Edwards AFB

Edwards Air Force Base
Part of Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC)
Located near: Lancaster, California
A 461st Flight Test Squadron F-35 Lightning II, marked AA-1, lands at Edwards Air Force Base
Edwards AFB
Coordinates	34°54′20″N 117°53′01″W / 34.90556°N 117.88361°W / 34.90556; -117.88361Coordinates: 34°54′20″N 117°53′01″W / 34.90556°N 117.88361°W / 34.90556; -117.88361
Type	Air Force Base
Site information
Owner	United States Air Force
Controlled by	Air Force Materiel Command
Condition	Active
Site history
Built	1933
In use	1933–present
Garrison information
Garrison	412th Test Wing

Airfield information

Main base area

Rogers Dry Lake runways

IATA: EDW
ICAO: KEDW
FAA LID: EDW

Summary

Elevation AMSL

2,310 ft / 704 m

Coordinates

34°54′20″N 117°53′01″W / 34.90556°N 117.88361°W

Website

www.edwards.af.mil

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
04R/22L	15,024	4,579	Concrete
04L/22R	12,000	3,658	Concrete
06/24	8,000	2,438	Concrete

Source: official site and FAA

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Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) (IATA: EDW, ICAO: KEDW, FAA LID: EDW) is a United States Air Force installation in southern California, located approximately 22 miles (35 km) northeast of Lancaster and 15 miles (24 km) east of Rosamond.

It is the home of the Air Force Flight Test Center and is the Air Force Materiel Command center of excellence for conducting and supporting research and development of flight, as well as testing and evaluation of aerospace systems from concept to combat. It operates the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School and is home to NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center and considerable test activities conducted by America's commercial aerospace industry.

Previously known as Muroc Air Force Base, Edwards AFB is named in honor of Captain Glen Edwards (1918–1948). During World War II, he flew 50 missions in A-20 Havoc light attack bombers in the North African campaign on extremely hazardous, low-level missions against German tanks, convoys, troop concentrations, bridges, airfields, and a variety of other tactical targets. Edwards became a test pilot in 1943 and spent much of his time at Muroc Army Air Field, on California's high desert, testing wide varieties of experimental prototype aircraft. He died in the crash of a Northrop YB-49 flying wing near Muroc AFB on 5 June 1948.

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