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X-1B on Lakebed, NASA history collection

X-1B on Lakebed, NASA history collection

The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1B, seen here on the lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, was first flown for 10 flights in a three-month period by eight Edwards Air Force pilots. After being turned o... More

R4D Parked on Ramp, NASA history collection

R4D Parked on Ramp, NASA history collection

This Photograph taken in 1956 shows the first of three R4D Skytrain aircraft on the ramp behind the NACA High-Speed Flight Station. NACA stood for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, which evolved ... More

Three Lifting Bodies on Lakebed (X-24A, M2-F3, HL-10)

Three Lifting Bodies on Lakebed (X-24A, M2-F3, HL-10)

The wingless, lifting body aircraft sitting on Rogers Dry Lake at what is now NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, from left to right are the X-24A, M2-F3 and the HL-10.The lifting body ai... More

A YF-16 aircraft cockpit - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

A YF-16 aircraft cockpit - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photog...

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: SGT Roger L. Cazier Release Status:... More

A view of the spin chute compartment on the rear of an A-10A Thunderbolt II aircraft

A view of the spin chute compartment on the rear of an A-10A Thunderbo...

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: Unknown Release Status: Released to... More

Shuttle and 747 in the Mate-Demate Device (MDD)

Shuttle and 747 in the Mate-Demate Device (MDD)

The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to the Space Shuttle Mate-Demat... More

Photos of the model of the Mate-Demate Device (MDD), shuttle and 747

Photos of the model of the Mate-Demate Device (MDD), shuttle and 747

The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to the Space Shuttle Mate-Demat... More

Photos of the model of the Mate-Demate Device (MDD), shuttle and 747

Photos of the model of the Mate-Demate Device (MDD), shuttle and 747

The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to the Space Shuttle Mate-Demat... More

NASA DFRC Mate-Demate Device (MDD) full side view looking north, showing stadium lighting, South Personnel/Equipment hoist and port side Shuttle Access Platform (SAP) and counter-balance

NASA DFRC Mate-Demate Device (MDD) full side view looking north, showi...

The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographer: Tom Tschida Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to t... More

Dusk and dawn shots of the shuttle and 747 in Mate-Demate Device (MDD)

Dusk and dawn shots of the shuttle and 747 in Mate-Demate Device (MDD)

The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to the Space Shuttle Mate-Demat... More

Photos of the model of the Mate-Demate Device (MDD), shuttle and 747

Photos of the model of the Mate-Demate Device (MDD), shuttle and 747

The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to the Space Shuttle Mate-Demat... More

NASA Oblique Wing Research Aircraft, Dryden history gallery

NASA Oblique Wing Research Aircraft, Dryden history gallery

E76-30764 This 1976 photograph of the Oblique Wing Research Aircraft was taken in front of the NASA Flight Research Center hangar, located at Edwards Air Force Base, California. In the photograph the noseboom, ... More

An air-to-air view from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft as its boom connects and refuels an A-10A Thunderbolt II aircraft

An air-to-air view from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft as its boom con...

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: Unknown Release Status: Released to... More

An air-to-air view from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft as its boom is lowered to refuel an A-10A Thunderbolt II aircraft, that is coming up to meet the boom

An air-to-air view from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft as its boom is ...

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: Unknown Release Status: Released to... More

A left side view of a B-1 bomber aircraft, being followed by an FB-111 aircraft, over the base range during testing and evaluation

A left side view of a B-1 bomber aircraft, being followed by an FB-111...

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 Bill Thompson Release Status: ... More

A Rockwell International Corporation employee marshals a B-1 bomber into a hangar area. The aircraft, just arriving, is undergoing testing and evaluation

A Rockwell International Corporation employee marshals a B-1 bomber in...

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 Bill Thompson Release Status: ... More

Rear view of a B-1 bomber aircraft being refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft over the base range during testing and evaluation. The KC-135 is assigned to the 141st Air Refueling Wing, Washington Air National Guard

Rear view of a B-1 bomber aircraft being refueled by a KC-135 Stratota...

