Edwards AFB News

  • First Mach flight propels Yeager, Air Force into history

    It was just another test mission for Capt. Chuck Yeager. Captain Yeager arrived at Muroc Air Force Base, Calif., the morning of Oct. 14, 1947, for what would be his ninth powered flight piloting the Bell X-1. Each of the previous flights demonstrated incremental speed increases as the aircraft

  • 95th AMDS takes CBRN challenge

    The 95th Aerospace Medicine Squadron bioenvironmental engineering flights showed what they are made of during the CBRN Challenge Oct. 1 through 5. CBRN challenge tests Air Force Materiel Command bases' bioenvironmental engineering flights on their chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear

  • Fire department: Practice heating safety

    Now that cold weather is upon Edwards, the use of portable heaters is becoming more prevalent in both the work place and in our homes. Along with this increased use comes an increased risk from fire. Statistics compiled by the National Fire Protection Association indicate that during winter months,

  • Coyotes visit housing areas searching for food, shelter

    Recently, coyotes have been spotted throughout the housing and work areas on base. Coyotes are integral part of the desert ecosystem. They hunt rabbits and other rodents, acting as natural deterrents to overpopulation. With the housing project on base leaving some houses empty for long periods of

  • New commander takes charge of AFFTC

    After 13 years, a brigadier general returned to Edwards on Wednesday to assume command of the Air Force Flight Test Center. Brig. Gen. David Eichhorn was first stationed here in 1985 to attend the U.S Air Force Test Pilot School. He later returned in 1994 to be the 452nd Flight Test Squadron

  • 95th Comptroller Squadron launches Edwards into new fiscal year

    The buck stops here, as Edwards closed out fiscal year 2007 on Sunday and turned the page to 2008 the next day. The 95th Comptroller Squadron is responsible for the accounting and distribution of funds to various base organizations throughout the fiscal year. A fiscal year is a 12 month period that

  • Pancho Barnes: Edwards' friend

    Florence "Pancho" Barnes was never officially a part of the Edwards community but even so, she is a solid part of our heritage. She was a woman full of contradictions who spent her life living happily on the extremes. She was born rich, even by the standards of her wealthy San Marino neighbors, and

  • Security forces adds Krav Maga to weapons cache

    The 95th Security Forces Squadron added a new weapon to its arsenal during a training class here Sept. 14. The training's focus was Krav Maga martial arts, which is the Israeli military's official system of self defense and hand-to-hand combat. This form of martial arts came to the United States in

  • CV-22 team concludes developmental testing

    The CV-22 Integrated Test Team marked the conclusion of developmental flight testing of the CV-22 Osprey during a farewell event at the 418th Flight Test Squadron here, Sept. 26.The CV-22 program is now graduating from developmental testing to the operational test phase, which will be held at