Edwards AFB News

  • AFTC Airmen armed with tools for mental wellness

    As Mental Health Awareness Month comes to a close 31 May, there has never been a more appropriate time to gauge the mental health of yourself and others. Base helping agencies across the Air Force Test Center are here to help.

  • AFTC Airmen spark data solutions at hack-a-thon

    Various participants, also referred to as “hackers” from the 412th Test Wing in California, the 96th Test Wing in Florida, and Arnold Engineering Development Complex in Tennessee combined efforts to create an event that could potentially solve U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School sponsored data

  • AFTC announces 2nd quarter award winners

    The Air Force Test Center Command and Staff 2nd Quarter Civilian Awards Ceremony was held July 24. Congratulations to all the winners. Project/Program Manager - Kimberly Dunham, AFTC Plans and Programs Scientific/Engineering - Michael Roy, AFTC Test Safety Staff/Specialist/Analyst - Aimee Buckless,

  • AFTC CC details transition, successes, future goals for test enterprise

    Brig. Gen. Arnie Bunch, Air Force Test Center commander, addressed the International Test and Evaluation Association Nov. 6 detailing the transition to Air Force Materiel Command's 5-Center construct, as well as the reorganization's successes, benefits, future goals and what it all means to the

  • AFTC CC formally promoted to major general

    Team Edwards joined family and friends of Arnold W. Bunch Jr. to watch him formally promoted to major general Aug. 23.  The promotion ceremony took place in the Base Theater and was presided over by Gen. Janet C. Wolfenbarger, Air Force Materiel Command commander. Bunch was frocked in April and has

  • AFTC commander visits new F-22 facilities

    Maj. Gen. David Harris, Air Force Test Center commander, dropped by the 411th Flight Test Squadron March 16 as part of his monthly visits with different units on Edwards.  The general was accompanied by Col. Scott Cain, 412th Operations Group commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Christopher Lantagne,

  • AFTC Commander's Welcome

    Team,On the 18th of July we celebrated the beginning of an exciting journey as a unified team in the newly designated Air Force Test Center. The realignment of the 96th Test Wing to the Air Force Test Center in a ceremony Wednesday was the final realignment and for the first time, all aspects of the

  • AFTC engineers share what it means to be an engineer

    Thanks to the efforts of engineers, everything from the everyday, like preparing dinner and making the morning commute, to the extraordinary, such as the exploration of distant planets and national defense, is possible.Engineers are the heart of Air Force Test Center and it's organizations. They are