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In December 1949, Muroc was renamed Edwards Air Force Base in honor of Captain Glen Edwards (1918–1948), who was killed a year earlier in the crash of the Northrop YB-49 Flying Wing. [6] During World War II , he flew A-20 Havoc light attack bombers in the North African campaign on 50 hazardous, low-level missions against German tanks, convoys ...
Inactivated in 1966; Biggs AFB closed and transferred to US Army as Biggs AAF. 96th Bombardment Wing, (Heavy) Dyess AFB, Texas; B-52E, 1963–1970; B-52D, 1969–1982; B-52H, 1982–1985 337th Bombardment Squadron Inactivated in 1993; Dyess AFB became B-1B base Jun 1985. 97th Bombardment Wing (Heavy), Eaker AFB, Arkansas; B-52G, 1960–1992
On 1 March 1978, the 6510th Test Wing was established and activated at Edwards Air Force Base, California as part of a re-organization of units at Edwards by Air Force Systems Command. The 6510th assumed the flying mission of the Air Force Flight Test Center , which was established in June 1951.
A remote detachment administered by Edwards Air Force Base, the facility is officially called Homey Airport (ICAO: KXTA, FAA LID: XTA) [2] or Groom Lake (after the salt flat next to its airfield). Details of its operations are not made public, but the USAF says that it is an open training range, [ 3 ] and it is commonly thought to support the ...
[8] [9] [10] Further efforts led to the opening of a Century Circle outside the west gate in August 2007 made up of six Century Series airplanes and the top of the former Edwards Air Force Base control tower. [11] [12] The museum's longtime chief historian, Dr. Jim Young, retired in 2011. [13]
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 needed] Most of its facilities are operated by private contractors to build and maintain military aircraft and their components for the United States and its allies. [3]
North America 4,587 15,049 Edwards Air Force Base [14 ... Edwards Air Force Base C: United States 4,572 15,000 Notes ^B Unpaved ...
The 370th Flight Test Squadron is an active United States Air Force unit assigned to the 413th Flight Test Group, stationed at Edwards Air Force Base, California.It has been active in the flight test role since 2001.