April 3, 2009 Environmental Assessment for Unmanned Aircraft System This announcement provides public notification for the availability of the draft Environmental Assessment and draft Finding of No Significant Impact prepared by the U.S. Department of the Air Force and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District. The EA pertains to the beddown of a MQ-1
April 2, 2009 Edwards Air Force Base bids goodbye to F-22 test pilot Team Edwards celebrated the life of retired Lt. Col. David Cooley as an Airman, test pilot and wingman during a memorial service at Hangar 1600 here April 1. Colonel Cooley, Lockheed-Martin F-22 Raptor test pilot, died in an F-22A crash March 25 during a test mission, northeast of Edwards. "On
March 31, 2009 Holloman Tax Center remains open for business The Holloman Air Force Base Tax Center will remain open until April 15 for all non-deployed personnel. Members returning from deployment ONLY will have the opportunity to schedule an appointment with the Tax Center and receive assistance until May 1. The last day for individual wishing to
March 31, 2009 Sixth annual Arbor Day Celebration Members of Team Holloman turned out to support the annual Arbor Day Celebration March 24 in Steinhoff Park at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. The year's events marked the base's sixth year of participation. Col. Stephen DiFonzo, 49th Mission Support Group Commander, was on-hand to pour the first
March 30, 2009 Shuttle made historic '82 landing near Holloman Edwards Air Force Base in California, the primary landing site, was flooded. Construction at Kennedy Space Center had not yet been completed for a landing, according to a White Sands Missile Range press release. The only option was the then-secondary site, Northrup Strip on White Sands, where winds
March 30, 2009 Saving the Brave Doctors’ Day honors sacrifice of doctors Navy clinical psychologist Heidi Kraft, Ph.D., learned her toughest lesson in Iraq. She wrote a moving memoir, "Rule Number Two: Lessons I Learned in a Combat Hospital," about her time serving and titled it after a line from the television show M*A*S*H: "There are two rules of war. Rule number one