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  Edwards Air Force Base - Home
Edwards' focus today, and in the future, is summed up in the Air Force Flight Test Center's motto: "Ad Inexplorata...
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center Detachment 5 and the 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron recently tested the MQ-9 Reaper Unmanned Aerial Vehicle system's ability to deploy to a forward operating location in support of mission tasking.
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The 95th Security Forces Squadron is becoming more actively involved in enforcing the cellular hands-free policy on base by increasing vigilance and writing more citations.
www.edwards.af.mil   (623 words)

  
  35:1311(154)RO - - Air Force, Edwards AFB, CA and Sport Air Traffic Controllers Organization - - 1990 FLRAdec RP - - ...
The interaction between the ATCSs and other employees at Edwards Air Force Base is very limited and primarily is confined to three Electronics Technicians who are responsible for maintaining the equipment used by the ATCSs and who are in the same organizational subdivision as the ATCSs.
While covered by the same Air Force personnel regulations as all other Air Force employees at Edwards, the ATCSs are subject to different retirement provisions and physical examination requirements than most of those employees.
Based on the foregoing, we reject the Activity's contention that the RD's decision constitutes a departure from Authority precedent.
www.flra.gov /decisions/v35/35-154-4.html   (1541 words)

  
  Historic California Posts: Edwards Air Force Base
The history of Edwards AFB and the military's use of Rogers and Rosamond lakebeds goes back to the early 1930s when Army Air Corps aircraft from what is now March Air Force Base, Riverside, Calif., flew over the lakebeds for bombing and gunnery practice.
The Air Force Flight Test Center was activated at Edwards in 1951, and with the increased number of flight test programs carried out at Edwards in recent years, the natural surfaces of Rogers and Rosamond dry lakebeds have taken on even greater roles as emergency landing sites and sites for test and research.
Based on this experience, in 1972, the Air Force again restructured testing into a two-part process by simply splitting it into development test and evaluation and initial operational test and evaluation and then combining the two so that meaningful operational test and evaluation could be completed at Edwards prior to any production decisions (Fig.
www.militarymuseum.org /EdwardsAFB.html   (3991 words)

  
  United States Air Force - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Department of the Air Force consists of the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force (SECAF), the Air Staff, and field units.
In 2004 the Chief of Staff of the Air Force was General (Gen) John P. Jumper.
In 1941, the Army Air Corps became the U.S. Army Air Force and the GHQ Air Force was redesignated the Air Force Combat Command.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /united_states_air_force.htm   (1755 words)

  
 Edwards Air Force Base - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edwards Air Force Base is a USAF airbase located on the border of Kern County and Los Angeles County, California in the Antelope Valley, 7 miles (11 km) due East of Rosamond, USA at 34°57′ N 117°52′ W.
Edwards is close to the major city of Los Angeles, but it is also only a short flight south from Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake or Nellis Air Force Base that houses Area 51.
In the base the population is spread out with 36.1% under the age of 18, 19.9% from 18 to 24, 42.1% from 25 to 44, 1.8% from 45 to 64, and 0.2% who are 65 years of age or older.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edwards_Air_Force_Base   (2797 words)

  
 Edwards Air Force Base - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Edwards Air Force Base is an airbase located on the border of Kern County and Los Angeles County, California in the Antelope Valley, 7 miles (11 km) due East of Rosamond, at 34°57′ N 117°52′ W (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=34_57_N_117_52_W_).
Edwards is close to the major city of Los Angeles, but it is also only a short flight south from Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake or the that houses Area 51.
Containing Edwards, the Navy's China Lake and the Army's bases, and a significant amount of land in between, R-2508 is completely restricted above FL200 for military use, and in some areas is restricted to the ground.
www.americancanyon.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Edwards_Air_Force_Base   (2801 words)

  
 Edwards Air Force Base
The base is strategically situated next to Rogers Lake, an endorheic desert salt pan, the hard playa surface of which provides a natural extension to Edwards' runways.
Edwards AFB is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world’s longest runway.
The base is home to the Air Force Flight Test Center, which researches and develops aerospace weapons and rocket-propulsion systems, and NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center.
www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/E/Edwards_AFB.html   (260 words)

  
 Mojave Desert Ecosystem Program - a GIS data clearing house
Edwards Air Force Base is the home of the Air Force Flight Test Center where, for more than 50 years, the United States Air Force and much of the world of aerospace have met their future.
Edwards Air Force Base is more than just a valuable asset to the Department of Defense and the state of California – it is truly a one-of-a-kind and irreplaceable national resource.
Base environmental personnel from all four pillars actively work with regulatory agencies and the community in a spirit of cooperation and commitment to ensure the center accomplishes its mission without harming the environment.
www.mojavedata.gov /edwards/info.html   (761 words)

