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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 ...
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).
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.
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]
Also, a strong aviation, space, and military industry is present, such as Edwards Air Force Base, the China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station, and the Mojave Air and Space Port. With a population that is 54.9% Hispanic as of 2020, Kern is California's third-most populous majority-Hispanic county and the sixth-largest nationwide .
It is assigned to the 412th Operations Group at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The 445th is part of the Air Force Test Center . Originally constituted in 1943 as the 445th Fighter Squadron , it was involved in the early testing of the first U.S. jets, the Bell P-59 Airacomet and later the Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star .
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.