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 Bill Thompson Release Status: ... More

An air-to-air right side view of an F-16B Fighting Falcon aircraft with a glide bomb mounted on the right wing pylon, an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on the wingtip, and an AN/ALQ-119 Electronic Countermeasures (ECM) pod on the fuselage centerline. A spin-control parachute container is attached to the aircraft`s tail section

An air-to-air right side view of an F-16B Fighting Falcon aircraft wit...

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 Dennis L. Brookins Release Sta... More

An F-16B Fighting Falcon aircraft takes off with a glide bomb mounted on the right outboard wing pylon, and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on the wingtips. A spin-control parachute container is attached to the aircraft's tail section

An F-16B Fighting Falcon aircraft takes off with a glide bomb mounted ...

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 Dennis L. Brookins Release Sta... More

A right rear view of a B-1 bomber aircraft as it taxis onto the runway for its first flight since April, 1981

A right rear view of a B-1 bomber aircraft as it taxis onto the runway...

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 Bob Simons Release Status: Rel... More

An underside view of a B-1 bomber aircraft on its first flight since April, 1981

An underside view of a B-1 bomber aircraft on its first flight since A...

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. Bob Simons Release Status: Re... More

A front view of a B-1 bomber aircraft as members of the 6515th Test Support Squadron prepare it for its first flight since April, 1981

A front view of a B-1 bomber aircraft as members of the 6515th Test Su...

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 Bob Simons Release Status: Rel... More

S06-46-662 - STS-006 - Views of the Edwards AFB landing site from Challenger

S06-46-662 - STS-006 - Views of the Edwards AFB landing site from Chal...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Views taken from the flight deck looking through the front windows of the landing site at Edwards Air Force Base, California. These views were shot just... More

An air-to-air left front view of two Northrop F-20 Tigershark aircraft performing a high-speed low-level pass during a demonstration. The aircraft are armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles

An air-to-air left front view of two Northrop F-20 Tigershark aircraft...

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: Northrop Corporation Release Status... More

S06-46-635 - STS-006 - Views of the Edwards AFB landing site from Challenger

S06-46-635 - STS-006 - Views of the Edwards AFB landing site from Chal...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Views taken from the flight deck looking through the front windows of the landing site at Edwards Air Force Base, California. These views were shot just... More

S06-46-669 - STS-006 - Views of the Edwards AFB landing site from Challenger

S06-46-669 - STS-006 - Views of the Edwards AFB landing site from Chal...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Views taken from the flight deck looking through the front windows of the landing site at Edwards Air Force Base, California. These views were shot just... More

S06-46-654 - STS-006 - Views of the Edwards AFB landing site from Challenger

S06-46-654 - STS-006 - Views of the Edwards AFB landing site from Chal...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Views taken from the flight deck looking through the front windows of the landing site at Edwards Air Force Base, California. These views were shot just... More

An air-to-air left side view of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft refueling a B-1B bomber aircraft from Edwards Air Force Base, California

An air-to-air left side view of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft refueli...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: TSGT William B. Belcher Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A left front view of the Space Transportation System shuttle Challenger (STS-7) moments before touching down on the runway at the end of its mission

A left front view of the Space Transportation System shuttle Challenge...

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: Wilson Release Status: Released to ... More

Ground-to-air right side view of a B-1B aircraft on its first flight. The aircraft will travel from Rockwell International's Palmdale production facility to Edwards Air Force Base

Ground-to-air right side view of a B-1B aircraft on its first flight. ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Palmdale State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Bob Marshall Release Status: Released to Public C... More

Air-to-air left side view of a B-1B aircraft (above) and an F-111 aircraft during the B-1's first flight. The aircraft will travel from Rockwell International's Palmdale, California, production facility to Edwards Air Force Base

Air-to-air left side view of a B-1B aircraft (above) and an F-111 airc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: MSGT. Mike Dial Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

X-29 on Runway, NASA history collection

X-29 on Runway, NASA history collection

This photo shows the No. 2 X-29 technology demonstrator aircraft as it lifts off from the runway at Edwards Air Force base on a 1989 test flight. The X-29 was flown by NASA's Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facilit... More

An aerial view of the CPO, dormitories, education center, and auto hobby shop

An aerial view of the CPO, dormitories, education center, and auto hob...

