Oct. 19, 2022 Edwards Air Force Base celebrates 75 years of Supersonic Flight 75 years to the day after the Bell X-1 proved that the Sound Barrier was only an engineering challenge, the 412th Test Wing hosted a ceremony to honor the contributions of the team behind that remarkable aircraft.
Oct. 10, 2022 Edwards AFB Fire and Emergency Services teams up with National Fire Protection Association to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Fire Prevention Week Edwards AFB Fire and Emergency Services is teaming up with the National Fire Protection Association® (NFPA®)—to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Fire Prevention Week TM (FPW), October 9-15, 2022. This year’s FPW campaign, “Fire won’t wait. Plan your escape TM”, works to educate everyone about
Oct. 6, 2022 AFMC Spouse and Family Forum set for Nov. 16 The Air Force Materiel Command will host a virtual Spouse and Family Forum, Nov. 16, at 1 p.m. ET, open to military and civilian family members across the enterprise.
Sept. 20, 2022 B-21 bomber to be unveiled first week in December The Air Force confirmed today it plans to reveal the B-21 Raider in the first week of December during an unveiling ceremony hosted and sponsored by the Northrop Grumman Corporation at its production facilities in Palmdale, California.
Sept. 19, 2022 412 Medical Group teams up with base community to raise awareness about women's health To help spotlight both events, we interviewed the 412 Medical Group’s Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner, Capt Alissa Vigil, to gain her perspective on issues pertaining to Women’s Health.
Sept. 8, 2022 ASTRO - Designing the future T&E capabilities today The Applied Spectrum Technology Research Office (ASTRO) executes projects under the Test and Evaluation / Science and Technology (T&E/S&T) program, managed by the Test Resource Management Center (TRMC). These projects aim to change the face of T&E capabilities across the Major Range and Test
Aug. 29, 2022 ACC Federal Laboratory flies combat apps on F-22 with new open software stack On Aug. 24, members of the Air Combat Command Federal Laboratory, test pilots at Edwards Air Force Base, and software developers from the 309th Software Engineering Group achieved several milestones on an F-22 Raptor in-flight: the first instance of third-party software running on a fifth-generation
Aug. 19, 2022 Modified X-62 helps accelerate tactical autonomy development The Air Force Research Laboratory Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation office has invested $15 million upgrading a decades-old workhorse to make it relevant for 21st century warfighter challenges.
Aug. 17, 2022 Third iteration of AFTC Data Hackathon an innovation success Air Force Test Center hosted its third Data Hackathon virtually and in person at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., August 8-12.
Aug. 3, 2022 Air Force units support Navy Valiant Shield exercise U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 505th Command and Control Wing at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, and Beale AFB, California, supported the U.S. Navy’s ninth iteration of exercise Valiant Shield 22 last month.