Edwards contracting team receives AFMC award

The Edwards Research Propulsion Sciences II team won the Air Force Materiel Command's 2006 Outstanding Contracting Team for Science and Technology recently. The contracting team -- comprised of 15 personnel from six specialties -- is responsible for acquisition of basic and applied rocket and space

Edwards captain wins MEO award

An Edwards captain received the Air Force Materiel Command 2006 Outstanding Military Equal Opportunity Individual Award recently. Capt. Hector Morua, Edwards Military Equal Opportunity chief, won the award for the period of October 2005 to September 2006. "I was shocked," Captain Morua said.

Cold weather 'freezes' base, causes maintenance issues

Throughout the past week, the Edwards community, along with the Antelope Valley, has experienced the coldest period in 16 years. With these cold temperatures, base emergency services personnel received more than 306 calls as of Tuesday, with complaints varying from frozen pipes and flooding or

Airborne Laser returns for more testing

YAL-1A, a modified Boeing 747-400F known as the Airborne Laser, made its return journey to the Air Force Flight Test Center in December after undergoing modifications at Boeing's facilities in Wichita, Kan.The modifications on the aircraft include the installation of the beam control and fire

Edwards donates computers to base schools

During the holiday season Edwards donated 79 computers to the Muroc Joint Unified School District schools. This is part of the Department of Defense Computers for Learning program -- a program that Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service does to the excess or old computers. "As the (95th)

95th Air Base Wing conducts safety day

As personnel came back to work from a holiday vacation, the 95th Air Base Wing conducted their 2nd Annual Safety Day at the building 3000 parking lot here Monday. Airmen and civilian personnel participated in various interactive safety demonstrations conducted by the Edwards fire department,

Edwards sees 22 to 35 percent increase in BAH

Military members residing in the local community will see an increase of at least 22-percent in their housing allowance in today's paycheck.The Air Force average for Basic Allowance for Housing was 3.5 percent, but housing costs in some areas on both the East and West coasts, along with Hawaii, have

Edwards B-2, F-22 soar over 118th Rose Parade

AFFTC commander pilots first eight-engine alternative fuel flight

For the first time in 36 years, the Air Force Flight Test Center commander at Edwards piloted a milestone flight as part of a test program here Friday. A seasoned B-52 test pilot, Maj. Gen. Curtis Bedke took the opportunity to pilot a B-52 on its first flight running all eight engines on a

Edwards ready, on standby for shuttle return

Commanders say Edwards Air Force Base is ready to support NASA should the Space Shuttle Discovery land here Friday.Discovery, which launched into space Dec. 9, is scheduled to land Friday at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida with Edwards and White Sands, NM, as the alternate landing sites if the