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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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Hope and his troupe visited Edwards - then named Muroc Army Air Field - at least twice during World War II, drawing big crowds to the base gymnasium and later the new base theater, Edwards historian Raymond Puffer said. Hope and his troupe visited Edwards - then named Muroc Army Air Field - at least twice during World War II, drawing big crowds to the base gymnasium and later the new base theater, Edwards historian Raymond The building on 50th Street West south of Avenue L-14 was built just after World War II by a soldier from Muroc Army Air Field - now Edwards Air Force Base - using scrap lumber, Cripe said. |
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