Lewis Jr., a research pilot at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center here, died in the crash of a Civil Air Patrol Cessna 172 the evening of Nov. 8. Lewis was flying with another Civil Air Patrol member, who also perished in the aircraft when it crashed southwest of Las Vegas. The cause of