April 26, 2007 Air Force Materiel Command announces top Airman, Senior NCO, NCO, first sergeant Air Force Materiel Command officials announced their top enlisted members Thursday during a ceremony at Eglin AFB, Fla. They were chosen from among 40 nominees recommended by leaders in their chain of command and respective centers as the best Airmen. After reviewing nomination packages and
April 12, 2007 F-35 control room ready for flight tests The 412th Test Management Group completed the range acceptance certification procedure on March 23 for the newest range mission control room built to test the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Unofficial assessments of the certification state the control room is ready to support any mission, said Michelle
March 29, 2007 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
March 15, 2007 Edwards 'makes the grade' during ORI Edwards received a satisfactory rating for its Operational Readiness Inspection and an excellent for its Targeted Compliance Inspection, which were both held March 1 through 9. After 9 days of inspection, the Air Force Materiel Command Inspector General gave Edwards a satisfactory mark for its
March 1, 2007 Edwards launches first base-focused video podcast in DoD More than 16 months after Edwards launched its first audio podcast, the base launched video podcasts on its public Web site Wednesday morning. Podcasting is an Internet publishing technology that allows users to subscribe to an automatic feed of audio and video files. The first video posted in the
Feb. 8, 2007 AFFTC IG: Team Edwards ready for ORI "Bring it on." With exactly 23 days to go today before the much-anticipated Air Force Materiel Command Inspector General's Operational Readiness Inspection, Edwards is in full gear. Edwards performed its last Operational Readiness Exercise Jan. 30 to Feb. 2. "Overall, the base did great," said Col.
Feb. 8, 2007 Edwards civilian wins AFMC Outstanding Contracting Civilian Award An Edwards civilian received the Air Force Materiel Commands Outstanding Contracting Civilian Award recently. Sarah Saunders, Air Force Flight Test Center Contracting Directorate procurement technician, won the award for the period of October 2005 to September 2006. Ms. Newkirk's mission on Edwards
Feb. 8, 2007 Contract specialist wins AFMC sci-tech award An Edwards contractor won an Air Force Materiel Command Contracting Civilian award for the period of Oct. 1, 2005 to Sept. 30, 2006. Dwight Franke, a contracting specialist with the Air Force Flight Test Center Contracting directorate, won AFMC's science and technology award. "I was really quite
Jan. 26, 2007 Team Edwards provides accident clean-up support Team Edwards responded to an F-16 Fighting Falcon crash site, about two hours north of the base, Jan. 19.The F-16, from the California Air National Guard's 144th Fighter Wing in Fresno, crashed in Inyo County's Owens Valley, near Bishop, Calif. The pilot, who was on a training mission at the time of
Jan. 19, 2007 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