Edwards gathers for National Prayer Breakfast

The Edwards community gathered at Club Muroc for the 2007 National Prayer Breakfast on March 28. Chaplain (Brig. Gen.) Cecil Richardson, Air Force Deputy Chief of Chaplains, provided his thoughts on the importance of prayer to those in attendance. The National Prayer Breakfast originated 50 to 60

DHS wins in county science fair, heads to state

Sixteen students from Desert High School took the top spots when they participated in the Kern County Science Fair at the Rabobank Convention Center in Bakersfield, Calif., on March 21. The students received several awards including four first-place finishes, eight in second place and four in third

Flying with the stars

95th MDG wins championship, 31st TES nurses its wounds

On March 30, Edwards crowned the 95th Medical Group as "kings of the hoops" as they clinched this year's intramural basketball championship title at the Rosburg Fitness Center here. After grabbing the intramural basketball championship, the medical group also defeated the 31st Test and Evaluation

Testers end high-energy laser tests, dismantle Airborne Laser SIL facility

Dismantling of System Integration Laboratory components began recently at the Birk Flight Test Center here following the conclusion of laser testing for the Missile Defense Agency's Airborne Laser program. The SIL was established to test the operation of the program's high-energy laser at a

AFAF charities help Airmen in need

In the early '90s, when Master Sgt. Lori Dunn, now a superintendent with the 95th Comptroller Squadron, received a notification from her first sergeant that her grandfather had passed away, the first thing on her mind was finding the funds for a plane ticket home. With the help of her First

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