March 15, 2007 AFAF kick-off campaign begins Edwards is hosting the annual Air Force Assistance Fund Campaign kick-off on Monday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the Medical Clinic's multi-purpose room. The Air Force Assistance Fund campaign, which begins Monday and runs through April 27, was established to provide an annual effort to raise funds for
March 15, 2007 Edwards air traffic controller receives AFMC award Senior Airman Christine Kim, an air traffic controller with the 412th Operations Support Squadron, was named the outstanding air traffic controller command-wide. Airman Kim distinguished herself while working here and represented the base exceptionally during her deployment to Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq,
March 15, 2007 Aero Club receives five-star rating The Edwards Aero Club recently received their third consecutive five-star rating from the Air Force Services Agency in San Antonio. The Agency looks at five areas of the base's programs including operations, programs, personnel training, facilities and customer service. To receive the five-star
March 15, 2007 Desert High boys basketball wins CIF title For the first time in Desert High School history, the boy's basketball team has taken the California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section Title for Division 5A. The DHS basketball team finished their season with a 23-3 record, making them High Desert League co-champions with Rosamond High
March 8, 2007 F-35 JSF avionics test bed arrives at Edwards The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program's Cooperative Avionics Test Bed aircraft landed here March 1 to perform equipment fit checks and verify the operation of Edwards facilities built specifically for the CATB. The CATB is a Boeing 737-300 specially modified to perform mission systems testing for
March 8, 2007 Global Hawk Block-20 arrives for 18-month testing Edwards welcomed the first production RQ-4 Block-20 Global Hawk from U.S. Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif., on March 1 to begin 18 months of testing here. The Block-20 is the first of a new series of Global Hawks including Blocks 30 and 40. "It is an exciting day for the Air Force, the
March 8, 2007 Free sign language class available for Edwards members The 95th Mission Support Squadron is offering a sign language program to Team Edwards. Sponsored by the civilian personnel flight, the American Sign Language program is designed to open one's mind to deaf culture and to promote deaf awareness. "The American Sign Language class is about bringing
March 7, 2007 Edwards 'transforms' into blockbuster movie set It was "more than meets the eye" when a film crew arrived here Feb. 28 to shoot additional scenes for the upcoming "Transformers" movie. The film crew had previously filmed several scenes at Edwards in September 2006. Based on the mid-'80s animated television program, the live-action movie follows a
March 2, 2007 411th FTS tests F-22A Raptor, SDB integration The 411th Flight Test Squadron began integration testing of the F-22A Raptor and the GBU-39/B Small-Diameter Bomb here in February. The weapon is a low-cost, stand-off, next generation precision strike weapon, capable of flying autonomously. The bomb is guided by an inertial navigation system with