Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) (IATA: EDW, ICAO: KEDW, FAA LID: EDW) is a United States Air Force installation in California. Most of the base sits in Kern...
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subordinate wings. The 95th Air Base Wing (95 ABW) provided installation support for all units on Edwards Air Force Base while the 412th Test Wing (412...
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(PMD). Plant 42 is owned by the United States Air Force and operated as a component of Edwards Air Force Base, which is 23 mi (37 km) northeast.[citation...
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established). It is part of the Edwards Air Force Base reservation. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Edwards has a semi-arid climate, abbreviated...
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test pilot school was officially moved to its present location at Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert of Southern California on 4 February 1951....
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Walter Edwards (March 5, 1916–June 5, 1948) was a test pilot for the United States Air Force. He is the namesake of Edwards Air Force Base. Edwards was born...
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Florida, a purpose-built landing strip. Landings also occurred at Edwards Air Force Base in California, and one took place at White Sands Space Harbor in...
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The Air Force Flight Test Museum is an aviation museum located at Edwards Air Force Base near Rosamond, California focused on the history of the Air Force...
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The Air Force use several terms to identify the different type of installations it operates: Air Force Base, Air Reserve Base or Air Guard Base are used...
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Airport (PDF), effective October 31, 2024 FAA Airport Diagram for Edwards Air Force Base (PDF), effective October 31, 2024 "Airport information for OTBD"...
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Hanscom Air Force Base (AFB) is a United States Air Force base located predominantly within Bedford, Massachusetts, with portions extending into the adjoining...
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orbiting the Earth 36 times, landing on the dry lakebed runway at Edwards Air Force Base in California. It then undertook three further research missions...
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was formed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio, on 31 October 1997 as a consolidation of four Air Force laboratory facilities (Wright...
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Laughlin Air Force Base (IATA: DLF, ICAO: KDLF, FAA LID: DLF) is a facility of the United States Air Force located east of Del Rio, Texas. Laughlin AFB...
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Eglin Air Force Base (IATA: VPS, ICAO: KVPS, FAA LID: VPS) is a United States Air Force (USAF) base in the western Florida Panhandle, located about three...
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Happy Bottom Riding Club (category Edwards Air Force Base)
restaurant, and hotel operated by aviator Florence "Pancho" Barnes near Edwards Air Force Base in the Antelope Valley of California's Mojave Desert. Barnes and...
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412th Test Wing (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Air Force Historical Research Agency)
(412 TW) is a wing of the United States Air Force, assigned to the Air Force Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The 412th Test Wing plans...
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Chanute Air Force Base is a decommissioned United States Air Force facility, located in Champaign County, Illinois, south of and adjacent to Rantoul, Illinois...
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Spangdahlem Air Base (IATA: SPM, ICAO: ETAD, former code EDAD) is a NATO air base with the United States Air Force as a tenant constructed between 1951...
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historical aeronautical research events. It has been a mainstay at Edwards Air Force Base for 45 years. The goal of launching the North American X-15 hypersonic...
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Wurtsmith Air Force Base is a decommissioned United States Air Force base in Iosco County, Michigan. Near Lake Huron, it operated for seventy years, from...
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Area 51 (redirect from Groom Dry Lake Air Force Base)
United States Air Force (USAF) facility within the Nevada Test and Training Range. A remote detachment administered by Edwards Air Force Base, the facility...
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in 1988. Both aircraft were fully retired in 2009 and stored at Edwards Air Force Base. Shortly after winning the lightweight fighter program, General...
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the Air Force Flight Test Center of Air Force Materiel Command at Edwards Air Force Base, California, where it was inactivated on 13 July 2012. During World...
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Dominance Day". Edwards Air Force Base. Retrieved 11 September 2022. Ream, Margaret (30 June 2021). "413 Flight Test Squadron (AFMC)". Air Force Historical...
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Carswell Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force (USAF) base, located northwest of Fort Worth, Texas. For most of its operational lifetime,...
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Maine Edwards, Michigan Edwards, Mississippi Edwards, Missouri Edwards (town), New York Edwards (village), New York Edwards, Wisconsin Edwards Air Force Base...
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Kincheloe Air Force Base was a United States Air Force (USAF) base during the Cold War. Built in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in 1943 during World War...
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Antelope Valley (section Military base)
"Southeast Antelope Valley". "Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) is home to the 412th Test Wing and the United States Air Force Test Pilot School" (PDF). repi...
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Benefield Anechoic Facility (category Edwards Air Force Base)
is an anechoic chamber located at the southwest side of the Edwards Air Force Base main base. It is currently the world's largest anechoic chamber. The...
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