EDWARDS AFB, California, July 6 -- The U.S. Air Force's Edwards Air Force Base issued the following news: Airmen from the 9th Operations Support Squadron from Beale Air Force Base trains air traffic operations in a forward-deployed location with two Cessna airplanes from the Edwards Aero Club on Rodgers Dry Lake at Edwards AFB, California, June 6. Rogers Dry Lake continues to be used by Edwards AFB to provide training opportunities in austere environments and as an emergency landing site for b  more

WASHINGTON, July 5 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: OAKLAND, Calif. - The Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Region 9 Administrator authorized the use of federal funds on July 4 at 11:37 p.m. PDT / 2:37 a.m. EDT to assist the state of California to combat the French Fire burning in Mariposa County.On July 4, the state of California submitted a request for a Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG). At t  more