Edwards AFB News

  • AFOSI seeking quality Airmen for special agent duty

    The Air Force Office of Special Investigation is seeking highly qualified senior airmen, staff sergeant and technical sergeant applicants for special agent investigative duties at various, worldwide duty locations.If you are an E-4 (less than 6 years TAFMS), E-5 (between 5 to 11 years TAFMS), or E-6

  • AFOSI Tip Line provides new ways to report suspicious activity

    In an effort to better engage the community and prevent threats to the United States Air Force, the Air Force Office of Special Investigations recently announced a new initiative to move its EagleEyes "tip line" into the virtual world.The new program will allow individuals to send anonymous

  • AFOTEC Det. 5 CTO division receives Air Force excellence award

    Searching for an efficient way to do their jobs, a team from Edwards achieved success in their mission despite limited personnel, funding and test resources.The Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center Detachment 5 RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 20 and 30, Advanced Signals Intelligence Payload and

  • AFOTEC Det. 5 gets new CC

    Lt. Col. Ryan Hollman assumed command of Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center Detachment 5 here Aug. 14. The ceremony was held at Club Muroc and was officiated by Maj. Gen. Matthew H. Molloy, AFOTEC commander. AFOTEC is headquartered at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, and has two

  • AFOTEC Det. 5 hosts children's Halloween costume party

    The Air Force Test and Evaluation Center and Detachment 5 Desert Rats Booster Club showed the importance of family time and support among members by hosting a children's Halloween costume party Oct. 23 at Club Muroc.Several times each year, the Desert Rats host special occasions and parties for the

  • AFOTEC Det. 5 to receive 20 additional billets

    The Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center Detachment 5 here will receive 20 additional billets as part of the AFOTEC-wide manpower realignment. Twelve officer, five enlisted and three civilian positions will be reassigned to Detachment 5 as part of the change. "I believe it is a huge

  • AFOTEC Detachment 5 pilot receives Air Force Combat Action Medal

    An Edwards C-130 Hercules instructor pilot received an Air Force Combat Action Medal March 20 at Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center Detachment 5 here. Maj. Thomas S. Lankford, AFOTEC Det. 5 assistant director of Operations, was presented the medal by Col. David M. Cohen, the detachment

  • AFOTEC, 18th FLTS remember lost superintendent

    Master Sgt. Timothy M. Welk, from the 18th Flight Test Squadron, Detachment 1, unexpectedly passed away in his Lancaster, Calif. home April 11. Sergeant Welk was the CV-22 operations superintendent for the detachment. He supported the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center, Detachment 5,

  • AFOTEC, Det. 5 leads conclusion of first Global Hawk operational testing

    The Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center Detachment 5 Global Hawk Test Team concluded the first-ever operational flight test of the RQ-4A Global Hawk Block-10 Unmanned Air System Nov. 17.The operational testing, which validates the developmental test work done on the Block 10 production