This Week On The Tower
412th Test Wing, Edwards Air Force Base
"The center of the aerospace testing universe"
WEEK OF 5 June
Find out what's happening this week and discover the newest content on Edwards AFB!
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TOP NEWS
The Medical Facilities Modernization Project goal was to renovate the 412th?MDG’s treatment workspaces to better accommodate the facility’s outpatient mission, consolidate medical assets and meet the ongoing healthcare needs of its beneficiary population. #medical
The latest iteration of the Space Test Course, class 23-1, at the United States Air Force Test Pilot School recently completed their capstone exercise, the course’s most rigorous and comprehensive yet. #capstone
The?Benefield Anechoic Facility ?(BAF) at Edwards AFB recently tested its first orbital?satellite in decades. Anticipated to launch in late 2023, Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) will be the United States Department of Defense ’s first experimental, integrated navigation satellite system in nearly 50 years. #satellite
The desert?#tortoise ?is one of many animals found at Edwards AFB.?Listed as threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973, desert tortoises are protected from unwarranted harassment or injury. The 412th Civil Engineer Group’s Environmental Management Division wants to remind base residents to be on the lookout for desert tortoises, especially near or crossing roadways.
The 412th Mission Support Group?hosted a combat dining-in at Edwards AFB, California, May 4, 2023. A combat dining-in is a military tradition that enhances esprit de corps of a unit and enables Airmen of all ranks to create a bond in a simulated wartime.?#teamwork
The 412th Test Wing received 10 KC-46 Pegasus aerial refueling aircraft from the 22nd Air Refueling Wing, May 11. The aircraft were moved to Edwards due to a severe weather system scheduled to hit their home base.?#support
For more Edwards AFB headlines, visit?www.edwards.af.mil/news
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UPCOMING EVENTS / NOTICES
Rosburg Fitness Center-NEW Weekend Hours
Due to staffing, the Fitness Center will be closed on the weekends beginning June 5, 2023.?Only individuals with 24 Hour Access will be permitted.
412 TW WEEKLY TOWNHALL June 9 Preview
T-Cot-A-TU Teammates,
?Join us?in congratulating the 412th Test Wing’s Master Sergeant selects!?As you see our teammates, please congratulate them as they prepare to join the Air Force’s Senior Non-Commissioned Officer ranks!?Please join us on Friday, 9 June at 1500 in the Club Muroc Alliance Room to celebrate these Airman!?POC: MSgt Scott Anderson, 912 AMXS.
?If you can't make it in person, please tune into the Edwards App, Edwards Facebook or Edwards YouTube Channel to view current and past townhalls.
?Text questions to 707-412-TWCC (707-412-8922.)
POC is 412 TW/CCE?
Invitation to USAF RQ-4 Global Hawk Flight Test Program Sunset Ceremony
You have been sent an e-Invitation for the following event:?USAF RQ-4 Global Hawk Flight Test Program Sunset
?To view your invitation please click the link below.
?If you are unable to click on the link, please copy and paste the address into your web browser.??Please R.S.V.P. via the link.
?USAF RQ-4 Global Hawk Flight Test Program Sunset Ceremony:?https://einvitations.afit.edu/inv/anim.cfm?i=758748&k=05644A0E7F5F
International Soccer Camp
Teen Center STEM Camp
Edwards AFB Career Fair
Edwards AFB 2-Day Blood Drive
Congratulations to Edwards AFB for the most blood collected at a Southern California military installation in 2022!
POST-MEMORIAL DAY WILL REQUIRE EXTRA BLOOD UNITS SO PLEASE INVITE SOMEONE TO JOIN YOU AND DONATE FOR A PATIENT WHO NEEDS YOUR BLOOD TYPE. PEOPLE DONATE WHEN THEY ARE ASKED BY SOMEONE THEY KNOW.
