Though it doesn't provide much shade, the Joshua Tree looks lovely in the setting sun at Edwards AFB. AIRMAN Magazine's article High-desert Hideaway by MASTER Sergeant Louis Arana-Barradas describes life on the desert base by Air Force members stationed there. The base has made major improvements in quality life issues such as housing, gymnasium, restaurants, off-duty education opportunities and recreation. (AIRMAN Magazine/July 1999)

An early morning run through the desert is just one of the ways security forces troops keep in shape at Edwards AFB, California. AIRMAN Magazine's article High-desert Hideaway by MASTER Sergeant Louis Arana-Barradas describes life on the desert base by Air Force members stationed there. The base has made major improvements in quality life issues such as housing, gymnasium, restaurants, off-duty education opportunities and recreation. (AIRMAN Magazine/July 1999)

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Jessica Jones (left), Visual Information Multimedia Journeyman, learns the pre-flight basics from AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Abrahm Groves, Crewchief, 391st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS), Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB), Idaho (ID)

SENIOR AIRMAN Maryann Yu is glad to be stationed at Edwards AFB. Her main goal while stationed there is to earn a bachelor's degree from Chapman University, she describes Edwards as a perfect place to do it. AIRMAN Magazine's article High-desert Hideaway by MASTER Sergeant Louis Arana-Barradas describes life on the desert base by Air Force members stationed there. The base has made major improvements in quality life issues such as housing, gymnasium, restaurants, off-duty education opportunities and recreation. (AIRMAN Magazine/July 1999)

U.S. Air Force TECH. SGT. William Woods, 18th Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Wing, decontaminates a MAJ. from the 168th Air Refueling Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, during the Operational Readiness Inspection at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, on Oct. 5, 2004. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by SENIOR AIRMAN Joshua Strang) (RELEASED)

Captain Skip "Sow" Stoltz (left), an F-117 engineer, and Jim "Clue" Less, an F-117 and F-16 pilot, completed Class 98B at the Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards AFB. AIRMAN Magazine's article High-desert Hideaway by MASTER Sergeant Louis Arana-Barradas describes life on the desert base by Air Force members stationed there. The base has made major improvements in quality life issues such as housing, gymnasium, restaurants, off-duty education opportunities and recreation. (AIRMAN Magazine/July 1999)

Life at Vance is quite sedate, according to US Air Force Captain Don and Linda Hurry. It's a great place to bring up kids, like their 2-year-old son, Ryan, said Linda, who's expecting her second child. "This is the kind of place that, when you drive down the street to your house, everybody waves," Don added. This image was used in the May 2000 AIRMAN magazine article "Give Vance a Chance". The article is meant to promote a tour at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, as a friendly, family raising type utopia for young Airmen. The base and local community have a very close and productive relationship

Though it doesn't provide much shade, the Joshua Tree looks lovely in the setting sun at Edwards AFB. AIRMAN Magazine's article High-desert Hideaway by MASTER Sergeant Louis Arana-Barradas describes life on the desert base by Air Force members stationed there. The base has made major improvements in quality life issues such as housing, gymnasium, restaurants, off-duty education opportunities and recreation. (AIRMAN Magazine/July 1999)

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Edwards Air Force Base

State: California (CA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Mark Borosch

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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Date

01/06/1999

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Location

34.92403, -117.89121

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Source

The U.S. National Archives

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https://catalog.archives.gov/

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