Edwards AFB News

  • Airman 'wheels' for fortune

    An Edwards Airman got a chance to spin her "wheels" for a fortune Feb. 8.Senior Airman Victoria Dougherty, 412th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron F-16 avionics system specialist, participated in the "Wheel of Fortune -- Wheel Salutes the Armed Forces" edition and won $17,500 in cash and trips to New

  • Students learn importance of math, science

    Four busloads of potential engineers and scientists spent a day learning first-hand the impact their current math and science classes will have on their future career options as they visited the 95th Air Base Wing Environmental Management division and NASA Dryden Flight Research Center here March

  • Edwards to enforce new cell phone policy for on-base drivers

    Beginning in early April, drivers on Edwards and across all Air Force Materiel Command bases will be cited by security forces for talking on cell phones while operating their vehicles, unless they are using a hands-free device.Cell phone use while driving is now categorized as a moving violation in

  • General shares vision of Air Force Chaplain Service

    There are 2,200 chaplains and enlisted support people from the active and Air Reserve components serving a unique mission in today's Air Force.Chaplain (Maj. Gen.) Charles Baldwin, Air Force Chaplain Service chief, visited Edwards March 16 as part of a nationwide tour of five bases in five days.

  • Demolition marks first step in housing improvements

    Demolition is underway in the Mesquite Meadows housing area, marking the first phase in the Edwards housing reduction and replacement initiative.So far, 87 families have been moved from the southwest portion of Mesquite Meadows for demolition, and six have been moved from the southeast quarter in

  • Chapel teaches base youth about 'service before self'

    This August more than 20 young people from Edwards will join the more than 25,000 "Youth With A Mission."The Edge, the Edwards Chapel youth group, is traveling to Tijuana, Mexico Aug. 7 through the 16 to participate in the Youth With A Mission's Los Angeles/Tijuana summer program. Youth With A

  • Civil engineering renovates Club Muroc kitchen

    The 95th Air Base Wing Civil Engineer and Transportation Directorate is in the process of renovating Club Muroc kitchen.When completed in June, the kitchen will sport a new dishwashing machine and salad bar. A walk-in refrigerator and freezer will also be provided with this project. "Prior to the

  • Edwards students speak to space station astronauts

    NASA Dryden Flight Research Center teamed with Edwards, March 2, to provide local students the opportunity to experience an 'out-of-this-world' interaction with two astronauts.Students from Edwards Middle and Branch Elementary schools here and Gifford C. Middle School, in Lancaster, Calif., gathered