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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 ...
Jul. 21—A serious salary jump is on the docket for next Tuesday for five elected Kern County department heads who, compared to other counties, don't make enough money. The Kern County Board of ...
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 ...
Edwards Air Force Base (2 C, 92 P) Pages in category "Military facilities in the Mojave Desert" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
Rosamond is a suburban bedroom community with many residents employed by nearby Edwards Air Force Base or commuting to Los Angeles, Lancaster, and Palmdale for work. The town is about 15 minutes north of the Lancaster Metrolink station providing direct access to Los Angeles Union Station in just two hours. It has few grocery stores such as ...
Muroc's site is now on Edwards Air Force Base. [2] After World War II Muroc served as an important test flight location; in 1947 Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in the Muroc vicinity. A post office operated at Muroc from 1910 to 1951. [2] The name honors early settlers Ralph and Clifford Corum — their surname spelled backwards is "Muroc ...
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).
An F-22 Raptor assigned to the 411th Flight Test Squadron flies over Edwards Air Force Base, California, in 2018. The squadron successfully tested the F-22 flying on a 50/50 fuel blend of conventional petroleum-based JP-8 and biofuel derived from camelina , a weed-like plant not used for food, in March 2011.