Edwards AFB News

  • Honoring those who served

    Team Edwards,In 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a bill establishing Nov. 11 as a day to honor American veterans of all wars, otherwise known as Veterans Day. He proclaimed, "I do hereby call upon all of our citizens to observe Nov. 11 as Veterans Day. On that day let us solemnly remember

  • Innovative Team of the Quarter explores pilot workload

    The Innovative Team of the Quarter — The 412th Operations Group’s Objective Measures of Pilot Workload Team —, is changing the way we test and evaluate the pilot workload experienced during flight operations.  The pilot workload team brought their idea to the XCITE Team for funding and with help

  • 412th MDG promotes Lung Cancer Awareness Month with scavenger hunt

    November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month and the third Thursday of November is also when the American Cancer Society promotes their annual Great American Smokeout — the one day a year where smokers across the nation can make a plan to quit…a step toward cancer risk reduction and a healthier

  • New top NCO at AFTC

    Chief Master Sgt. Michael Ditore is the new command chief for the Air Force Test Center. Ditore comes to Edwards from Kadena Air Base, Japan, where he served as the 18th Wing command chief master sergeant. As the AFTC command chief, he is the principal advisor to the commander and senior staff on

  • Volunteers needed at Edwards AFB schools

    Edwards base schools are in need of volunteers in tutoring, recess/lunch helpers, sports and after-school activities.   Applications are available at the Muroc Joint Unified School District website: http://muroc.k12.ca.us/district-forms/, or on base at the Youth Center and Airman and Family

  • Combined, interagency medical training enhances care for Airmen

    “Train as you fight, fight as you train,” is a military mantra that every Airman can implement in their training, and the Airmen of the 412th Medical Group is training to fight for their fellow Airmen’s lives.The 412th Medical Group conducted their monthly training at Edwards Air Force Base,

  • 412th TW commander, chief, mingle with veterans at ball

    Brig. E. John Teichert, 412th Test Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Roosevelt Jones, 412th TW command chief, joined fellow veterans at the John P. Eliopulos Hellenic Center in Lancaster, California, for this year’s Coffee4Vets Veterans Military Ball Nov. 3. Coffee4Vets is a non-profit veterans

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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