Edwards AFB News

  • Adopt a desert dinosaur!

    Biologists at the 412th Civil Engineer Group, Environmental Management Division, are seeking more base residents or families willing to foster a desert tortoise. PCS season is fast approaching and Environmental Management is looking to develop a list of potential foster parents before the

  • Adopt-A-Lot Program helps keep Edwards clean

    Edwards Air Force Base, California, has an active Adopt-A-Lot program to maintain large unimproved areas of the base. You may have noticed signage in many areas on base stating who is responsible for the areas. The Adopt-A-Lot Program is a joint effort between military, civilian, and private groups

  • Advocates conduct domestic violence experiment on base

    When Lynn Stanley reported to work with a black eye and what appeared to be an angry handprint around her neck, she wondered what her co-workers would think.As it turned out the majority of people she ran into that day didn't say anything to her about her appearance. A few did ask however, and they

  • AEDC, Edwards test T-38 Talon legacy jet

    Arnold Engineering Development Center recently collaborated with the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., to help quantify performance improvements of a T-38 Talon. The twin-engine, high-altitude T-38 was the first world's first supersonic trainer, originally designed in

  • 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

  • Aero Club hosts first Aero Camp

    The Aero Club at Edwards AFB offered a new one week Aero Camp, from July 22 to 26, for students ages 14 to 19 to start flight and ground school training. Though students cannot fly solo until they are 16, Connie Farmer, Aero Club manager, said the Aero Club wants to encourage kids to get interested

  • Aero Club instructor loves flying, helping

    A 14-year-old boy received the ride of a lifetime Aug. 8 thanks to one Edwards Aero Club instructor and a special flying organization. Tim Taylor, Edwards Aero Club certificated flight instructor, donated his time, skills and money, to pick up Paul Padilla, a deaf teenager, at Mariposa-Yosemite

  • Aero Club raffles off free flight at open house

    What does it take to learn to fly? The Edwards AFB Aero Club answered that question during their open house Nov. 30. Visitors were invited to a hot dog lunch and entered in a raffle for a free orientation flight with instruction.A tour of the facility included the classroom used for instruction and