Oct. 5, 2007 95th AMDS takes CBRN challenge The 95th Aerospace Medicine Squadron bioenvironmental engineering flights showed what they are made of during the CBRN Challenge Oct. 1 through 5. CBRN challenge tests Air Force Materiel Command bases' bioenvironmental engineering flights on their chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear
Sept. 27, 2007 CV-22 team concludes developmental testing The CV-22 Integrated Test Team marked the conclusion of developmental flight testing of the CV-22 Osprey during a farewell event at the 418th Flight Test Squadron here, Sept. 26.The CV-22 program is now graduating from developmental testing to the operational test phase, which will be held at
Sept. 18, 2007 Hometown News Release Program goes online Airmen on base can now submit hometown news releases online though the Edwards website. Hometown news releases are designed to help Airmen showcase their accomplishments and worldwide activities through print and electronic news. "The online program is highly recommended amongst all Department of
Sept. 10, 2007 EM hosts Pollution Prevention Week Environmental Management workers will collect household hazardous waste, electronics waste and universal waste Sept. 22 as Edwards celebrates Pollution Prevention Week Environmental Management is encouraging all Edwards residents and workers to take the next step in preventing pollution by making a
Aug. 28, 2007 Century Circle display opens to public Visitors or base personnel entering Edwards' West Gate on Rosamond Boulevard will see a new landmark welcoming them -- the base's Century Circle display. More than 50 people from Edwards and local communities attended the ceremony that marked the opening of the Century Circle display
Aug. 2, 2007 General Bedke named as AFRL commander Five generals within Air Force Materiel Command are among senior officers who will be on the move, according to an Aug. 2 senior leader announcement memorandum. Maj. Gen. Curtis Bedke, currently the Air Force Flight Test Center commander at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., is scheduled to command the
July 2, 2007 Runway construction brings traffic changes As work accelerates on the Main Base runway, Edwards motorists may have noticed an increasing number of trucks going to and from the job site entry at Lancaster Boulevard and Shuttle Road. The trucks are being used to transport a smooth flow of critical materials to the job site while maintaining
June 29, 2007 Propulsion Flight provides power to Edwards' birds Every manned jet aircraft flying missions at Edwards, from high-performance fighters to massive cargo planes, have one important thing in common -- their engines are kept running by the 412th Maintenance Squadron's Propulsion Flight. One of the propulsion flight's primary missions is to provide
June 4, 2007 Groundbreaking marks beginning of new runway A groundbreaking ceremony at base operations marked the beginning of a new runway project here June 1. The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers will head the $103 million project to replace the majority of runway 22. The 53-year-old runway is deteriorating and poses an increasing foreign object damage threat
May 10, 2007 NASA, Edwards practice for future shuttle landings NASA and Edwards are geared up and prepared for future shuttle landings as they finished a successful space shuttle exercise here Saturday. With Edwards as the secondary landing site for space shuttle landings, more than 150 Edwards personnel and another 150 people from NASA, Fort Irwin, Calif.,