Edwards air force base

Columbia on Rogers Dry lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base in California after landing to complete the first orbital mission, STS-1, on April 14, 1981.

There are no aliens at America’s most famous top-secret military base, but what is there is just as interesting.

Edwards Air Force Base in Edwards, California has been host to some of the most extensive aircraft testing in the US. While the base started out humbly.

The F-35 Joint Program Office has released the finalized price for the most recent production contract for the jet.

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – NASA, most prominent for its many Florida-launched exploits into space, showcased an early version of its first all-electric experimental aircraft, the X-57 “…

Fantastic footage released by Edwards Air Force Base History Office shows the famous Dec. 10, 1963 “Zoom Flight” incident depicted in “The Right Stuff”. It’s December 10th, 1963. Col. Chuck Yeager, Aerospace Research Pilot School [...]

ECN-4891 This photograph shows NASA's 3/8th-scale remotely piloted research vehicle landing on Rogers Dry Lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, in...

North American XB-70 Valkyrie about to touch down at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

Edwards Air Force Base 1958. Sorry I could not find a larger pic.[727x485]

The space shuttle Endeavour atop its modified 747 carrier aircraft soars over the California high desert west of the towns of Rosamond and Mojave on the first leg of its Tour of California Sept. 21, 2012. The tour, including numerous flyovers of cities and landmarks in Northern and Southern California, would conclude with a landing at Los Angeles International Airport where Endeavour would be turned over to the California Science Center for permanent exhibit. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla…

F4 at Edwards Air Force base

A Republic F-105D Thunderchief 61-0146 HI (cn D341) U.S.Air Force on display at Edwards AFB Century Circle. Used during the Vietnam War it is the largest single-seat, single-engine combat aircraft in history. In the background is the McDonnell Douglas YC-15 test aircraft. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_F-105_Thunderchief

Space Shuttle Discovery reflects the colorful clouds illuminated by the setting sun over California's high desert following its landing at Edwards Air Force Base on Sept. 11, 2009. Via NASA.

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The oldest F-22s are "just not upgraded to the state that we need to meet the current threat," the secretary of the Air Force told lawmakers in May.

Edwards Air Force Base