ALSO, A POWER RED DONATION WILL GO TO AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT FOR TRAUMA--SMALLER NEEDLE, LESS BLOOD TAKEN AND YOU GET DOUBLE COOKIES! (FOR O TYPE OR A-, B-)
CAC Card Reset Available at AF Plant 42 in Palmdale
Team Edwards,
The capability to reset CAC cards is available at Plant 42, Building 560, 2nd floor, Room 211.
Just to highlight that the capability is only for reset of CACs, not for new issue of a CAC.
Personnel who have valid base entry credentials can go to the Plant 42 Pass?& ID Office.
Many Thanks,
领英推荐
Sandra
SANDRA F. STAPLETON, NH-03, DAF
Chief, Business Integration
412 TW/OL-AFP 42/BI
Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale CA
June Food Truck Calendar
Summer Bash 2023
DoDEA Virtual High School Expanded Eligibility Pilot Program (E2P2) - Enrollment 2023 - 2024
Investing in the Digital Age
M&FRC
Investing in the Digital Age | Wednesday, June 14 | 10:30 am – 11:30 am | Virtual Workshop
Register:[email protected]?or call 277-0723.
MDG OB Orientation
Save the Date: 18AUG23, 412th Test Wing Change of Command
Please save the date for an upcoming event at the Center of the Aerospace Testing Universe.
WHAT: 412th Test Wing Change of Command Ceremony
WHEN: Friday, 18 August 2023, 9 a.m.
WHERE: Hangar 1600, Edwards Air Force Base
Presiding Official: Maj. Gen. Evan C. Dertien, Commander, Air Force Test Center
Outbound 412th Test Wing Commander: Brig. Gen. Matthew W. Higer
Inbound 412th Test Wing Commander: Col. Douglas P. Wickert
Reintroducing Your Resident Advocate, Ms. Kristina Roach
Commanders and Directors,?
I want to take a moment to reintroduce you to Ms. Kristina Roach, the installation’s Resident Advocate.?Kristina is active on Edwards social media, briefs at the newcomer’s briefing, partners with Mayroad and the Military Housing Office to get the word out with flyers, and publishes information in PA blasts.?However, we continue to continue to find that many residents struggling to resolve issues with their housing don’t know about Kristina.?If any of your members living on base that need help resolving an issue with housing, please encourage your folks to call Kristina.?She’s also willing to participate in your commanders/directors calls and visit your units to help spread the word.??
Kristina is also in need of new volunteers for the Resident Council.?Specifically, reps are needed for Mesquite Meadows, Joshua Acres, and Juniper Ridge.?Please help your folks have their voice heard!
Vr,?
MATTHEW S. CASPERS, Colonel, USAF
Vice Commander, 412th Test Wing (AFMC)
661-275-4000 (desk)
661-810-8704 (duty cell)
Tuition Assistance Briefings
Attention Airmen and Guardians!
Want to go to college? Need a TA brief? Edwards AFB is now offering TA briefs on Tuesdays at 0900 and Thursdays at 1300 via Zoom!?
The Zoom link for TUESDAYS at 0900 is?https://www.zoomgov.com/j/1612185292?pwd=ZmUzVjZYb3gzeXZwcUUwL2lrazNIQT09
The Zoom link for THURSDAYS at 1300 is?https://www.zoomgov.com/j/1604912636?pwd=WHZjdmJIQzhqZE14SU5DMFdNYUhwdz09
HARD TALKS - Each Thursday at 1500, Chapel 1 Annex
412 TW Leadership holds small group talks weekly, open to all base personnel.?The form is a safe place to discuss hard issues members are facing, to include dealing with current local/world events or personal issues.?Assisting leadership, members from the Chapel, EO, IG and other helping agencies are in attendance.
U.S. AIR FORCE SPECIAL OBSERVANCE EVENTS
Pride Month mentoring event set for June 7
EDWARDS AFB SPECIAL OBSERVANCE EVENTS
412th Test Wing Pride Month Events
Juneteenth 5K
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