March 29, 2007 Airfield Management sergeant receives AFMC award An Edwards Sergeant recently received an Air Force Materiel Command award for his work as the noncommissioned officer in charge of Airfield Management Operations here. Master Sgt. James Woods, with the 412th Operations Support Squadron, received the 2006 Airfield Management NCO of the Year
March 29, 2007 Two Edwards vets join NASA Dryden Flight Operations Two new research test pilots, Kelly Latimer and Nils Larson, have joined the Flight Crew Branch at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards. Latimer and Larson come to the NASA center after extensive test and operational flying careers in the U.S. Air Force. Latimer is the first female
March 22, 2007 Window decals to end April 15, DoD IDs required for base entry Beginning April 15, Team Edwards will stop registering private vehicles on base and eliminate the use of base vehicle decals. Since September 11, 2001, security forces for military installations are required to perform 100-percent identification check on the driver who enters the installation. The
March 22, 2007 Edwards welcomes back Air Force’s first C-17 The C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Test Force welcomed home Edwards' own C-17, called T-1, during a celebration at hangar 1623 here March 16. T-1 first came to Edwards on Sept. 15, 1991, as the Air Force's first test article for the C-17's initial flight testing. "The significance of T-1 is it was
March 22, 2007 Airfield Management Airman receives AFMC annual award An Edwards Airman recently received an Air Force Materiel Command award for his work as an Airfield Management Operations Coordinator here. Senior Airman Dustin Moore, with the 412th Operations Support Squadron, received the 2006 Airfield Management Airman of the Year award. The AFMC award is given
March 20, 2007 Airborne Laser fires tracking laser, hits target The YAL-1A, known as the Airborne Laser, successfully test fired its Target Illuminator Laser in-flight on March 15, during a five-hour test mission. The mission and test firing represented the Airborne Laser's first in-flight external laser firing, and used the NC-135E "Big Crow" test aircraft to
March 15, 2007 Edwards 'makes the grade' during ORI Edwards received a satisfactory rating for its Operational Readiness Inspection and an excellent for its Targeted Compliance Inspection, which were both held March 1 through 9. After 9 days of inspection, the Air Force Materiel Command Inspector General gave Edwards a satisfactory mark for its
March 15, 2007 Edwards air traffic controller receives AFMC award Senior Airman Christine Kim, an air traffic controller with the 412th Operations Support Squadron, was named the outstanding air traffic controller command-wide. Airman Kim distinguished herself while working here and represented the base exceptionally during her deployment to Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq,
March 8, 2007 F-35 JSF avionics test bed arrives at Edwards The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program's Cooperative Avionics Test Bed aircraft landed here March 1 to perform equipment fit checks and verify the operation of Edwards facilities built specifically for the CATB. The CATB is a Boeing 737-300 specially modified to perform mission systems testing for
March 8, 2007 Global Hawk Block-20 arrives for 18-month testing Edwards welcomed the first production RQ-4 Block-20 Global Hawk from U.S. Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif., on March 1 to begin 18 months of testing here. The Block-20 is the first of a new series of Global Hawks including Blocks 30 and 40. "It is an exciting day for the Air Force, the