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: Hinson Release Status: Released to ... More

An aerial view of the main base B-1 CTF control tower

An aerial view of the main base B-1 CTF control tower

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: Hinson Release Status: Released to ... More

A T-46 aircraft is removed from the cargo bay of a C-5 Galaxy aircraft

A T-46 aircraft is removed from the cargo bay of a C-5 Galaxy aircraft

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: Zapka Release Status: Released to P... More

An air-to-air left side view of a T-46A aircraft over Edwards Air Force Base

An air-to-air left side view of a T-46A aircraft over Edwards Air Forc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Scavio Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

An air-to air right side view of an F-15E Eagle aircraft in flight over Edwards Air Force Base, California. The F-15E is armed with four AIM-7 Sparrow missiles

An air-to air right side view of an F-15E Eagle aircraft in flight ove...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Paul Reynolds Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

An air-to-air left side view of two T-46 aircraft circling the base

An air-to-air left side view of two T-46 aircraft circling the base

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: Long Release Status: Released to Pu... More

An air-to-air left side view of an F-16B Fighting Falcon aircraft firing an AGM-45 Shrike missile over the Edwards Air Force Base Test Range

An air-to-air left side view of an F-16B Fighting Falcon aircraft firi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Reynolds Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Ser... More

Tom Owens, a civilian physical scientist with the Aerospace Launched Missile Branch of the Air Force Astronautics Laboratory, checks the progress of his analyses at his work station

Tom Owens, a civilian physical scientist with the Aerospace Launched M...

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 Scott Stewart Release Status: ... More

The orbiter purge transporter and the orbiter coolant transporter are positioned at the rear of the orbiter Discovery, shortly after the space shuttle's completion of the 26th Space Transportation System mission.  The tractor trailer-borne devices will pr

The orbiter purge transporter and the orbiter coolant transporter are ...

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: TSGT Mike Haggerty Release Status: ... More

Shimmering waves of heat rise from the floor of Rogers Dry Lake as technicians and support equipment surround the space shuttle orbiter Discovery at the conclusion of Space Transportation System mission 26

Shimmering waves of heat rise from the floor of Rogers Dry Lake as tec...

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: MSGT Scott Stewart Release Status: ... More

Vice President George Bush makes a speech before the crowd assembled to welcome home the crew of the space shuttle orbiter Discovery at the conclusion of Space Transportation System mission 26.  Sitting at left is Mike Lounge, a mission specialist aboard

Vice President George Bush makes a speech before the crowd assembled t...

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 Scott Stewart Release Status: ... More

Vice President George Bush, left, applauds as the space shuttle orbiter Discovery touches down on Rogers Dry Lake, successfully concluding Space Transportation System mission 26.  Beside the vice president is his wife Barbara, beside her is Dr. Dale Myers

Vice President George Bush, left, applauds as the space shuttle orbite...

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: TSGT Michael J. Haggerty Release St... More

A cameraman sets up near a B-2 advanced technology bomber as the aircraft prepares for its first flight, at the Air Force Flight Test Center

A cameraman sets up near a B-2 advanced technology bomber as the aircr...

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: Alan Wycheck Release Status: Releas... More

A view of a B-2 advanced technology bomber on the ground at the Air Force Flight Test Center for its first flight

A view of a B-2 advanced technology bomber on the ground at the Air Fo...

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: MASTER SGT. Patrick Nugent Release ... More

A left side view of the front of a B-2 advanced technology bomber aircraft as it prepares for its first flight, at the Air Force Flight Test Center

A left side view of the front of a B-2 advanced technology bomber airc...