  
 Edwards AFB, California
Edwards AFB is situated in Kern, Los Angeles, and San Bernardino counties, approximately 100 miles north of the city of Los Angeles.
According to the 1994 Base Comprehensive Plan, the developed portion of the base includes approximately 6 percent of the total base area and is concentrated on the west side of Rogers Dry Lake.
The main Edwards concrete runway is located next to Rogers Dry Lake and combining this runway's 15,000 foot length with a 9,000 foot lakebed overrun gives pilots with an inflight emergency one of the longest and safest runways anywhere in the world.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/edwards.htm   (887 words)

  
 Edwards 2005 highlights
This is the only privately owned Phantom in the world, and it's a great thing that the air force is willing to have it along to a show, when they could just as easily have brought along one of their own slightly less authentic QF-4 Phantom drones to the show.
Edwards is an excellent place to see a wide variety of modern American military aircraft flying, and this year there was a special treat, an F-16 Fighting Falcon jet fighter based at Edwards, but flown by pilot Gert-Jan Vooren of the Royal Netherlands Air Force.
The B-2 demonstration at Edwards is far better than the one put on at other airshows, so I've put together an entire page about the stealth bomber display at the 2005 Edwards AFB airshow.
www.richard-seaman.com /Aircraft/AirShows/Edwards2005/Highlights/index.html   (2049 words)

  
 NPL Site Narrative for Edwards Air Force Base, NPL, Superfund, US EPA
Conditions at proposal (July 14, 1989): Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB) is in Kern, Los Angeles, and San Bernardino Counties, California, occupying approximately 800 square miles in the western portion of the Mojave Desert.
The Main/South Base area, at the western edge of Rogers Dry Lake, is the primary area for maintenance and refueling of aircraft.
The Air Force has completed an initial assessment of the base and is now conducting a remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine the type and extent of contamination and identify alternatives for remedial action.
www.epa.gov /superfund/sites/npl/nar1272.htm   (392 words)

  
 USGS OFR 00-183: Flood-Prone Areas and Waterways, Edwards Air Force Base, California
Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB) is in the Mojave Desert region of southern California (fig.
Analysis of the flood hazards at EAFB is difficult because there is little existing streamflow and precipitation data, the area is extremely arid, and the landforms evolved under different climatic conditions.
The single, most fundamental finding of this study of flood hazards at EAFB is that all channels at the base that have not been disturbed by human activities are, to a profound degree, losing reaches (reaches where streamflow quantity decreases as floodflows move down these permeable natural channels).
pubs.usgs.gov /of/2000/ofr00183   (3014 words)

  
 EPA-Green Power Partners
Dyess Air Force Base (TX) is the first Department of Defense installation to be 100-percent powered by renewable energy and was a 2003 Green Power Partner of the Year.
The base’s commitment is the result of efforts by Senator Byron Dorgan, who was instrumental in providing an opportunity for the Air Force to purchase renewable energy through $500,000 of seed money to fund the first year of five year renewable energy contracts.
Ellsworth Air Force Base (SD) is purchasing the output from a 750 kW wind turbine owned and operated by the Rosebud Sioux Tribe for its first five years of operation, beginning in 2003.
www.epa.gov /greenpower/partners/partners/usairforce.htm   (679 words)

  
 HYPERION | CUSTOMERS | EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Edwards Air Force Base, a large and important operation in the U.S. Air Force, standardized on Hyperion Intelligence™ to deliver critical information and reports from multiple databases to decision makers throughout the base.
The base is located on more than 300,000 acres, employs some 12,000 employees, both military and civilian, with an annual budget of nearly $800 million.
Edwards Air Force Base selected Hyperion Intelligence as its standard business intelligence solution because of its ability to easily create reports from multiple data sources, empower decision makers with the ability to analyze data with an easy to use interface and create EIS-style reports with red, green and yellow light indicators.
www.hyperion.com /customers/edwards.cfm   (839 words)

  
 AboveTopSecret.com Archive: "Edwards Air Force Base Test Flight Facility"
Edwards AFB was first used by the military, specifically the US Army Air Corps in 1933, as a bombardment and gunnery range.
Edwards AFB is the home of the Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC), where the US Air Force and a number of other US Government agencies test, develop, and evaluate aircraft in the US inventory.
Edwards AFB is where the nation's first jet and rocket-powered flights took place.
www.abovetopsecret.com /pages/edwards.html   (728 words)

  
 ATSDR - PHA - Edwards Air Force Base, Edwards Air Force Base, Kern County, California
During burning, EAFB conducted monitoring and analysis to characterize the smoke plume and mitigate possible environmental or human health effects that could be associated with chemicals in the smoke plume (AFFTC 1998b).
On-base residents were not exposed to potential CWM contaminants in subsurface soil.
EAFB regularly monitors water supply wells to ensure that the drinking water supply is free of contamination at levels of health concern.
www.atsdr.cdc.gov /HAC/PHA/edwardsafb/edw_p2.html   (4174 words)

