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  • Airmen from the 412th Test Wing shoot at targets with their M-4 rifles during live-fire training at the Combat Arms Training and Maintenance range on Edwards Air Force Base, California, Feb. 26, 2026. (Air Force photo by Todd Schannuth) 412th Test Wing conducts large-scale deployment readiness exercise
    412th Test Wing conducts large-scale deployment readiness exercise

    Giancarlo Casem
  • Lonnie Dierkson, 412th Communications Squadron, REDCORE operations lead cyber defense operator, demonstrates his team's counter-cyber-attack capabilities on Edwards Air Force Base, California, recently. The Research, Development, Test & Enterprise Defensive Cyber Operations Response Element (REDCORE) provides continuous cyber defense for 412th Test Wing and Air Force Test Center assets on Edwards (Air Force photo by Giancarlo Casem). REDCORE: Outsmarting the attacker
    REDCORE: Outsmarting the attacker

    412th Communications Squadron
  • A photo of a YFQ-44a Collaborative Combat Aircraft program progresses through deliberate weapons integration testing
    Collaborative Combat Aircraft program progresses through deliberate weapons integration testing

    Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs
  • YFQ-42 aircraft sit on the flightline. Air Force validates open architecture, expands Collaborative Combat Aircraft ecosystem
    Air Force validates open architecture, expands Collaborative Combat Aircraft ecosystem

    Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs

   

Edwards - News

  • Tonie Sonderman, 412th Force Support Squadron customer service technician, smooths wax on a snowboard at the Outdoor Recreation facility on Edwards Air Force Base, California, March 10, 2026. The Edwards Outdoor Rec facility recently moved a new location to better facilitate base residents. (Air Force photo by Giancarlo Casem)

    Outdoor Rec gets new location, gives same great MWR support
  • Investigator Jacob Trafton, 412th Security Forces Squadron, analyzes evidence confiscated from four dispensaries selling psilocybin mushrooms. The raids led to the closure of the businesses and the arrest of nine people on suspicion of maintaining a place for drug sales, possession of marijuana for sale and conspiracy. (Photo by Laisa Leao)

    Zero Tolerance bust closes four dispensaries in Rosamond
  • Airmen from the 412th Test Wing shoot at targets with their M-4 rifles during live-fire training at the Combat Arms Training and Maintenance range on Edwards Air Force Base, California, Feb. 26, 2026. (Air Force photo by Todd Schannuth)

    412th Test Wing conducts large-scale deployment readiness exercise
  • Lonnie Dierkson, 412th Communications Squadron, REDCORE operations lead cyber defense operator, demonstrates his team's counter-cyber-attack capabilities on Edwards Air Force Base, California, recently. The Research, Development, Test & Enterprise Defensive Cyber Operations Response Element (REDCORE) provides continuous cyber defense for 412th Test Wing and Air Force Test Center assets on Edwards (Air Force photo by Giancarlo Casem).

    REDCORE: Outsmarting the attacker
  • Flipping a light switch. Plugging in a coffeemaker. Charging a laptop computer. These are second nature for most of us. Electricity makes our lives easier. However, we need to be cautious and keep safety in mind.

    Power with caution, practice electrical safety

AEDC - NEWS

  • Gen. Henry “Hap” Arnold, the commanding general of the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II and the U.S. Air Force’s only five-star general, spearheaded research and development efforts to bolster national air superiority. His vision led to the establishment of Arnold Engineering Development Complex. (U.S. Air Force photo)

    AEDC at 75: Hap Arnold’s vision takes flight
  • Winston Brooks, director of economic and entrepreneurship for Chattanooga, right, receives his Honorary Commander lapel pin from then-804th Test Support Squadron director Joshua Meeks during the March 8, 2024, ceremony at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., to induct the first class of Arnold AFB Honorary Commanders. Arnold AFB is the headquarters of AEDC. (U.S. Air Force photo by Brad Hicks)

    Arnold AFB Honorary Commander Winston Brooks reflects on experience
  • Drew Savelle, telecommunications technician for the Base Communications and Information Technology contractor at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., works Sept. 19, 2025, on the digital phone switch network installed as part of a telecommunications upgrade. Along with the new network, new Voice over Internet Protocol phones were deployed to users across Arnold. (U.S. Air Force photo by Brad Hicks)

    Arnold AFB BCITS team completes phone system upgrade
  • Twenty-three high school students from neighboring high schools participated in the 2026 Engineer-For-A-Day program at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., headquarters of Arnold Engineering Development Complex, Feb. 25, 2026. This year’s event took place Feb. 24-26 with events that included a Student Design Competition, Engineer-For- A-Day Program and an Engineers Week Banquet. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Keith Thornburgh)

    AEDC Welcomes Students for Annual Engineer For A Day Experience
  • U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Amiah Tindal, then a 15th Wing Judge Advocate civil law paralegal, notarizes a document during Legal Assistance Readiness Week at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, May 1, 2025. The Arnold Engineering Development Complex Safety team is providing guidance to help members of Team AEDC prepare in the event of the unexpected. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Caroline Strickland)

    Preparing for the unexpected

Eglin - news

  • A labor and delivery technician from the 96th Medical Group’s Maternal Child (Labor and Delivery) Flight, swaddles a baby after a procedure, Feb. 24 at Eglin Hospital on Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Technicians swaddle newborns to soothe them to sleep. The labor and delivery unit, part of the 96th Inpatient Squadron, provides care for all of Eglin’s newborn inpatients. They delivered 764 babies in 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ilka Cole)

    Army families eligible for Baby Bundles
  • Annual awards

    Test Wing announces its annual award winners
  • Senior Airman Karla Burns, of the 96th Air Base Wing staff, uses the proper form while practicing her push-ups during her morning workout routine May 3 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Burns struggled to complete the required amount of push-ups during her recent physical training tests. With the help of the fitness center staff, she began a workout plan that allowed her to excel and pass her test. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

    Fitness management’s proactive approach to prep new PT standards
  • Eglin waterway restriction map

    Eglin waterways restricted UPDATE
  • 96th Test Wing crest graphic

    Ongoing munitions testing in Gulf of America

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