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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 County , but its eastern end is in San Bernardino County and a southern arm is in Los Angeles County .
The LLRVs, humorously referred to as "Flying Bedsteads," were used by the FRC, now known as the Armstrong Flight Research Center, at Edwards Air Force Base, California, to study and analyze piloting techniques needed to fly and land the Apollo Lunar Module in the moon's airless environment.
On August 7, 2020, J G Contracting of Nipomo, California, received a contract for maintenance, repair, and construction at U.S. Air Force facilities at Plant 42. [5] On August 31, 2021, KAL Architects of Irvine, California, received a five-year contract for architect and engineering services at Plant 42. [6]
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Military facilities in the Mojave Desert, in California. Subcategories. ... Edwards Air Force Base (2 C, 92 P)
Rogers Dry Lake is an endorheic desert salt pan in the Mojave Desert of Kern County, California. The lake derives its name from the Anglicization from the Spanish name, Rodriguez Dry Lake . [ 4 ] It is the central part of Edwards Air Force Base as its hard surface provides a natural extension to the paved runways.
Edwards Air Force Base in California was the site of the first Space Shuttle landing and became a backup site to the prime landing location, the Shuttle Landing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center. Several runways are arrayed on the dry lakebed at Rogers Dry Lake , [ 6 ] and there are also concrete runways.
It now is on static display at the west gate of Edwards AFB, California. One other B-52H (61-0025) was flown for many years by the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards, and was transferred to NASA on 30 July 2001 as a replacement for the RB-52B.
Edwards (formerly, Muroc and Wherry Housing) is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California. [1]It is located 16 miles (26 km) east-southeast of Mojave, [3] about 22 miles (35 km) northeast of Lancaster, 15 miles (24 km) east of Rosamond, and 5.5 miles (8.9 km) south of California City at an elevation of 2,356 feet (718 m).