Jan. 11, 2007 Edwards donates computers to base schools During the holiday season Edwards donated 79 computers to the Muroc Joint Unified School District schools. This is part of the Department of Defense Computers for Learning program -- a program that Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service does to the excess or old computers. "As the (95th)
Jan. 11, 2007 Edwards sees 22 to 35 percent increase in BAH Military members residing in the local community will see an increase of at least 22-percent in their housing allowance in today's paycheck.The Air Force average for Basic Allowance for Housing was 3.5 percent, but housing costs in some areas on both the East and West coasts, along with Hawaii, have
Dec. 15, 2006 Simulated B-1B crash starts Edwards ORE The circumstances are very possible -- an Edwards B-1B Lancer crashes while attempting an emergency landing.While this is a viable scenario for the Air Force Flight Test Center Inspector General to test the base's response, Sunday's early-morning Operational Readiness Exercise kick-off had a little
Dec. 13, 2006 Branch student wins NASA essay contest A Branch Elementary School student here won a national NASA essay contest recently. Isabella Millman, 11, a Branch Elementary School sixth grade student, won second place with her essay entitled, "Dryden Flight Research Center -- The Quest for Speed -- or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love
Dec. 13, 2006 Idaho students study Edwards B-52 Seven students and a professor from the University of Idaho visited several organizations at Edwards on Tuesday for a subsystem evaluation on the B-52 Stratofortress.The University of Idaho students are currently attending a graduate level course, called Advanced Human Factors, and were assigned to
Dec. 13, 2006 Operation 'Touch our Warriors' brings cheer to deployed Airmen Bringing joy to loved ones far from home, Operation "Touch our Warriors" and Team Edwards pulled together to collect donations to make care packages for our deployed troops at the Edwards Base Exchange and Commissary Nov. 21 and 22.Operation "Touch our Warriors" is determined to ensure all deployed
Dec. 13, 2006 Edwards' community volunteers time at St. Joseph's Manor The Edwards Top 3, along with the base community, recently volunteered at St. Joseph's Manor in Littlerock, Calif., to help set up refuge prior to opening.The St. Joseph's Manor, an independently living program, is a facility that houses 27 women and 64 children who come out of foster care with no
Dec. 13, 2006 Base vet provides special care for No.1 patients It's a role she says she thoroughly enjoys, but there is still more to her job than just caring for the needs of the base residents' pets.For Army Capt. Jodi Sangster, the job as base veterinarian requires her to balance three different responsibilities for the base -- each with a different