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An air-to-air left side view of a Northrop F-20 Tigershark aircraft dropping practice bombs during a demonstration. The aircraft is armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles

An air-to-air left side view of a Northrop F-20 Tigershark aircraft dr...

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

S06-46-655 - STS-006 - Views of the Edwards AFB landing site from Challenger

S06-46-655 - 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 rear view of a B-1B bomber being refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during a flight test. This is the first flight in four years for this particular B-1B

An air-to-air left rear view of a B-1B bomber being refueled by a KC-1...

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 William B. Belcher Release Sta... More

A left rear view of the space shuttle Challenger landing after a mission in space

A left rear view of the space shuttle Challenger landing after a missi...

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

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

A left rear view of the Space Transportation System 7 (STS-7) shuttle ...

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

An air-to-air left rear view of the B-1B test program aircraft, originally the No. 2 B-1 prototype, during a test flight

An air-to-air left rear view of the B-1B test program aircraft, origin...

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: Rockwell International Release Stat... More

An air-to-air left side view of an OA-37 Dragonfly aircraft with a Mark 20 bomb mounted under the right wing and a Mark 82 500-lb. general-purpose bomb under the left

An air-to-air left side view of an OA-37 Dragonfly aircraft with a Mar...

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: Reynolds Release Status: Released t... More

An air-to-air right side view of the B-1B test program aircraft banking to the left

An air-to-air right side view of the B-1B test program aircraft bankin...

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: Reynolds Release Status: Released t... More

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

Air-to-air right side view of a B-1B aircraft (foreground) and an F-11...

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

An X-29 forward swept wing demonstrator aircraft taxis on the flight line

An X-29 forward swept wing demonstrator aircraft taxis on the flight l...

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 Jim Riggs Release Status: Relea... More

An air-to-air right side view of an X-29 forward swept wing demonstrator research aircraft left, and a T-38 Talon

An air-to-air right side view of an X-29 forward swept wing demonstrat...

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: Paul Reynolds Release Status: Relea... More

An aerial view of the Non-commissioned Officers Club and quarters in the background

An aerial view of the Non-commissioned Officers Club and quarters in 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: Hinson Release Status: Released to ... More

An aerial view of construction taking place beside the Test Pilot School

An aerial view of construction taking place beside the Test Pilot Scho...

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

Right front view of a B-1 bomber aircraft, with a European One camouflage paint scheme, undergoing maintenance at the Flight Test Center

Right front view of a B-1 bomber aircraft, with a European One camoufl...

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 HH-60 Night Hawk helicopter arrives on base

An HH-60 Night Hawk helicopter arrives on 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: Lee Ledford Release Status: Release... More

A left front view of an HH-60D Night Hawk helicopter preparing to land

A left front view of an HH-60D Night Hawk helicopter preparing to land

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: Lee Ledford Release Status: Release... More

An air to air right underside view of a T-46 aircraft

An air to air right underside view of a T-46 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: Scavio Release Status: Released to ... More

An air-to-air left side view of an F-15C Eagle aircraft with a low altitude navigation targeting infrared night (LANTIRN) pod mounted on the left forward station.  The aircraft is in flight near Edwards Air Force Base

An air-to-air left side view of an F-15C Eagle aircraft with a low alt...

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 exterior view of the Project ATARS (Advanced Tactical Airborne Reconnaissance System) van

An exterior view of the Project ATARS (Advanced Tactical Airborne Reco...

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

STAFF Sergeant Darryl Zinzow, a composites with the Aerospace Launched Missile Branch of the Air Force Astronautics Laboratory, examines a spool of material

STAFF Sergeant Darryl Zinzow, a composites with the Aerospace Launched...

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

Dozens of photographers crowd Press Area 3 as they wait for the space shuttle orbiter Discovery to touch down on the floor of Rogers Dry Lake

Dozens of photographers crowd Press Area 3 as they wait for the space ...

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

A B-2 advanced technology bomber takes on its first flight, at the Air Force Flight Test Center

A B-2 advanced technology bomber takes on its first flight, at the Air...

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 B-2 advanced technology bomber raises a cloud of dust as it taxis on its first flight, at the Air Force Flight Test Center

A B-2 advanced technology bomber raises a cloud of dust as it taxis on...

