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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Edwards_Air_Force_BaseEdwards Air Force Base - Wikipedia

    5 days ago · 1x V/STOL pad. Source: Federal Aviation Administration [1][2] 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 County, but its eastern end is in San Bernardino County and a southern arm is in Los Angeles County.

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  3. www.britannica.com › place › Area-51Area 51 | Description, History, Map, & Facts | Britannica

    Sep 9, 2024 · Area 51. Area 51, secret U.S. Air Force military installation located at Groom Lake in southern Nevada. It is administered by Edwards Air Force Base in southern California. The installation has been the focus of numerous conspiracies involving extraterrestrial life, though its only confirmed use is as a flight testing facility.

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  4. www.usatoday.com › story › newsEdwards Air Force Base preserving the history of American ...

    Sep 4, 2024 · The long list of historic achievements at the base includes: Oct. 1, 1942: The P-59 took off from the base, marking the first official flight of a jet aircraft in the United States. Oct. 14, 1947 ...

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › List_of_longest_runwaysList of longest runways - Wikipedia

    Sep 14, 2024 · Edwards Air Force Base [114], C United States 34°55′50″N 117°50′16″W  /  34.93056°N 117.83778°W  / 34.93056; -117.83778  ( Edwards Air Force Base, runway

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  7. theaviationist.com › 2024/09/18 › u-s-air-forceU.S. Air Force Releases First B-21 Raider Video

    Sep 18, 2024 · The B-21 Raider is carrying out test flights out of Edwards Air Force Base, in California, where the aircraft landed at the end of its first flight from Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale on Nov.10, 2023.

  8. www.nasa.gov › armstrongArmstrong Flight Research Center - NASA

    Sep 3, 2024 · NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, dates to 1946 when a 13-person detail from the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics arrived at the Muroc Army Airfield in California’s Mojave Desert. Their quest: To fly faster than the speed of sound. The X-1 was the first of many flight research efforts that would ...

  9. www.thisdayinaviation.com › tag › convair-b-58a-hustlerConvair B-58A Hustler | This Day in Aviation

    Sep 14, 2024 · 14 September 1962: At Edwards Air Force Base, in the high desert of southern California, Major Fitzhugh L. Fulton, Jr., United States Air Force, with Captain William R. Payne, USAF, and civilian flight test engineer C.R. Haines, flew a Convair B-58A-10-CF Hustler, serial number 59-2456, to a record 26,017.93 meters (85,360.66 feet) while carrying a 5,000 kilogram payload.

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