Nov. 7, 2018 Edwards command team brews relationship with local veterans Brig. Gen. E. John Teichert, 412th Test Wing commander, and Command Chief Master Sgt. Roosevelt Jones, 412th Test Wing command chief, had breakfast with local veterans during a Coffee4Vets gathering at Crazy Otto’s Diner in Lancaster, California, Nov. 6.
Nov. 7, 2018 AF team talks space with Edwards test experts There’s no better way to learn about testing complex things than visiting Edwards AFB. That’s why the 412th Test Wing hosted a forum to discuss space test and evaluation Oct. 29. The day-long discussions included colonels from Air Force Space Command, Air Force Test Center, 412th TW, Arnold
Nov. 6, 2018 The Center of the Aerospace Testing Universe In 1992, I took a day off from my summer job at McDonnell Douglas to make a quick visit to the famed Edwards Air Force Base. Though I didn’t have a lot of time to admire the work that was being done here at that time, I walked away from that day humbled and amazed that I had been at The Center of
Nov. 5, 2018 Edwards AFB Civ-Mil Support Group installs officers, directors The Edwards Air Force Base Civilian-Military Support Group held its Annual Installation of Officers and Directors ceremony at a dinner banquet at the University of Antelope Valley in Lancaster, California, Nov. 2.
Nov. 1, 2018 New BAF innovative technology goes LIVE Recently, innovators working in the Benefield Anechoic Facility teamed with Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Electronic Warfare and Avionics Division of the Agile Combat Support Directorate to execute the Closed Loop Operational Test Vertical Testability Demonstration using the Laboratory
Nov. 1, 2018 Edwards hosts AFMC energy assurance summit Representatives from Air Force Materiel Command’s five centers and the Air Force Research Laboratory gathered at Edwards for AFMC’s Energy Assurance Working Group Summit Oct. 23-25. The command holds these summits every six months rotating between its different bases and the “Center of the
Oct. 31, 2018 412th Test Wing releases FY19 Strategic Action Plan In August, base leadership came together for its annual strategic planning meeting where each organization was represented to provide inputs and come up with a path forward to meet goals of the Air Force and the National Defense Strategy for the new fiscal year. The resulting product from that
Oct. 31, 2018 Fall back: Goodbye daylight saving Daylight saving time ends Nov. 4. Time will be set back one hour at 2 a.m. to standard time.Beginning in 2007, Congress established that daylight saving time begins on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November. Before then, daylight saving time dates have varied as Congress
Oct. 30, 2018 Desert tortoises: One of Edwards AFB’s natural residents The desert tortoise is one of the many animals found on Edwards Air Force Base. Listed as threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973, desert tortoises are protected from unwarranted harassment or injury. The 412th Civil Engineer Group’s Environmental Management Division wants to
Oct. 30, 2018 AFMC civilian hiring pilot program targets efficiency, timeliness A two-year pilot program to test strategies to improve the Air Force civilian hiring process will begin Oct. 28. The ultimate goal is to improve civilian hiring timeliness and throughput across the Air Force by providing the Air Force Materiel Command wider opportunities to implement agile and