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

An inflight overview of the B-2 Bomber on its fifth test flight. The flight lasted one hour and seventeen minutes. Northrop CHIEF Test Pilot Bruce Hinds and Air Force LT. COL. John Small of the B-2 Combined Test Force were at the controls. The first five test flights were designed to expand the flight envelope, demonstrate the handling qualities of the aircraft while flying in the air refueling position and validate the proper function of the aircraft's subsystems

An inflight overview of the B-2 Bomber on its fifth test flight. The f...

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 one-of-a-kind F-15 Eagle called ACTIVE (Advanced Control Technology for integrated Vehicles) in flight over the desert (viewed from above the aircraft), will start test flights in September 1994

A one-of-a-kind F-15 Eagle called ACTIVE (Advanced Control Technology ...

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

The space shuttle Atlantis is piggy-backed on NASA's Boeing 747 which has landed for refueling. It is on the last leg of its journey from Edwards Air Force Base, CA to Cape Kennedy, FL

The space shuttle Atlantis is piggy-backed on NASA's Boeing 747 which ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Cindy Farmer Release Status: Released to... More

S71E0070 - STS-071 - Earth observations taken with the electronic still camera

S71E0070 - 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 OBSERV... More

Right side view of a Grumman X-29 forward swept wing demonstrator aircraft taking off on its first flight

Right side view of a Grumman X-29 forward swept wing demonstrator 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: Bob Duff Release Status: Released t... More

A medium-range view of the front gate

A medium-range view of the front gate

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: SRA Brett Burkert Release Status: R... More

STS044-34-012 - STS-044 - STS-44 MS Runco seated on OV-104's flight deck after landing

STS044-34-012 - STS-044 - STS-44 MS Runco seated on OV-104's flight de...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: STS-44 Mission Specialist (MS) Mario Runco Jr., wearing an orange launch and entry suit (LES), sits in the Mission Specialist chair on the aft flight de... More

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Jeffery Clark, an Engine SPECIALIST with the 412th Component Repair Squadron, Edwards Air Force Base, California, ensures he is free from object that might cause damage as he inspects the inside of each engine before startup, March 1ST, 1999

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Jeffery Clark, an Engine SPECIALIST with 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: TSGT Lono Kollars, USAF Release Sta... More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Eric Ziegler, 18th Munitions Squadron (MUNS), Kadena Air Base (AB), Japan and SRA David Senter, 412th Maintenance Squadron (MXS), Edwards Air Force Base (AFB), California (CA), both Ammunition Journeyman deployed to the 363rd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron (EMXS), test a CBU-87/103 Combined Effects Munition prior for upload onto an aircraft during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Eric Ziegler, 18th Munitions S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Matthew Hannen, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

S121E05455 - STS-121 - Earth views of California from Los Angeles to the Edward Air Force Base area taken on STS-121

S121E05455 - STS-121 - Earth views of California from Los Angeles to t...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth Observations taken during STS-121. Eastern end of the Island of Santa Cruz (Channel Islands) and the coast of California at Santa Monica and Los ... More

Space Shuttle Endeavour touches down on the runway at Edwards Air Force Base, California to conclude

Space Shuttle Endeavour touches down on the runway at Edwards Air Forc...

Space Shuttle Endeavour touches down on the runway at Edwards Air Force Base, California to conclude NASA Identifier: NIX-EC02-0131-2

X-34 and HSTV tow vehicle on lakebed prior to tow test

X-34 and HSTV tow vehicle on lakebed prior to tow test

Following initial captive flight tests last year at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California, the X-34 technology demonstrator began a new series of tests last week in which it i... More

STS-128 Comes Home NASA Image of The Day

STS-128 Comes Home NASA Image of The Day

Streams of smoke trail from the main landing gear as space shuttle Discovery touches down on Runway 22L at Edwards Air Force Base to conclude the 14-day STS-128 mission to the International Space Station. Image... More

NASA Gulfstream III, Dryden history gallery

NASA Gulfstream III, Dryden history gallery

ED07-0027-39 NASA's Gulfstream-III research testbed lifts off the Edwards Air Force Base runway on an envelope-expansion flight test with the UAV synthetic aperture radar pod. February 26, 2007 NASA Photo / Ton... More

Students and guests at Branch Elementary on Edwards

Students and guests at Branch Elementary on Edwards

Students and guests at Branch Elementary on Edwards Air Force Base, California, watch a rocket take off as part of the grand opening of the base’s new STARBASE school program Dec. 7. The program is aimed at giv... More

Maj. Gen. Christopher Azzano, Air Force Test Center

Maj. Gen. Christopher Azzano, Air Force Test Center

Maj. Gen. Christopher Azzano, Air Force Test Center commander, greets Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein at Edwards Air Force Base, California, June 17. (Air Force photo by Giancarlo Casem)

