Edwards Air Force Base
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For more than 50 years Edwards Air Force Base -- home of the Air Force Flight Test Center -- has been the home of more major milestones in flight than any other place on earth. Covering nearly 301,000 acres, Edwards is located in the Mojave Desert, adjacent to the largest dry lakebed in North America -- Rogers Dry Lakebed.

Edwards' focus today, and in the future, is summed up in the Air Force Flight Test Center's motto: "Ad Inexplorata ... Toward the Unexplored."

F-35 Joint Strike Fighter completes testing at Edwards
  F-35 Lightning II completes Edwards testing
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The prototype F-35 Joint Strike Fighter AA-1 completed an air start test at Edwards on Oct. 23, marking the first time the aircraft arrived here. 

Edwards Airman participates in Ironman World Championship
  Edwards Airman participates in Ironman world championship
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- An Edwards Airman from the 95th Aerospace Medicine Squadron placed 10th in her age group at the Ironman World Championship held in Kailua Kona, Hawaii, on Oct. 11.

Team Edwards prepares for Unit Compliance Inspection
  Airmen train for Unit Compliance Inspection
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Team Edwards is gearing up for a Unit Compliance Inspection from Jan. 9 through 22. Base organizations are buried with inspection checklists to ensure that they have everything covered. However, a lot of people might be wondering what a Unit Compliance Inspection is.

21 95th SFS Airmen return from Iraq
  21 95th SFS Airmen return from Iraq
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- On Oct. 16 the 95th Security Forces Squadron welcomed back, 21 Airmen from a six-month deployment to Balad Air Base, Iraq.

Base leadership serves Italian food to dorm dwellers
  Base leadership serves Italian food to dorm dwellers
Col. Nancy Wharton (left), 95th Air Base Wing vice commander (middle), and Col. Janet Taylor, 95th Medical Group commander, serve food to a dormitory resident during a free dorm-dweller dinner at the Chapel 1 annex Oct. 14. The Edwards Top 3 sponsored the event. (Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Belena Stuart)

95th SFS welcomes first batch of new civilian police force
  95th SFS welcomes first batch of new civilian police force
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The 95th Security Forces Squadron formally welcomed the first batch of new civilian police and security forces during a badge ceremony at the squadron's headquarters Oct. 9. 

Base wins two environmental awards
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Two teams from Environmental Management were recognized for excellence by Air Force Material Command as they won the 2008 General Thomas D. White Environmental Awards for pollution prevention and cultural resources. 

Fire department: Practice heating safety
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Now that cold weather is upon Edwards, the use of portable heaters is becoming more prevalent in both the work place and in our homes. Along with this increased use comes an increased risk from fire. 

Team Edwards concludes Fire Prevention Week
  Fire department concludes Fire Prevention Week
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The Edwards fire department hosted a series of educational campaigns as part of Fire Prevention Week celebration. 

95th CE receives two AFMC awards
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The 95th Civil Engineering and Transportation Directorate recently received two Air Force Materiel Command awards. 

Speeders could lead to 'gate-crashers'
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Because of the increase in speeding incidents at the base gates, the 95th Security Forces Squadron recently stepped up efforts for citing people speeding in the area.

Edwards servicemembers receive flu shots
  Edwards serrvicemembers receive flu shots
Airman 1st Class Edwards Bernice, 95th Medical Operations Squadron mental health technician, gives a flu shot to Lt. Col. Aaron Reed, 418th Flight Test Squadron operations officer, at the base theater Oct. 9. All active-duty servicemembers are required to get their annual influenza vaccination. (Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julius Delos Reyes)

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Main runway construction finished ahead of schedule

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F-35 arrives at Edwards

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Airmen speed delivery of lifesaving medicine

Air Force Nuclear Enterprise Roadmap report calls for new command, headquarters agency

Oct. 23 airpower summary

Airman missing in action from World War II identified

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