Edwards AFB News

  • Enjoy the desert on your bike - responsibly

    Fall is a great time to get out and enjoy the desert on the back of a motorbike or mountain bike. To allow for residents' and workers' recreational use while protecting native species and their habitat, Edwards AFB has two motorized off-road vehicle areas and one mountain bike area.Per Edwards Air

  • Guest speaker motivates at 'DREAM' team luncheon

    Disability Rights Employment Awareness Month wrapped up Oct. 28 with a luncheon at Club Muroc. At the capstone event, guests heard from guest speaker Eric Lipp, founder and executive director of the Open Doors Organization in Chicago, Illinois.Lt. Col. Christopher Budde, 412th Communications

  • A safe and spooktacular Halloween

    For most people Halloween means three things: costumes, trick-or-treating and months of free candy. All these things are what make a traditional Halloween a fun time to be shared by both children and adults. Just remember the creepy crawlers, ghosts, and ghouls are not all you should be aware of on

  • Edwards community holds town hall meeting

    The Edwards community gathered at the Airman and Family Readiness Center Oct. 15 for a town hall meeting.The first speaker, Mark Nettles, Corvias Military Living communications manager, gave an update on the new community center scheduled to open the summer of 2015.The new 10,000-square foot

  • DEAM Team brings opportunity to Edwards

    The Disability Employment Awareness Committee held its first annual abilities expo at the Oasis Community Center Oct. 9. The companies invited to attend prepresented a variety of tools to assist individuals living with disabilities including communication, mobility and recreational aides. Though

  • Edwards Airmen help save life at Lancaster gym

    Several Edwards AFB Airmen were at the 24 Hour Fitness Center in Lancaster, Calif., Sept. 25, when a man went into cardiac arrest.Tech. Sgt. Elie Peán and Tech. Sgt. Maurice Lucas II, flight sergeants from the 412th Security Forces Squadron, were preparing for their evening workout when the man

  • NASA's shuttle carrier aircraft settles down in Palmdale

    Retired NASA Shuttle Carrier Aircraft 911, one of two modified Boeing 747 jetliners that ferried NASA's space shuttles for decades, moved to its new home at Joe Davies Heritage Airpark, Sept.12. The 747's final journey was a ground tow from the NASA Armstrong aircraft operations facility less than a

  • Exchange debuts Military-Brat approved toys in time for holiday shopping

    Just in time for the holiday shopping season, the Army & Air Force Exchange Service is stocking its shelves with Military-Brat Approved toys, a kid-tested collection of the hottest dolls, actions figures, play sets and more. More than 150 Military-Brat Approved toys will be featured in special