Edwards AFB News

  • Kids experience deployment with KUDOS

    From mommy or daddy's uniform to jelly bean vaccinations and fake orders, the children at Edwards will get to experience and understand deployment operations during "Operation KUDOS", August 19, at the Stripes Lounge.Operation KUDOS -- Kids Understanding Deployment Operations -- is designed for

  • Inaugural event promotes desert safety

    Booths, displays and information stations designed to give Team Edwards the summer lowdown on the high desert on how to live, work and play safely in this sometimes hostile environment marked the base's inaugural Desert Safety Day, Wednesday in the Base Exchange food court.Event organizers hope to

  • Sonic Splash Pool hosts movie night

    The Oasis Community Center held its first-ever free movie night at the Sonic Splash Pool on Saturday.Open Air Cinema, Oasis Community Center and Outdoor Recreation teamed up to help bring the Edwards community together. Pool games like Marco Polo and football for parents started the event. Later

  • AF deputy chaplain reflects on life's necessity for spiritual wellness

    It was 104 degrees on Sunday morning at Edwards. In a compound between Park Street and Fitzgerald Avenue, there were more than 50 cars parked outside a white building, accented with colorful windows and brown roof. More than 150 people were gathering inside the building. The temperature inside the

  • Lifetime 'listens' to Edwards women on career vs. family

    More than 30 women gathered over lunch Monday in the Conference Center's Looking Glass Room to share their views on life, love, politics and the world with representatives from the Lifetime television network. As part of a multi-platform initiative, Lifetime is traveling the country a part of a

  • Panda Express opens with free food

    Panda Express celebrated the opening of its first restaurant in a military installation July 5 at the Oasis Community Center here.Panda Express provided free catered lunch to family members of deployed personnel and donated 100 percent of the day's gross sales to the Teen Center. "Whenever we open a

  • After nearly 60 years, EOD helps old bomb explode

    Edwards' Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit responded to a remote area east of Lancaster, Calif. after an off-roader reported an unexploded bomb July 7.When the EOD team arrived, they found a heavily-weathered bomb partially buried in the desert. "It was a 500-pound, general purpose bomb, which was

  • Edwards pilots celebrate holiday in California skies

    Fourth of July is well-known for its barbecues, pool parties and parades, but for nearly half a million people in six Southern California communities, an F-16 flyover from Edwards were part of the festivities.Flyovers don't just happen. For the communities of Acton, Huntington Beach, Ojai, Barstow,

  • Celebrities give 'slam-dunk' performance

    The 95th Air Base Wing Striker team defeated the 412th Test Wing Fighter team, 88-77, in a National Basketball Association Entertainment League game Saturday in hangar 1820.Col. H. Brent Baker Sr., 95th ABW commander, along with Terry Crew, Drew Lachey, Joel McHale, Bobby Ender, Jon Huertas, Corey

  • Pharmacy closes for modernization, renovation

    With the current design of the pharmacy and the amount of patients who need routine medication, the 95th Medical Group's pharmacy is scheduled to undergo renovations Thursday through July 4.The pharmacy plans to update by reorganizing and adding new light fixtures, shelves and cabinets, said Capt.