Aug. 13, 2012 What is the 'Deadly Quartet?' You may have heard of musical quartets, some of them famous singing groups (Beatles, anyone?). But did you know one particular quartet can be harmful to your health? It's known as the "four chronic conditions" - or the Deadly Quartet. And when this group of health issues comes together, the last
March 16, 2016 What is the value of DT? Imagine the frustration of having a brand new rotary launcher, capable of carrying 16,000 lbs of smart bombs, and you discover that the dropped bombs potentially would not arm or explode on impact?Imagine if the avionics computer, which is required to operate the weapons system, shuts down just
June 21, 2019 What it means to me to be back in the Air Force – The grass is not always greener At 38 years old I know I am one of oldest, or as I like to refer to it, “most senior” active duty lieutenants around. Considering the journey I’ve taken just to get right where I am now, I would say I feel the deepest privilege just to do what I do each day here in the Air Force.
Feb. 22, 2016 What the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau can do for you What is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau?The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a federal agency that assists financial consumers by making rules more effective, enforcing those rules, and by empowering consumers to take more control over their economic lives. The CFPB educates
May 30, 2023 What to do if you see a desert tortoise The desert tortoise is one of many animals found at Edwards AFB. Listed as threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973, the 412th Civil Engineer Group’s Environmental Management Division wants to remind base residents to be on the lookout for desert tortoises.
Jan. 26, 2017 What’s in your pillowcase? Red Cross talks emergency preparedness with fourth-graders The Edwards Office of Emergency Management, 812th Civil Engineering Squadron, invited the American Red Cross to Irving L. Branch Elementary Jan. 19 as part of the Red Cross’ Pillowcase Project. Branch fourth-graders received a lesson in emergency preparedness with encouragement to take what they
Sept. 28, 2017 What’s your Green Dot? Edwards Key Spouses roll in on Green Dot training Nearly all Edwards employees, military and civilian, have completed Green Dot training and are familiar with the concepts. But what they may not know is that the training isn’t limited to Edwards’ workforce. Recently, the Edwards Key Spouses, squadron spouses and group spouses took Green Dot
June 10, 2022 Whatever It Takes: Edwards AFB Airmen train to survive in the wilderness As part of a course called Initial Survival Training, both military and civilian aircrew members undergo three and a half days of intense and fast-paced training that puts their survival skills to the test in case of a flight emergency.
June 28, 2017 Where history is made: Edwards historian wins top award Dr. Stephanie M. Smith, Air Force Test Center, receives the 2017 Air Force Materiel Command Dennis F. Casey Award for Excellence in Periodic History from Maj. Gen. David Harris, Air Force Test Center commander, at a ceremony in May. Smith since has won the Air Force-level version of the award. She
June 2, 2010 Where there's Thunder On a typically windy, curiously cool Friday in late May, I sat with Brig. Gen. William "Thunder" Thornton and wife Lisa to try capturing their two years as commander and first lady of the 412th Test Wing. Some two hours later I had only scratched the surface of an unique couple who so easily blend