{"id":364060,"date":"2026-06-17T09:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T09:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/364060\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T09:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T09:53:09","slug":"edwards-afb-opens-emergency-family-assistance-center-for-those-impacted-by-b-52-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/364060\/","title":{"rendered":"Edwards AFB opens Emergency Family Assistance Center for those impacted by B-52 crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The Emergency Family Assistance Center is open at Edwards Air Force Base to offer resources and support to those who are impacted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/b-52-crashes-after-takeoff-at-edwards-air-force-base-emergency-crews-respond\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">B-52 crash on Monday.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/b-52-crashes-after-takeoff-at-edwards-air-force-base-emergency-crews-respond\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Eight dead after U.S. Air Force B-52 crashes after takeoff at Edwards AFB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The EFAC is available to all personnel, including active duty, civilian and contractor.<\/p>\n<p>It will be at the Military and Family Readiness Center and is open Monday through Friday, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Services offered include chaplain support, disaster mental health services, childcare assistance, legal counsel, and additional on-and-off base resources.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/b-52-crash-at-edwards-air-force-base-kills-8-community-mourns-loss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">B-52 crash at Edwards Air Force Base kills 8; community mourns loss<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you are in crisis or need immediate support, you can reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline anytime by texting or calling 988, or chat live at <a href=\"https:\/\/988lifeline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">988lifeline.org.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a social media post, it said, \u201cLet us keep the families, friends and squadron members of our fallen teammates in our thoughts and prayers during this incredibly difficult time. Stand together, support one another and remain Edwards Strong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post also said that emergency and investigation officials continue to move forward with their response and said more information will be available Wednesday, June 17.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The Emergency Family Assistance Center is open at Edwards Air Force Base to offer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364061,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-364060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}