Feb. 23, 2007 Library receives third consecutive five-star rating The Edwards Main Library achieved an Air Force five-star rating recently. This is the third consecutive year, in doing so. The library was also the best in Air Force Materiel Command for fourth year in a row. The five-star program was initiated by the Air Force in 2004 to represent the five
Feb. 15, 2007 Tower keeps ‘eye’ on Edwards sky Rising high above the desert floor, the Edwards Control Tower keeps an unflinching eye on the constantly changing array of aircraft launching and landing on the vast lakebeds and runways here. The control tower is manned by air traffic controllers from the 412th Operations Support Squadron who
Feb. 15, 2007 Desert Wings continues publishing The 95th Air Base Wing commander, Col. H. Brent Baker Sr., decided Feb. 9 to postpone the migration of the Desert Wings newspaper to a private publisher. The migration, which was to take place after the Feb. 23 edition, would have ended the more than 59-year run of the paper. "Colonel Baker made the
Feb. 15, 2007 Edwards volunteers help Young Eagles take flight Edwards volunteers helped Young Eagles get off the ground during the Experimental Aircraft Association's Lancaster Chapter 49 and Edwards Chapter 1000, first round of Young Eagles flights on Saturday at Fox Field in Lancaster, Calif. Twenty-eight young boys and girls showed up to try their hand at
Feb. 15, 2007 Edwards’ entrances receive new cellphone policy signs The 95th Security Forces Squadron posted new large cell phone usage reminder signs at the base entrances recently to better inform the Edwards community about the base's policy on using cellphones while driving. The new signs are in accordance with the Department of Defense policy announced in
Feb. 8, 2007 AFFTC IG: Team Edwards ready for ORI "Bring it on." With exactly 23 days to go today before the much-anticipated Air Force Materiel Command Inspector General's Operational Readiness Inspection, Edwards is in full gear. Edwards performed its last Operational Readiness Exercise Jan. 30 to Feb. 2. "Overall, the base did great," said Col.
Feb. 8, 2007 Edwards pilots help JTACs with close-air support training In what is believed to be a first for Edwards, F-16 Fighting Falcon pilots here helped train Air Force Combat Controllers in close-air support. The pilots, from the 416th Flight Test Squadron, responded to a request for the help in training a team of combat controllers in their Joint Terminal Attack
Feb. 8, 2007 Edwards civilian wins AFMC Outstanding Contracting Civilian Award An Edwards civilian received the Air Force Materiel Commands Outstanding Contracting Civilian Award recently. Sarah Saunders, Air Force Flight Test Center Contracting Directorate procurement technician, won the award for the period of October 2005 to September 2006. Ms. Newkirk's mission on Edwards
Feb. 8, 2007 Contract specialist wins AFMC sci-tech award An Edwards contractor won an Air Force Materiel Command Contracting Civilian award for the period of Oct. 1, 2005 to Sept. 30, 2006. Dwight Franke, a contracting specialist with the Air Force Flight Test Center Contracting directorate, won AFMC's science and technology award. "I was really quite
Feb. 8, 2007 Edwards performs its best ORE Edwards performed its Operational Readiness Exercise Jan. 30 to Feb. 2. This ORE is the last one before the Air Force Materiel Command's Inspector General Operational Readiness Inspection beginning March 1. "It is probably the best ORE we have since we started doing this about two years ago," said