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: MSGT Patrick Nugent Release Status:... More

SSGT Jeffrey Dodson, left, TSGT Gary Cade, center, and SGT Steve Chabotte assemble a mirror bracket in an Air Force Astronautics Laboratory test facility. Laser research related to the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) is conducted by some of the laboratory's personnel

SSGT Jeffrey Dodson, left, TSGT Gary Cade, center, and SGT Steve Chabo...

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: CMSGT Donald Sutherland Release Sta... More

STS064-213-064 - STS-064 - Earth observations during STS-64 mission

STS064-213-064 - STS-064 - Earth observations during STS-64 mission

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation of the Earth as viewed from the Space Shuttle Discovery during STS-64 including: Edwards Air Force Base, Mojave Desert, Calif... More

STS090-726-080 - STS-090 - Earth observations taken during STS-90 mission

STS090-726-080 - STS-090 - Earth observations taken during STS-90 miss...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken during the STS-90 mission from the space shuttle Columbia. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), STS-90, COLUMBIA (O... More

S71E0071 - STS-071 - Earth observations taken with the electronic still camera

S71E0071 - STS-071 - Earth observations taken with the electronic stil...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken with the electronic still camera during the STS-71 mission include view of Edwards Air Force Base . Subject Terms: EARTH OBSER... More

Side view of C-5 Aircraft in Weight and Balance hangar. Process is verifying the vertical center of field gravity for the aircraft. Part of the Air Mobility Command Simulation upgrade program on C-5, Tail No. 85010

Side view of C-5 Aircraft in Weight and Balance hangar. Process is ver...

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: Derek Lawrence Release Status: Rele... More

Perseus B Taxi Tests in Preparation for a New Series of Flight Tests

Perseus B Taxi Tests in Preparation for a New Series of Flight Tests

The Perseus B remotely piloted aircraft on the runway at Edwards Air Force Base, California at the conclusion of a development flight at NASA's Dryden flight Research Center. The Perseus B is the latest of thre... More

Ignition of the Pegasus rocket moments after release from the B-52 signaled acceleration of the X-43

Ignition of the Pegasus rocket moments after release from the B-52 sig...

The first X-43A hypersonic research aircraft and its modified Pegasus booster rocket were carried aloft by NASA's NB-52B carrier aircraft from Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on... More

Northrop Grumman contractors and members of the 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron, Edwards Air Force Base, California, perform final maintenance on the RQ-4A Global Hawk before it's flight RAAF Base Edinburgh, Adelaide, Australia, in support of Exercise TANDEM THRUST 01. Able to cover more than 40,000 square miles, the jet powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) RQ-4A Global Hawk has a wing span of 116 feet, equal to a Boeing 737, able to fly up to 65,000 feet and loiter for more than 24 hours. The Global Hawk deployed to Australia April to June 2001, flying more than a dozen missions. This Global Hawk completed its biggest challenge to date the non-stop Trans-Pacific flight...

Northrop Grumman contractors and members of the 31st Test and Evaluati...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Northrop Grumman contractors and members of the 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron, Edwards Air Force Base, California, perform f... More

Joe Danlovich, SENIOR Electrical Technician, left, and Patrick Didier, SENIOR Crew Technician, both from Northrop Grumman Ryan Aeronautical Center, discuss the wieght of the Global Hawk unmanned aircraft after its arrival at Langley Air Force Base. The aircraft flew non-stop from Edwards Air Force Base, California, to Langley, Virginia, as part of a NATO seminar hosted by the Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic

Joe Danlovich, SENIOR Electrical Technician, left, and Patrick Didier,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT J... More

The Global Hawk unmanned aircraft awaits fueling after its arrival at Langley Air Force Base. The aircraft flew non-stop from Edwards Air Force Base, California, to Langley, Virginia, as part of a NATO seminar hosted by the Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic

The Global Hawk unmanned aircraft awaits fueling after its arrival at ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT J... More

The Global Hawk unmanned aircraft is prepared for towing after arrival at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. The aircraft flew non-stop from Edwards Air Force Base, California, to Langley as part of a NATO seminar hosted by the Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic

The Global Hawk unmanned aircraft is prepared for towing after arrival...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT J... More

U.S. Air Force COL. Joe Lanni, Commander of the 412th Test Wing, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., taxis down the flight line after landing the first FA-22 Raptor fighter aircraft officially assigned to the 1ST Fighter Wing here at Langley Air Force Base, Va., on Jan. 7, 2005. (USAF PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Samuel Roger) (Released)

U.S. Air Force COL. Joe Lanni, Commander of the 412th Test Wing, Edwar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Samuel Roger, USAF Release Statu... More

X-31 Loaded in C-5 Cargo Bay. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.

X-31 Loaded in C-5 Cargo Bay. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.

The X-31 Enhanced Fighter Maneuverability Technology Demonstrator Aircraft, based at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California, is secured inside the fuselage of an Air Force Re... More

NASA SR-71 LASRE, Dryden history gallery

NASA SR-71 LASRE, Dryden history gallery

EC97-44295-114 A NASA SR-71 refuels with an Edwards Air Force Base KC-135 during the first flight of the NASA/Rocketdyne/ Lockheed Martin Linear Aerospike SR-71 Experiment LASRE. The flight took place Oct. 31 a... More

NASA YO-3A, Dryden history gallery

NASA YO-3A, Dryden history gallery

EC04-0311-14 The slow-speed wooden propeller and long wings are evident as NASA's YO-3A acoustics research aircraft performs a low-level flyover at Edwards Air Force Base. October 29, 2004 NASA Photo / Tony Lan... More

Defenders sight-in - Two men in military fatigues with a gun

Defenders sight-in - Two men in military fatigues with a gun

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Mark D. Valdez, 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron armorer, deployed from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., and Senior Airman William S. Field, 380 ESFS combat arms instruct... More

Deployed family photo - A woman holding a baby in a hospital bed

Deployed family photo - A woman holding a baby in a hospital bed

Airman 1st Class Thomas Seago, 387th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron (on screen), takes his first family photo with his wife, Alexandra Seago, and his newborn son, Kolten Reece Seago, May 27, 2013. Kolte... More

Tech. Sgt. Ryan Delaney, an Air Force Wounded Warrior

Tech. Sgt. Ryan Delaney, an Air Force Wounded Warrior

Tech. Sgt. Ryan Delaney, an Air Force Wounded Warrior mentor, guides Tremayne Maxwell, an Air Force Wounded Warrior athlete, into his straps at a wheelchair basketball session during the first day of an introdu... More

An F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 31st Test and

An F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 31st Test and

An F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., waits off the wing of a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 927th Air Refueling Wing, MacDill AFB, Fla., ... More

Communications gear sits ready to be used during Valiant

Communications gear sits ready to be used during Valiant

Communications gear sits ready to be used during Valiant Warrior II at Drop Zone Farm near Edwards AFB, Calif., Sept. 11. U.S. Army officers discuss an airborne jump during the Patriot Drop 2011 at Edwards AFB,... More

Senior Airman Jamel Seales, 379th Expeditionary Maintenance

Senior Airman Jamel Seales, 379th Expeditionary Maintenance

Senior Airman Jamel Seales, 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron temperature/humidity and physical dimensional test equipment journeyman, inputs information into a computer to record signal data Nov. 15, 20... More

U.S. Air Force Capt. Travis Van Tassell and Lt. Col.

U.S. Air Force Capt. Travis Van Tassell and Lt. Col.

