Edwards AFB News

  • Air Traffic Controller receives Grit Award

    A Team Edwards member was recently given the Grit Award in recognition of the challenges he faced to make his innovative idea into a reality.Senior Airman Oscar Cantu, an Air Traffic Controller with the 412th Operations Support Squadron, innovation idea was a head-mounted display for air traffic

  • DoD Test and Evaluation Director offers insight into future of testing

    The Antelope Valley Chapter of the International Test and Evaluation Association held their quarterly luncheon at Club Muroc on Edwards Air Force Base, California, June 26. The event’s keynote speaker was the Honorable Robert Behler, Director Operational Test and Evaluation, Office of the Secretary

  • (VIDEO) B-52 continues “mothership” role during hypersonic test

    In a scene reminiscent of the old days of a B-52 mothership carrying an X-15 underneath a wing, the 419th Flight Test Squadron successfully conducted the first flight test of the AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon, or ARRW, at Edwards Air Force Base, California, June 12.

  • Green Propellant Infusion Mission to test AFRL-developed green propellant

    NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate, along with co-investigators, including the Air Force Research Laboratory, Ball Aerospace, SpaceX, the Space and Missile Systems Center, and Aerojet, are scheduled to launch Ball’s Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM) spacecraft, enabling the first

  • Edwards hosts Men's Health Fair

    Ron Jackson, Civilian Health Promotion Services, discusses health topics during a Men's Health Month Health Fair at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., June 13. (U.S. Air Force photo by Giancarlo Casem)

  • KC-46 flies past latest milestone

    In the midst of its Phase III testing, the KC-46 Pegasus completed yet another milestone. The Air Force’s newest refueling tanker made its first mid-air connection with the B-2 Spirit in the skies over Edwards Air Force Base, California, recently.

  • AGCAS team celebrates Collier Trophy win

    Lt. Col. Raven LeClair, 461st Flight Test Squadron, and his son, Luka, cut a cake commemorating the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System team's Robert J. Collier Trophy win, at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., May 30. The Collier Trophy is awarded annually by the U.S. Aeronautic Association