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Edwards Air Force Base
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Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. The base houses the Air Force Flight Test Center, which researches and develops aerospace weapons and rocket-propulsion systems, and the National Aeronautical and Space Administration's Flight Research Center. The base is also the proving ground for military aircraft. It has been the landing point for a number of space shuttle missions; on Sept. 5, 1983, the Challenger made the first nighttime landing of a spacecraft there.


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EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE -- Air Force officials want to open a before- and after-school tutoring and mentoring program at a former middle school that was closed by the Muroc Joint Unified School District as a cost-saving measure.
STUDENT SERVICES SOUGHT PARENTS DROPPING KIDS OFF TOO EARLY by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
It's a fun bus to drive,'' said Trelby Geoffray, a 48-year-old Realtor from Tehachapi, who rode the bus as a girl when it was owned by the neighboring Muroc Joint Unified School District -- and then drove it when she worked as a school bus driver for the Mojave district.
END OF ROUTE MOJAVE'S BUS 1, OLDEST IN STATE, IS RETIRING by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
NORTH EDWARDS -- While other Antelope Valley school districts are trying to figure out how to pay for new schools, Muroc Joint Unified School District officials are looking at how to lessen the financial impact of declining enrollment.
MUROC COPES WITH ENROLLMENT DROP OPTIONS INCLUDE TEACHER REASSIGNMENT by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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