A mockup of an X-15 rocket plane being placed on the

A mockup of an X-15 rocket plane being placed on the

A mockup of an X-15 rocket plane being placed on the lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Feb. 21, 2018, for a scene in the film "First Man." The Air Force Public Affairs Entertainment Liaison office ... More

Senior Airman Prince Jarbo, 412th Comptroller Squadron,

Senior Airman Prince Jarbo, 412th Comptroller Squadron,

Senior Airman Prince Jarbo, 412th Comptroller Squadron, poses for a photo with Brig. E. John Teichert, 412th Test Wing Commander, and Command Chief Master Sgt. Ian Eishen, 412th Test Wing Command Chief, during ... More

Col. Ryan Blake, the former Test Pilot School Commandant,

Col. Ryan Blake, the former Test Pilot School Commandant,

Col. Ryan Blake, the former Test Pilot School Commandant, provides his farewell remarks during a Change of Command ceremony at Edwards Air Force Base, California, July 10. (Air Force photo by Ethan Wagner)

Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., Air Force Materiel Command

Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., Air Force Materiel Command

Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., Air Force Materiel Command commander, talks to members of the 412th Medical Group during his visit to Edwards Air Force Base, California, June 11. Bunch, along with Chief Master Sgt. ... More

A B-1B Lancer with a Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff

A B-1B Lancer with a Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff

A B-1B Lancer with a Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) undergoes pre-flight procedures prior to a captive carry external weapons demonstration flight at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Nov. 17. ... More

A B-1B Lancer prepares to conduct a captive carry flight

A B-1B Lancer prepares to conduct a captive carry flight

A B-1B Lancer prepares to conduct a captive carry flight to demonstrate its external weapons carriage capabilities at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Nov. 20. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Christine Saunders)

U.S. Army paratroopers from the 426th Civil Affairs

U.S. Army paratroopers from the 426th Civil Affairs

U.S. Army paratroopers from the 426th Civil Affairs Battalion (Airborne) make a static line jump at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Sept. 11. The paratroopers were making the jump in honor of the 10th anniversa... More

An F-22 Raptor, from the 411th Flight Test Squadron,

An F-22 Raptor, from the 411th Flight Test Squadron,

An F-22 Raptor, from the 411th Flight Test Squadron, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., receives fuel from a Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, from the 151st Air Fueling Wing, Utah Air National Guard, Feb. 21, 2012. The... More

A B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 419th Flight

A B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 419th Flight

A B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 419th Flight Test Squadron is undergoes pre-flight procedures at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Aug. 8. The aircraft conducted a captive-carry flight test of the AGM-... More

Edwards Air Force Base Propulsion Laboratory tests

Edwards Air Force Base Propulsion Laboratory tests

Edwards Air Force Base Propulsion Laboratory tests equipment in harsh environments to ensure the Air Force has the best equipment possible.

Members of the Edwards Air Force Base Honor Guard watch

Members of the Edwards Air Force Base Honor Guard watch

Members of the Edwards Air Force Base Honor Guard watch the funeral after posting the colors April 15 at Saugus High School, Santa Clarita, Calif. Del Bagno received full military honors including a posting of ... More

X-1-2 on ramp with crew. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.

X-1-2 on ramp with crew. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.

The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1-2 parked on the ramp at NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station with the crew in 1949. Left to right: Edwin R. Edwards; Bud Rogers; Richard E. Payne, Crew Chief; and Henry "Ken... More

Complete NACA Muroc Staff of 1950, in front of original NACA building

Complete NACA Muroc Staff of 1950, in front of original NACA building

This group photo of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) employees was taken in 1950 in front of the NACA research building on South Base at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The team that had b... More

NASA X-3, Dryden history gallery

NASA X-3, Dryden history gallery

E-2274 In this NACA High-Speed Flight Station photograph, the X-3 Stiletto is seen being towed behind the NACA hangar (located on Edwards Air Force base) towards the lakebed. The X-3 Stiletto was a single-place... 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

Reynolds California....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. Second view in a series of three OFFICIAL U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO (RELEASED)

Reynolds California....An air-to-air left side view of an F-16B Fighti...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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

A YF-16 aircraft is offloaded from a C-5A Galaxy aircraft inside a han...

