Edwards AFB News

  • Exercises test Edwards disaster response force capability

    Loud cries emanated from a school auditorium on Nov. 13. Yells for help echoed inside the dark room. The building had collapsed and trapped more than 15 students and teachers after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake "shook" Southern California including Edwards. The simulated scenario was part of a

  • Bioenvironmental flight aims for AFMC CBRN team

    The 95th Aerospace Medicine Squadron staked their reputation as the 2007 best bioenvironmental engineering team in Air Force Materiel Command as they participated on a Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Challenge Nov. 3 to 7. CBRN Challenge tests AFMC bases' bioenvironmental flights on

  • Team Edwards to participate in CheckMATE program

    As part of Air Force Materiel Command's initiative to strengthen workforce engagement, Team Edwards is participating in Check Mission Accomplishment Through Engagement from Nov. 10 to 26. More than 1,200 military and civilian workforce are participating in the CheckMATE program. "I am excited about

  • Airman Leadership School graduates Class 08-G

    Twelve senior airmen graduated from the Airman Leadership School recently. Airman Leadership School is the first of three programs enlisted professionals attend as they progress through their military career. Airman Leadership School prepares Airmen to be professional warfighting Airmen who can

  • Leadership flight marks first operational use of new main runway

    As two Edwards F-16 Fighting Falcons took off from the new base runway Oct. 31 at about 10:45 a.m., they marked the runway's first operational use. Maj. Gen. David Eichhorn, Air Force Flight Test Center commander, Col. William Thornton, 412th Test Wing commander, and Col. Jerry Gandy, 95th Air Base

  • Team Edwards to participate in 'Great Southern California Shake Out'

    Team Edwards will participate in the "Great Southern California Shake Out" as part of Golden Guardian 2008 exercise from Nov. 12 to 14. Golden Guardian 2008 tests California's capability to respond and recover during a major earthquake. Because of the base is located very close to the first and

  • Edwards Marines shows MCMAP techniques to medics

    When the 95th Medical Group Facility Security team was looking for training that would be essential for a small-framed medic guarding a building's entry control point, they crossed from the blue and asked for help from the few and the proud. The team received an introductory Marine Corps Martial