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A remote facility of Edwards AFB, located at Palmdale, California, Plant 42 is a government-owned, contractor-operated facility with proximity to both the concentration of aerospace industry in Los Angeles, and the high-speed corridors and resources of the 412th Test Wing at Edwards.
Though Armstrong Flight Research Center has always been located on the shore of Rogers Dry Lake, its precise location has changed over the years. It currently resides on the northwestern edge of the lake bed, just south of North Gate. Visitors must obtain access to both Edwards AFB and NASA AFRC.
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.
Edwards Air Force Base C United States 34°57′22″N 117°50′35″W / 34.95611°N 117.84306°W / 34.95611; -117.84306 ( Edwards Air Force Base, runway
Edwards Air Force Base in California was the site of the first Space Shuttle landing and became a backup site to the prime landing location, the Shuttle Landing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center. Several runways are arrayed on the dry lakebed at Rogers Dry Lake , [ 6 ] and there are also concrete runways.
Pilot's view of Edwards Air Force Base, showing the main base area, located beside Rogers Dry Lake. The Happy Bottom Riding Club (1935–1953), was a dude ranch, restaurant, and hotel operated by aviator Florence "Pancho" Barnes near Edwards Air Force Base in the Antelope Valley of California's Mojave Desert.
Location Nickname Note 10th Flight Test Squadron: Tinker AFB: ... Edwards AFB: 780th Test Squadron: Eglin AFB: 781st Test Squadron: Holloman AFB: National Radar Cross ...
McConnell Air Force Base, KS: B-1B 1987-1994 412th Test Wing: 419 FTS: Edwards AFB, CA: B-1B 1992–present 96th Bombardment Wing: 337 BS 338th Combat Crew Training Squadron (CCTS) 4018 CCTS Dyess AFB, TX: B-1B 1985-1992 1985-1992 1984-1985 6510th Test Wing: 6519 FTS: Edwards AFB, CA: B-1B 1974-1989 410th Flight Test Squadron: 1989-1992 ...