U.S. Air Force Capt. Travis Van Tassell and Lt. Col. Lisa Berente, pilots from the 191st Air Refueling Squadron, Utah Air National Guard, complete the preflight check on a Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker before a re... More

Senior Master Sgt. Charles Watkins (Right) and Senior

Senior Master Sgt. Charles Watkins (Right) and Senior

Senior Master Sgt. Charles Watkins (Right) and Senior Airman Eric Gutierrez (Left) from the 146th Logistics Readiness Squadron’s Small Air Terminal roll up a parachute recovered from an air drop during training... More

Members of the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response

Members of the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response

Members of the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon Instrumented Measurement Vehicle 2 test team make final preparations prior to a captive-carry test flight of the prototype hypersonic weapon at Edwards... More

The Amazon Prime Exclusive Series float participates

The Amazon Prime Exclusive Series float participates

The Amazon Prime Exclusive Series float participates in the 129th Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., Jan. 1, 2018. With three human-powered units, the wheels were pushed 5.5 miles through the parade route. During... More

U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School students conduct a

U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School students conduct a

U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School students conduct a qualitative evaluation flight on a B-52 Stratofortress at Edwards Air Force Base, California, May 8. USAF TPS teaches pilots, navigators and engineers how to ... More

Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Connie Engel poses

Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Connie Engel poses

Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Connie Engel poses in front of a T-38 Talon prior to her flight with the 435th Flying Training Squadron June 29, 2020, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. To honor the fir... More

1st Lt. Lucas Schaper, Space Test Fundamentals Class

1st Lt. Lucas Schaper, Space Test Fundamentals Class

1st Lt. Lucas Schaper, Space Test Fundamentals Class 21-1, U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, accepts his U.S. Space Force certificate from Col. Randel Gordon, 412th Test Wing Vice Commander during a Space Force... More

A U.S. Army paratrooper from the 426th Civil Affairs

A U.S. Army paratrooper from the 426th Civil Affairs

A U.S. Army paratrooper from the 426th Civil Affairs Battalion (Airborne) makes a static line jump at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Sept. 11. The paratroopers were making the jump in honor of the tenth annive... More

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (Aug. 17, 2016) Photos

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (Aug. 17, 2016) Photos

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (Aug. 17, 2016) Photos of NASA employees moving the disassembled Phantom Eye, a Boeing-developed, liquid hydrogen-powered demonstrator aircraft, during a transfer from the NASA Ar... More

F-105B on lakebed, NASA history collection

F-105B on lakebed, NASA history collection

Side view of a F-105B (serial #54-0102) photographed on Rogers Dry Lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base, California in 1959. The black stripes across the left wheel-panel complete the lettering on the bottom of th... More

NACA Aircraft on Lakebed-X-3, D-558-1, XF4D, D-558-2

NACA Aircraft on Lakebed-X-3, D-558-1, XF4D, D-558-2

A group picture of Douglas Airplanes, taken for a photographic promotion in 1954, at what is now known as the Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The photo includes the X-3 (in ... More

NACA Aircraft in hangar 1953 - L-R: Three D-558-2s, D-558-1, B-47, wing of YF-84A, background are th

NACA Aircraft in hangar 1953 - L-R: Three D-558-2s, D-558-1, B-47, win...

The aircraft in this 1953 photo of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) hangar at South Base of Edwards Air Force Base showed the wide range of research activities being undertaken. On the lef... More

NASA DFRC Mate-Demate Device (MDD) full side view looking northwest, showing both Shuttle Access Platforms (SAPs) and counterbalances

NASA DFRC Mate-Demate Device (MDD) full side view looking northwest, s...

The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographer: Tom Tschida Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to t... More

A YF-16 aircraft is offloaded from a C-5A Galaxy aircraft in a hangar

A YF-16 aircraft is offloaded from a C-5A Galaxy aircraft in a hangar

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: SGT Roger L. Cazier Release Status:... More

View from Helicopter of STS-128 Discovery in Mate-Demate Device (MDD)

View from Helicopter of STS-128 Discovery in Mate-Demate Device (MDD)

The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to the Space Shuttle Mate-Demat... More

Night time shots of Mate-Demate Device (MDD) with all the lights on (empty, no shuttle)

Night time shots of Mate-Demate Device (MDD) with all the lights on (e...

