Edwards AFB News

  • Civilian earns base’s first AFMC Wellness coin

    An Edwards civilian was awarded an Air Force Materiel Command Wellness coin recently. Julia Jameson, an administrative contracting officer with the 412th Test Wing, is the first person on Edwards to receive the Air Force Materiel Command Wellness coin through the AFMC Wellness program. The AFMC

  • Airfield Management sergeant receives AFMC award

    An Edwards Sergeant recently received an Air Force Materiel Command award for his work as the noncommissioned officer in charge of Airfield Management Operations here. Master Sgt. James Woods, with the 412th Operations Support Squadron, received the 2006 Airfield Management NCO of the Year

  • Two Edwards vets join NASA Dryden Flight Operations

    Two new research test pilots, Kelly Latimer and Nils Larson, have joined the Flight Crew Branch at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards. Latimer and Larson come to the NASA center after extensive test and operational flying careers in the U.S. Air Force. Latimer is the first female

  • CAP offers volunteer opportunities to youth, adults

    At the age of 5, a future Civil Air Patrol cadet airman already knew what he wanted to be when he grew up. Civil Air Patrol Cadet Airman Preston Hite, now 13 years old, wanted to be a U.S. military general. How he will accomplish that is up to him, but he is taking things one step at a time. Cadet

  • Window decals to end April 15, DoD IDs required for base entry

    Beginning April 15, Team Edwards will stop registering private vehicles on base and eliminate the use of base vehicle decals. Since September 11, 2001, security forces for military installations are required to perform 100-percent identification check on the driver who enters the installation. The

  • Edwards welcomes back Air Force’s first C-17

    The C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Test Force welcomed home Edwards' own C-17, called T-1, during a celebration at hangar 1623 here March 16. T-1 first came to Edwards on Sept. 15, 1991, as the Air Force's first test article for the C-17's initial flight testing. "The significance of T-1 is it was

  • Airfield Management Airman receives AFMC annual award

    An Edwards Airman recently received an Air Force Materiel Command award for his work as an Airfield Management Operations Coordinator here. Senior Airman Dustin Moore, with the 412th Operations Support Squadron, received the 2006 Airfield Management Airman of the Year award. The AFMC award is given

  • DHS presents first full-length production

    A spotlight can be seen in the middle of the Desert High School Scorpitorium stage. After a few seconds, the curtain was raised showing Mr. Mushnik's Flower Shop. As the students perform their acts, backstage were a group of students running around, reading scripts and helping other actors with

  • Airborne Laser fires tracking laser, hits target

    The YAL-1A, known as the Airborne Laser, successfully test fired its Target Illuminator Laser in-flight on March 15, during a five-hour test mission. The mission and test firing represented the Airborne Laser's first in-flight external laser firing, and used the NC-135E "Big Crow" test aircraft to

  • Edwards 'makes the grade' during ORI

    Edwards received a satisfactory rating for its Operational Readiness Inspection and an excellent for its Targeted Compliance Inspection, which were both held March 1 through 9. After 9 days of inspection, the Air Force Materiel Command Inspector General gave Edwards a satisfactory mark for its