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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • Airport (PDF), effective April 18, 2024 FAA Airport Diagram for Edwards Air Force Base (PDF), effective April 18, 2024 "Airport information for OTBD"....
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    Walter Edwards (March 5, 1916–June 5, 1948) was a test pilot for the United States Air Force, and is the namesake of Edwards Air Force Base. Edwards was...
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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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Air Force Base (IATA: SKF, ICAO: KSKF, FAA LID: SKF) is a United States Air Force (USAF) base located in Bexar County, Texas, United States. The base...
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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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    George Air Force Base was a United States Air Force base located within the city limits, 8 miles northwest, of central Victorville, California, about...
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    sustainment of the B-21 will be coordinated by Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, while Edwards Air Force Base, California, will lead testing and evaluation. The...
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    "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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    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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    trials of the prototype Space Shuttle Enterprise, conducted at Edwards Air Force Base in 1977. They verified the shuttle's flight characteristics when...
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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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