The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to the Space Shuttle Mate-Demat... More

Dawn Shots of shuttle and 747 in Mate-Demate Device (MDD)

Dawn Shots of shuttle and 747 in Mate-Demate Device (MDD)

The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to the Space Shuttle Mate-Demat... More

Shuttle and 747 in the Mate-Demate Device (MDD)

Shuttle and 747 in the Mate-Demate Device (MDD)

The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to the Space Shuttle Mate-Demat... More

Shuttle and 747 in the Mate-Demate Device (MDD)

Shuttle and 747 in the Mate-Demate Device (MDD)

The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to the Space Shuttle Mate-Demat... More

Front detail view of STS-125 Atlantis in Mate-Demate Device (MDD) over 747 SCA

Front detail view of STS-125 Atlantis in Mate-Demate Device (MDD) over...

The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to the Space Shuttle Mate-Demat... More

NASA DFRC Mate-Demate Device (MDD) full front view looking northeast

NASA DFRC Mate-Demate Device (MDD) full front view looking northeast

The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographer: Tom Tschida Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to t... More

Sen. S.I. Hayakawa, R-Calif., and MAJ. GEN. Thomas P. Stafford, commander of the Air Force Flight Test Center, discuss the Rockwell B-1 bomber being tested at the center

Sen. S.I. Hayakawa, R-Calif., and MAJ. GEN. Thomas P. Stafford, comman...

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: AMN Jerardo Medina Release Status: ... More

C-47 AIRPLANE DEPARTURE WITH EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE CALIFORNIA PILOTS AND HANGAR CREW

C-47 AIRPLANE DEPARTURE WITH EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE CALIFORNIA PILOTS ...

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 8/14/1978 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

A right side view of a highly maneuverable aircraft technology (HIMAT) flight vehicle banking to the left over a test range

A right side view of a highly maneuverable aircraft technology (HIMAT)...

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: Nasa Release Status: Released to Pu... More

An air-to-air front view of three F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft flying in close formation

An air-to-air front view of three F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft flying...

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: Cunningham Release Status: Released... More

An air-to-air close-up view from the boom operator's window of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft refueling

An air-to-air close-up view from the boom operator's window of an F-16...

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: Cunningham Release Status: Released... More

Camouflaged B-1 bomber flies with swept-back fourth prototype wings during a test mission from Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California

Camouflaged B-1 bomber flies with swept-back fourth prototype wings du...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Serv... More

AN air-to-air front view of a B-1 bomber with its new camouflage paint scheme

AN air-to-air front view of a B-1 bomber with its new camouflage paint...

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: MASTER SGT. Paul J. Harrington Rele... More

An air-to-air overhead view of an F-16A Fighting Falcon aircraft with 600-gallon fuel tanks on the wing pylons and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on the wingtips. This is the first flight of an F-16 with 600-gallon tanks

An air-to-air overhead view of an F-16A Fighting Falcon aircraft with ...

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: Porter Release Status: Released to ... More

An air-to-air left side view of an F-16A Fighting Falcon aircraft with 600-gallon fuel tanks on the wing pylons and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on the wingtips. This is the first flight of an F-16 with 600-gallon tanks

An air-to-air left side view of an F-16A Fighting Falcon aircraft with...

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: Porter Release Status: Released to ... More

STS064-212-064 - STS-064 - Earth observations during STS-64 mission

STS064-212-064 - STS-064 - Earth observations during STS-64 mission

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation of the Earth as viewed from the Space Shuttle Discovery during STS-64 including: Edwards Air Force Base, Mojave Desert, Calif... More

A right front view of a B-1 bomber undergoing electronics cooling maintenance during testing and evaluation of the aircraft

A right front view of a B-1 bomber undergoing electronics cooling main...

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 Bill Thompson Release Status: ... More

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