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Jan. 14, 2025
412th Command Chief: “Always Be Ready!”

Comprehensive Airman Fitness plus attitude, unit culture and teamwork equals full-spectrum risk management. That’s the message Chief Master Sgt. Justin Stoltzfus, 412th Test Wing command chief master sergeant, delivered during the wing’s recent Back-in-the-Saddle Day.
Jan. 13, 2025
Edwards tests an outdoor pavilion to expand its fitness capability and capacity

Air Force Service Center selected Edwards Air Force Base to test an outdoor fitness pavilion to encourage health-related fitness, including cardiovascular endurance, muscular development, flexibility, and body composition. If the pavilion’s utilization is approved locally, it may be replicated to
Jan. 7, 2025
412th is Back in the Saddle…and Ready!

The rapid modernization of the People’s Liberation Army under Chairman Xi Jinping served as context for a risk management-themed briefing by Brig. Gen. Doug Wickert, 412th Test Wing commander, during Monday’s Back-in-the-Saddle Day.
Jan. 7, 2025
Global Reach Combined Test Force supports historic ballistic missile intercept in Guam

The 418th Flight Test Squadron, Global Reach Combined Test Force, successfully supported the Missile Defense Agency and U.S. Department of Defense partners during a recent fight intercept experiment in Guam.
Dec. 19, 2024
USAF Test Pilot School Graduates First Integrated Flight-Space Test Course

The USAF Test Pilot School achieved another historic milestone, December 7, 2024, graduating the first year-long, fully integrated flight and space test course.
Dec. 17, 2024
412th Test Wing Conducts Combat Readiness Exercise Amid Heightened Threats

The 412th Test Wing conducted the largest combat readiness exercise in Air Force Materiel Command corporate memory Dec. 3 to 6, and followed up with a full-day community partner tabletop readiness exercise on Dec. 9 at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The exercise and associated inspection tested
Dec. 17, 2024
Edwards ’ Airmen Leadership School prepares Airmen to assume the grade of Staff Sgt.

Airmen Leadership School located at Edwards Air Force Base congratulated the newest generation of first-level leaders during a graduation ceremony on Dec. 12.
Dec. 17, 2024
Edwards’ Test Pilot School welcomes the newest generation of flight test professionals

United States Air Force Test Pilot School, located at Edwards Air Force Base, awarded the prestigious Master of Flight Test Engineering or Graduate Certificate in Space Test Engineering to 32 students during a graduation ceremony for class 24-A on Dec. 7.
Dec. 3, 2024
Edwards partners with schools to offer a hands-on maintenance class to local students

The 412th Maintenance Squadron, in partnership with the Muroc Joint Unified School District, has been providing a tailored training program in the areas of Aircraft Metals Technology and Aircraft Structural Maintenance to local high school students.
Nov. 29, 2024
Wing welcomes new cadre of Vanguard leaders

More than 40 wing members recently graduated from the wing’s premier leadership laboratory.