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* [[Air Force Materiel Command]] |
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* [[Chuck Yeager]] |
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* [[John Stapp]]—medical doctor and research physicist; contemporary and friend to Yeager and Murphy, known variously as ''Fastest human on earth'', ''The bravest man in the Air Force'', and ''The careful Daredevil'', headed the historic MX981 rocket-sled research project. |
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* [[Aerospace Walk of Honor]], in nearby [[Lancaster, California]], honors notable Edwards test pilots. |
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* [[Murphy's Law]]—point of origination sometime in 1949. Popularized by John Stapp, one time neighbor of engineer [[Major Edward A. Murphy, Jr.|Edward A. Murphy]], his team coined the term which came out a few months afterwards in the first of Stapp's many press conferences over several decades. ''Murphy'' contributed measurement instruments that went awry to Doctor Stapp's MX981 project which sparked the laws naming to Murphy by Stapp's staff on his single visit to the program. |
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* [[Pancho Barnes]]—pioneer of women's aviation and the owner of the celebrated Happy Bottom Riding Club located on land annexed into Edwards |
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* [[North Edwards]]—home of retired chief master [[sergeants]] and [[NASA]] engineers as well as early clay mines vital to Muroc's fortunes. |
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* [[California World War II Army Airfields]] |
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* [[List of airports in Kern County, California]] |
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Revision as of 13:53, 11 February 2013
Edwards Air Force Base Muroc Air Force Base | |
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Part of Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) | |
Located near: Edwards, California | |
Type | Air Force Base |
Site information | |
Owner | United States Air Force |
Controlled by | Air Force Materiel Command |
Condition | Active |
Site history | |
Built | 1933 |
In use | 1933–present |
Garrison information | |
Garrison | 95th Air Base Wing 412th Test Wing |
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Elevation AMSL | 2,302 ft / 702 m | ||||||||||||||||||
Website | www.edwards.af.mil | ||||||||||||||||||
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Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) (IATA: EDW, ICAO: KEDW, FAA LID: EDW) is a United States Air Force base located approximately 22 miles (35 km) northeast of Lancaster, California.
It is the home of the Air Force Flight Test Center and is the Air Force Materiel Command center of excellence for conducting and supporting research and developmental flight test and evaluation of aerospace systems from concept to combat. It operates the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School and is home to NASA's Dryden Research Center and considerable test activities conducted by America's commercial aerospace leaders.
Overview
Units
History
Previous names
Major commands to which assigned
Major units assigned
Geography
See also
- Air Force Materiel Command
- Chuck Yeager
- John Stapp—medical doctor and research physicist; contemporary and friend to Yeager and Murphy, known variously as Fastest human on earth, The bravest man in the Air Force, and The careful Daredevil, headed the historic MX981 rocket-sled research project.
- Aerospace Walk of Honor, in nearby Lancaster, California, honors notable Edwards test pilots.
- Murphy's Law—point of origination sometime in 1949. Popularized by John Stapp, one time neighbor of engineer Edward A. Murphy, his team coined the term which came out a few months afterwards in the first of Stapp's many press conferences over several decades. Murphy contributed measurement instruments that went awry to Doctor Stapp's MX981 project which sparked the laws naming to Murphy by Stapp's staff on his single visit to the program.
- Pancho Barnes—pioneer of women's aviation and the owner of the celebrated Happy Bottom Riding Club located on land annexed into Edwards
- North Edwards—home of retired chief master sergeants and NASA engineers as well as early clay mines vital to Muroc's fortunes.
- California World War II Army Airfields
- List of airports in Kern County, California
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- ^ Edwards Air Force Base, official site
- ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for EDW PDF, effective 10 April 2008
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Edwards Air Force Base.
- Edwards Air Force Base, official site
- Edwards Air Force Base at GlobalSecurity.org
- Videos and Pictures of current and historical tests at DFRC
- AFRL PRS Homepage
- Documentary film about 'First Citizen of Edwards' Florence "Pancho" Barnes
- Aviation: From Sand Dunes to Sonic Booms, a National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary
- Historical record of balloons launched from the base between 1953 and 1954
- Edwards AFB Open House & Air Show, 22 October 2005
- Edwards AFB Open House Test Nation 2009
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective October 3, 2024
- Resources for this U.S. military airport:
- FAA airport information for EDW
- AirNav airport information for KEDW
- ASN accident history for EDW
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KEDW
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- Airfields of the United States Army Air Corps
- Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in California
- Airports established in 1933
- Bases of the United States Air Force
- Census-designated places in Kern County, California
- Edwards Air Force Base
- Military facilities in California
- Military facilities in the Mojave Desert
- Military Superfund sites
- National Historic Landmarks in California
- Space Shuttle landing sites
- Superfund sites in California
- United States military research facilities
- USAAF Fourth Air Force Group Training Stations
- USAAF Fourth Air Force Tactical Airfields
- World War II desert airfields