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Edwards Air Force Base — in the Antelope Valley of the western Mojave Desert, in Southern California. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories ...
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 ...
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. The new wing had a long, established history at ...
North Edwards (formerly, Edgemont Acres and North Muroc) [4] is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California. Situated in the Mojave Desert, North Edwards is located about 7.2 miles (11.6 km) north-east of Edwards Air Force Base, [6] at an elevation of 2,293 feet (699 m). [4] As of the 2010 census it had a population of 1,058. [7]
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).
Jointly controlled by NAWS China Lake, Edwards Air Force Base and Fort Irwin, this airspace is known as the R-2508 Special Use Airspace Complex. A 7.1 magnitude earthquake on July 5, 2019, whose epicenter was within the boundaries of NAWS China Lake, resulted in the facility being temporarily evaluated as "not mission capable" due to damage. [5]
In 1961, after the Marine Corps transferred operations to MCAS El Centro, Kern County obtained title to the airport. In February 1972, the East Kern Airport District (EKAD) was formed to administer the airport; EKAD maintains the airport to this day. To a great extent EKAD was the brainchild of Kern County rancher and aviator Dan Sabovich, who ...
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.