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

An X-24B lifting body model is being prepared for a wind tunnel test under a joint U.S. Air Force/National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) program. The purpose of the test is to generate data for comparison with flight data obtained at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif

An X-24B lifting body model is being prepared for a wind tunnel test u...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arnold Air Force Station State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Phil Tarver, USAF Release Status: ... More

Image showing fold down platforms from the SAP to shuttle from underneath

Image showing fold down platforms from the SAP to shuttle from underne...

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

Enterprise and 747 @Mate-Demate Device (MDD) (Looking SW)

Enterprise and 747 @Mate-Demate Device (MDD) (Looking SW)

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 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

NASA DFRC Mate-Demate Device (MDD) view looking east from starboard side Shuttle Access Platform (SAP), port side SAP visible on right

NASA DFRC Mate-Demate Device (MDD) view looking east from starboard si...

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

Secretary of the Air Force John C. Stetson discusses the NASA space shuttle orbiter Enterprise with Major General Thomas P. Stafford, Commander of the Air Force Flight Test Center

Secretary of the Air Force John C. Stetson discusses the NASA space sh...

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: AIC David Jensen Release Status: Re... More

An AGM-86 air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) is being released on a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft

An AGM-86 air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) is being released on a B-...

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: T. Cunningham Release Status: Relea... More

AN air-to-air front view of a B-1 aircraft with its new paint scheme being refueled by a KC-135A Stratotanker aircraft

AN air-to-air front view of a B-1 aircraft with its new paint scheme b...

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

A bottom view of an F-111 aircraft banking to the right. The aircraft is carrying two B-83 nuclear bomb dummies for testing

A bottom view of an F-111 aircraft banking to the right. The 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: Unknown Release Status: Released to... More

A left side view of a B-1 bomber aircraft in-flight during testing and evaluation

A left side view of a B-1 bomber aircraft in-flight during testing and...

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: STAFF SGT. Bill Thompson Release St... More

Right side 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

Right side view of a B-1 bomber aircraft being refueled by a KC-135 St...

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 right side 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

A right side view of a B-1 bomber aircraft being refueled by a KC-135 ...

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

The space shuttle Columbia takes off with astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen aboard for the first mission into space to test the shuttle's systems. The Columbia is scheduled to land at Edwards Air Force Base, California

The space shuttle Columbia takes off with astronauts John Young and Ro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kennedy Space Center State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Publ... More

The space shuttle Columbia is launched with astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen aboard for the first mission into space to test the shuttle's systems. The Columbia is scheduled to land as an airplane at Edwards Air Force Base, California

The space shuttle Columbia is launched with astronauts John Young and ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kennedy Space Center State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Publ... More

A right side view of a KC-10A Extender aircraft in flight

A right side view of a KC-10A Extender aircraft in flight

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 Brookins Release Status: Releas... More

Artwork: "Rosy Future," Test Pilot Trainees, Edwards Air Force Base, 1981 Artist: Pat Dalton

Artwork: "Rosy Future," Test Pilot Trainees, Edwards Air Force Base, 1...

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

An air-to-air left side view of an AV-8B Harrier aircraft over the base

An air-to-air left side view of an AV-8B Harrier aircraft over the bas...

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 Brookins Release Status... More

A member of the parachute-test team "flys" a suspended harness trainer at the Flight Test Center

A member of the parachute-test team "flys" a suspended harness trainer...

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: P. Hayashi Release Status: Released... More

S06-46-671 - STS-006 - Views of the Edwards AFB landing site from Challenger

S06-46-671 - 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

S06-46-663 - STS-006 - Views of the Edwards AFB landing site from Challenger

S06-46-663 - 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 B-1B bomber aircraft from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif

An air-to-air left side view of a B-1B bomber aircraft from Edwards Ai...

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

An air-to-air left rear view of a B-1B bomber being refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during a flight test. This is the first flight in four years for this particular B-1B

An air-to-air left rear view of a B-1B bomber being refueled by a KC-1...

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 William B. Belcher Release Sta... More

A left front view of the B-1B test program aircraft, originally the No. 2 B-1 prototype, landing after a test flight

A left front view of the B-1B test program aircraft, originally the No...

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: Rockwell International Release Stat... More

An aerial left side view of the STS-7 space shullte Challenger on the runway after its landing

An aerial left side view of the STS-7 space shullte Challenger on the ...

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: Harrison Release Status: Released t... More

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

A left rear view of the Space Transportation System 7 (STS-7) shuttle ...

