Edwards AFB News

  • Above and beyond - 400 plus volunteers donate 55,000 hours

    The annual Edwards Air Force Base Volunteer Appreciation Ceremony honored Edwards AFB's volunteers April 29. The event was hosted by the Airman and Family Readiness Center and this year's theme is, "Our volunteers are shining stars."Brig. Gen. Michael Brewer, 412th Test Wing commander, in his

  • Aero Camp takes off for second consecutive year

    With the success of last year's Aero Camp, the Edwards Aero Club hosted its second annual Aero Camp from April 21 to 25, to prepare and introduce students to the world of aviation.During the week-long camp, students ages 14 to 19, are trained by certified flight instructors and start flight and

  • Flight Test Historical Foundation celebrates 50 years of Cold War spy planes

    On April 26 the Flight Test Historical Foundation hosted an SR-71 and U-2 50-Year Cold War Commemoration at Blackbird Airpark located at U.S. Air Force Plant 42. The 50-year mark celebrates the first flight of the SR-71 Blackbird out of Palmdale, Calif., December 22, 1964."This is an opportunity for

  • Feeding wildlife attracts dangerous predators

    Someone feeding the wildlife near the Rosburg Fitness Center may have inadvertently caused a woman to get bitten by a coyote late February. Base wildlife experts from Edwards AFB Environmental Management believe the woman walked too close to a coyote's preferred hunting spot, where they found

  • EOSC helps send five Desert High students to college

    The Edwards Officers Spouses Club honored five Desert Junior-Senior High School seniors at their annual scholarship banquet April 16 at Club Muroc. Those students and scholarship recipients were Sabrina Belen, Miranda Brater, Bryce Benlian, Julia Segebarth and Brandon Snyder. The scholarships,

  • Retiree Appreciation Day right around the corner

    Edwards AFB will hold its 2014 Military Retiree Appreciation Day May 3. The event will be held at the Oasis Community Center in Bldg. 2500 at 205 West Popson Ave., Edwards AFB, Calif., 93524. Retiree Appreciation Day will be from 8 a.m. to noon. All military retirees and their spouses, along with

  • Corvias Military Living upgrading homes at Edwards

    Through its partnership with the Air Force, Corvias Military Living will soon begin renovating homes on Edwards Air Force Base. The work will begin later this month as part of the plan to modernize and improve the quality of life for family housing residents at Edwards. Corvias will eventually

  • Domino's Pizza is here

    On April 21 at 11:30 a.m. the Army and Air Force Exchange Service opened up a new Domino's Pizza mobile location located in the parking lot of Bldg. 7210 on Kincheloe Ave.The mobile Domino's Pizza took their first order for five pizzas on the hood of one of Boeing's truck for Boeing's Earth Day

  • Hazardous waste roundup slated for April 26

    Edwards AFB Environmental Management is hosting a Household Hazardous and Universal Waste Roundup on Saturday, April 26. The roundup is at the Base Housing Office, 402 West Forbes Ave., Bldg. 6696, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Base housing and dormitory residents can drive up and drop off household

  • Airman gains new perspective on WWII sacrifices

    April 9, 1942, marked what is known today as the Bataan Death March where tens of thousands of American and Filipino soldiers surrendered to Japanese forces. The group of World War II servicemembers had been tasked with defending the islands of Luzon, Corregidor and the harbor defense forts of the