Edwards AFB News

  • Kern County SWAT trains at Edwards

    The weather was muggy with the temperature reaching about 95 degrees. The whole neighborhood was empty. Six heavily-armed men were cautiously trying to blend with the neighborhood's silence. Only the crackling of the leaves adds to the near-stealth operation. As the men reached their destination,

  • AFMC executive director discusses challenges

    Air Force Materiel Command's top civilian leader discussed several challenges facing the Air Force, including the increasing costs of personnel, and military health care, during a speech to the International Test and Evaluation Association Antelope Valley chapter's monthly meeting Wednesday. Mrs.

  • Century Circle display opens to public

    Visitors or base personnel entering Edwards' West Gate on Rosamond Boulevard will see a new landmark welcoming them -- the base's Century Circle display. More than 50 people from Edwards and local communities attended the ceremony that marked the opening of the Century Circle display

  • Range squadron and 95th CS upgrade networks

    The 412th Range Squadron recently upgraded their range telemetry network using asynchronous transfer mode switches retired by the 95th Communications Squadron. When the 95th CS upgraded to an Internet protocol network, it freed up the ATM switches for the range's use. "The move makes sense for the

  • AFFTC, NASA Dryden host Women's Equality Day

    The Air Force Flight Test Center and the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center here hosted a series of events this week to celebrate the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The 19th Amendment was specifically intended to extend suffrage to women and establish women's right to

  • Edwards staff sergeant selects attend NCO Expectation meeting

    On Aug. 15, a 95th Medical Operations Squadron dental technician was waiting for a result that would surely change his Air Force career. Senior Airman Armando Zuniga was waiting for the staff sergeant promotion results. He was one of 36,608 senior airmen across the Air Force who tested for the