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

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

Space shuttle Challenger astronauts attend a press conference upon their return from space after completing Space Transportation System Mission 7 (STS-7). They are, left to right, Mission Specialists Dr. Norman Thagard, John Fabian and Dr. Sally Ride; Frederick Hauck, pilot, and Robert Crippen, commander. Ride is the first American woman astronaut to fly in space

Space shuttle Challenger astronauts attend a press conference upon the...

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: Wetterman Release Status: Released ... More

The space shuttle orbiter Challenger (STS-8) lifts off from Pad A, complex 39 at 2:32 am EDT for the first night launch of the Space Transportation System. the STS-8 mission will conclude wih a nighttime landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California

The space shuttle orbiter Challenger (STS-8) lifts off from Pad A, com...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kennedy Space Center State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Nasa Release Status: Released to Public ... More

An air-to-air overhead view of four Thunderbirds Air Demonstration Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft in a diamond formation during Open House '83

An air-to-air overhead view of four Thunderbirds Air Demonstration Squ...

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: Harrison Release Status: Released t... More

Right side view of a Grumman X-29 forward swept wing demonstrator aircraft making its first flight

Right side view of a Grumman X-29 forward swept wing demonstrator 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: Bob Duff Release Status: Released t... More

A view of the interior of a UH-1H Iroquois helicopter

A view of the interior of a UH-1H Iroquois helicopter

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

A right side view of a B-1B aircraft preparing for its first flight. T...

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

A right side view of the X-29 advanced technology demonstrator forward swept wing aircraft on the taxiway

A right side view of the X-29 advanced technology demonstrator forward...

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

An air to air left underside view of an X-29 forward swept wing demonstrator aircraft

An air to air left underside view of an X-29 forward swept wing demons...

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: Paul Reynolds Release Status: Relea... More

Right front view of a B-1 bomber aircraft, with a European One camouflage paint scheme, undergoing maintenance at the Flight Test Center

Right front view of a B-1 bomber aircraft, with a European One camoufl...

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 member of the 426th Supply and Services Battalion releases the sling hooks on 500-gallon collapsible fuel drums that were airlifted in by a UH-60A Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter during Exercise GALLANT EAGLE '86

A member of the 426th Supply and Services Battalion releases the sling...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '86 Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera O... More

A Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 164 (HMM-164) CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter lands in the desert during exercise Gallant Eagle '86

A Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 164 (HMM-164) CH-46E Sea Knight he...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '86 Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera O... More

CAPT. Mark Borkowski, chief of the Aerospace Launched Missile Branch of the Air Force Astronautics Laboratory, explains a cutaway scale model of a rocket motor nozzle

CAPT. Mark Borkowski, chief of the Aerospace Launched Missile Branch o...

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 space shuttle orbiter Discovery lands on base following completion of the 26th Space Transportation System mission

The space shuttle orbiter Discovery lands on base following completion...

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

The heat-resistant tiles on the nose of the space shuttle orbiter Discovery show the effects of the craft's reentry into the Earth's atmosphere.  Discovery touched down on Rogers Dry Lake a few hours before, successfully completing the 26th Space Transpor

The heat-resistant tiles on the nose of the space shuttle orbiter Disc...

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 front view of a B-2 advanced technology bomber aircraft taxiing at the Air Force Flight Test Center. The B-2 is at the center for its first flight

A front view of a B-2 advanced technology bomber aircraft taxiing at 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: MSGT Patrick Nugent Release Status:... More

An exterior view of the building housing the world's largest anechoic chamber, the day before its official opening. The facility at the Air Force Flight Test Center is designed to permit electronic testing and evaluation of completely assembled aircraft

An exterior view of the building housing the world's largest anechoic ...

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: Anne Bryant Release Status: Release... More

During the B-2's fifth test flight it is being refueled by a KC-10. The flight lasted one hour and seventeen minutes. Northrop chief test pilot Bruce Hinds and AIr Force LT. COL. John Small of the B-2 Combined Test Force were at the controls. The test flights were designed to expand the flight envelope, demonstrate the handling qualities of the aircraft while flying in the air refueling position and validate the proper fuction of the aircraft' s subsystems

During the B-2's fifth test flight it is being refueled by a KC-10. Th...

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

Maintenance vehicles cross the end of Runway 5 on Rogers Dry Lake. The dry lake, which covers more than 60 square miles, has 17 runways that provide ample landing space for test aircraft, space shuttles and aircraft unable to make a normal landing due to damage or equipment failure

Maintenance vehicles cross the end of Runway 5 on Rogers Dry Lake. The...

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

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