  
 Goleta Air and Space Museum: Edwards Air Force Base
Edwards Air Force Base is home to the Air Force Flight Test Center and NASA 's Dryden Flight Research Center
I have always been particularly interested in the research planes flown at Edwards AFB in the early years of the jet age.
X-1B (serial 48-1385) arrived at Edwards on June 20, 1954, almost three years after the photo at the beginning of this essay was taken.
www.air-and-space.com /edwards.htm   (1118 words)

  
 Air Force Link - Air Force 60th Anniversary Page
The Air Force Sixtieth Anniversary office (AF/CVAT) is not the office of primary responsibility for the events listed.
Use of the logo is generally unrestricted within the Air Force and may/should be used on a variety of items including letterhead, briefings, folders, stickers, shirts, mugs, patches, coins, etc.
The Air Force retains trademark rights to the AF 60th logo.
www.af.mil /library/usaf60.asp   (1026 words)

  
 Antelope Valley Press: Muroc becomes Edwards Air Force Base
That name identified the area for 40 years, until the name of Muroc Army Air Corps Base was changed to Edwards Air Force Base Jan. 27, 1950, in honor of Capt. Glen Edwards, who was the pilot when a Northrop YB-49 Flying Wing crashed, killing him and four other crew members June 5, 1948.
By 1937, the Army Air Corps was conducting bombing and gunnery maneuvers at Muroc, and a tent camp was staked out on the eastern edge of Rogers Dry Lake.
Edwards is the location where the lifting body research flights were conducted, paving the way for development of the space shuttle.
www.avpress.com /machbusters/muroc.hts   (750 words)

  
 Federal Energy Management Program: FEMP Focus - Edwards Air Force Base Goes Green and Saves Big   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Edwards AFB's contracting office issued a sources sought notice in October 2000 for providing renewable power at or near the current frozen rate.
The PDA is a crediting mechanism in which SCE actually delivers all the power to the base, but credits the base for its WAPA hydropower allocation, and now green power, received at other points on their grid.
During negotiations, Edwards AFB discovered that it was faster to use WAPA as the contracting agent to award the renewable power contract.
www.eere.energy.gov /femp/newsevents/fempfocus_article.cfm/news_id=7145   (999 words)

  
 NPWRC :: Bird Checklists of the United States
Edwards Air Force Base is the finest flight test and research center in the world, known for its ability to conduct aerodynamic tests and total weapons systems evaluations.
Air Force Resource Managers and nearby communities, working together, have made great strides in fostering environmental awareness through education and cooperation.
The Department of the Air Force and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation are cooperation on and international program to promote conservation of neotropical migratory birds.
www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/birds/chekbird/r1/edwarair.htm   (521 words)

  
 US Army Corps of Engineers - Los Angeles District - Edwards Air Force Base Consolidated Support Facility Ribbon Cutting ...
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE—Army Corps of Engineers and Air Force officials cut the ribbon to officially open the new Consolidated Support Facility at Edwards Air Force Base June 15th.
Wendy Masiello, 95th Air Base Wing commander, said the new office building helps members of the Edwards family arriving at and departing from the base by eliminating stops at seven separate facilities.
Doug Pearson, Air Force Flight Test Center commander, said it was a rare moment to be able to open a new structure at an Air Force Materiel Command base.
www.spl.usace.army.mil /cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=236&Itemid=2   (828 words)

  
 Edwards Air Force Base - FAQ Topic
Edwards Air Force Base has worked hard to bring back public tours since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Specifically, the museum is open to base personnel and individuals who have the appropriate credentials to enter the installation.
While it is important for the public to come and see their Air Force firsthand, it is paramount Edwards Air Force Base takes the necessary steps to support its primary mission of flight test and national defense objectives.
www.edwards.af.mil /questions/topic.asp?id=812   (426 words)

  
 Edwards Air Force Base « Google Sightseeing
Edwards AFB is used as the west coast landing location for the Space Shuttle, should landing in Florida not be an option.
If you go to look at the base a little to the south west, theres a group of 4 buildings, 3 that have grey roofs and one that is L-shaped and has a white roof.
Edwards Air Force Base is situated on the edge of a Rogers Dry Lake Bed, the surface of which is excellant for runways.
www.googlesightseeing.com /2005/04/07/edwards-air-force-base   (1308 words)

  
 Chapter 1 Edwards Air Force Base
Edward’s Air Force Base (AFB) is a very famous place, not just to the military aviation community but to people everywhere.
I was employed as a flight medic for the U.S. Army, stationed at a remote desert base soon to be known as Fort Irwin, California.
I was temporarily assigned to the Army’s test flight center at nearby Edward’s AFB, where the venerable “Huey” was used as a rescue helicopter to support the test flights that were performed on military airplanes and helicopters.
www.mindlikewater.com /ebooks/dustoff/dustoff_sample.html   (1287 words)

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